One-dimensional bar codes
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Post 4-State bar code descriptors
Function parameters for Australian Post 4-State bar code (HP compatibility mode,
using typeface 24785, 24786, 24787)
The #p parameter specifies the encoding table to use for customer information:
Note: These encoding table values are opposite those found in Encoding Table field byte
7 of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for Australia 4-State Postal bar codes (see
“PCL 5 emulation escape sequences” on page 20). Human-readable text is never
printed with these bar codes.
In relation to the fields of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for Australia 4-State Postal bar codes, the
following correspondences exist when using this technique:
24814 RSS-14 limited 10 1 8 16 24 32 N 13 Y
24815 RSS-14 expanded 34 1 8 16 24 32 M — Y
0: N table
1: C table (default if #p
parameter not
specified in PCL 5
calling sequence)
Bar Width (in 1/100 mm units): Fixed at 47
Bar Pitch (in bars per inch): Fixed at 22
Tracker Height (in 1/100 mm units): Fixed at 123
Ascender, Descender Offset (in 1/100 mm
units):
Fixed at 195
Command Function/Parameters (#v units are in 1/72”; #b, s units are in 1/600”) (continued)
Esc
(s#T
or
AEC
)s#T
Selects the bar code
symbology
Default parameters
1
Characters
encoded
Symbol
2
length
Checksum
character
Typeface # Bar code symbology #v #p #b1,
s1
#b2,
s2
#b3,
s3
#b4,
s4
1
For all bar code symbologies, the default value of the #H
text font parameter is CBA = 000 (automatically sized
Courier Bold).
2
Does not include checksum character
3
Checksum character is always printed if embedded text
is specified.
* = Fixed value, cannot be changed
N = Numeric
M = Mixed