Chapter 4 — ESim Commands
ESim for the PC4 and PF8 Printers Programmer’s Reference Manual 49
Errors occur if:
• data is not suitable to optional parameters => error 01
(syntax error).
• data is too long or out of range => error 03
(at length error).
• data does not fit in area specified => error 50.
F Restrain control filter, to reduce input data
information, by deleting special characters for
the bar code rendering, but let them be a part of
human readable text. Deleted characters are ( )
space CR and LF. Filters only hex 0ah, 0dh, 20h,
28h, 29h.
Default is no F.
M Manually controlled Pipe character:
Separator between data of linear and
two-dimensional composite part. Use this
parameter only in exceptional case.
Limit is any printable character.
Default is M|.
Data
1
|Data
2
The data area represents a string data field
surrounded by quotation-marks. Max data
length is relative chosen model type and data
mode. Invocation code in string follows the rules
for selectable Code 128, see “B - Standard Bar
Codes” on page 40. FNC2, FNC3, and FNC4
are not allowed in composite code.
Data
1
String of primary data to linear component.
Limit is 48 digit maximum.
| Data separator pipe character.
Data
2
string of secondary data to two-dimensional
composite data.
Limit is all characters are in ISO 646.
b - EAN/UCC Command Parameter Description (continued)
Parameter Description