Arguments for one-dimensional bar codes
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Values for /Symbology key
Command Function/parameters (/Height, /Bars and /Spaces units are in 1/600 inch)
Selects the bar code Default Parameters
1
Characters
encoded
Symbol
2
length
Checksum
character
/Height
/EmbedText
/Bars & /Spaces
/Symbology Bar Code Symbology [num num num num]
/Codabar Codabar 240 1 6 18 M No
/CodabarChk Codabar + mod16 check
digit
240 1 6 18 M Yes
/Code128A Code 128 A 240 1 6 12 18 24 M Yes
/Code128auto Code 128 autoswitch 240 1 6 12 18 24 M Yes
/Code128B Code 128 B 240 1 6 12 18 24 M Yes
/Code128C Code 128 C 240 1 6 12 18 24 M Yes
/Code39 Code 3 of 9 240 1 6 18 M No
/Code39Chk Code 3 of 9 + check digit 240 1 6 18 M Yes
/Code39Ext Code 3 of 9 extended 240 1 6 18 M No
/Code39ExtChk Code 3 of 9 extended +
check digit
240 1 6 18 M Yes
/Code93 Code 93 240 1 6 12 18 24 M Yes
/Code93Ext Code 93 extended 240 1 6 12 18 24 M Yes
/Danish39 Danish PTT 3 of 9 240 1 6 18 M 10 Yes
3
/French39 French Postal 3 of 9 A/R 300* 4* 6* 18* M 10 Yes
3
/EAN-8 EAN/JAN-8 420 3 8 16 24 32 N 7 Yes
3
/EAN-8-2 EAN/JAN-8 + 2-digit
supplemental
4203 8 162432N 9 Yes
3
/EAN-8-5 EAN/JAN-8 + 5-digit
supplemental
4203 8 162432N 12Yes
3
/EAN-13 EAN/JAN-13 620 3 8 16 24 32 N 12 Yes
3
1
For all bar code symbologies, the default value for
/FontName key is Courier-Bold.
2
Does not include checksum character
3
Checksum character is always printed if embedded text
is specified.
4
ISBN: 10 or 15, ISSN: 10, 12, or 15 (plus optional
hyphens)
5
Except for the possibility of an “X” as a checksum
* = Fixed value, cannot be changed
N = Numeric
M = Mixed