4-10 Packet Reference Manual
Using Option 42 (Price Field)
You can apply options that will insert monetary symbols automatically. Do not use this option with
Option 31 (define a check digit) or Option 60 (increment or decrement a field). This option is not
recommended for bar codes. When determining the maximum number of characters, add the
maximum number of digits and the monetary symbols.
Syntax R,42,appear_code |
R1. R Option Header.
R2. 42 Option 42.
R3. appear_code Enter 1 to print the price field in standard notation, as defined by the
country setting.
Use the monetary formatting packet to select monetary notations and
symbols by country setting. See “Defining the Monetary Formatting
Packet” for more information. See Appendix C, “Symbol Sets/Code
Pages,” to make sure the monetary symbol you want to use is printable
in the font selected for this field. For monetary symbols other than the
dollar sign, use the internal symbol set.
Example R,42,1 |
Uses a price field that prints the monetary symbol and notations as defined in the monetary
formatting packet.
Using Option 50 (Bar Code Density)
You can apply this option to bar code fields when you want to create custom densities. When you
apply this option, it overrides the density value in the bar code field. When using this option, set
the density parameter in your bar code field to the default value. You can only use this option
once for each bar code field.
Bar codes produced using Option 50 may not be scannable. Code 39, density 12, produces a
one-dot narrow bar. This density is intended for special U.S.P.S. ACT-tag applications only.
Synthetic supplies are recommended to produce scannable bar codes.
The additional character gap, narrow space, and wide space parameters are valid only with Code
39 and Codabar. If these parameters are specified for any other bar codes, they will be ignored
by the printer. Do not use Option 50 with fixed density bar codes.
Option 50 can be used with PDF417 bar codes for specific customer ratios. With PDF417 bar
codes, use only the narrow and wide parameters. The narrow parameter defines the individual
bar width in dots and the wide parameter is used to define the height of each individual stacked
bar code. Option 50 can also be used with Option 52 to further customize the dimensions of a
PDF417 bar code. Option 52 allows customization of the number of columns or number of rows
for the bar code.
Syntax R,50,narrow,wide,gap,nar_space,wide_space |
R1. R Field Option Header.
R2. 50 Option 50.
R3. narrow Dot width of the narrow element. Range: 1 to 99. 1 is the default.
R4. wide Dot width of the wide element. Range: 1 to 99. 1 is the default.
R5. gap Additional dot space between characters. Enter a value of 1 to 99.
(Code 39 and Codabar only.) 1 is the default.
R6. nar_space Additional dot width of the narrow bar code space. (Code 39 and
Codabar only). Range: 1 to 99. 1 is the default.
R7. wide_space Additional dot width of the wide bar code space. (Code 39 and
Codabar only). Range: 1 to 99. 1 is the default.
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