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Linx 8900 Operating Manual —
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6.6 Add a Barcode field
NOTE: Barcode functionality is not available as standard on the 8900 printer. It is a
configurable option.
This section describes how you create and edit a barcode. The 8900 printer can generate the
following barcode formats:
See ‘Available characters’ on page 129 for more information about the character counts and
character ranges available for each barcode type.
Format Description
ITF 2o5 (Interleaved 2 of 5). Numeric only (0–9). The data can contain any even number
of characters (which includes the checksum). Maximum of 18 characters
supported.
CODE 39 The data must contain only uppercase alphanumeric characters. Maximum of 32
characters supported.
CODE 128 Full 128 ASCII character set. Maximum of 32 characters supported.
EAN-8 8 digits (7 + checksum). Numeric only (0–9).
EAN-13 13 digits (12 + checksum). Numeric only (0–9).
UPCA 12 digits (11 + checksum). Numeric only (0–9).
Pharmacode Numeric only (0-9). The data represents a single integer from 3 to 131070 in
binary format, read from right to left.
Data Matrix
(ECC200)
A two-dimensional code of alphanumeric characters and punctuation symbols.
QR Code A two-dimensional code of alphanumeric characters and punctuation symbols
(can include kanji characters).
Table 6-8. Barcode formats
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