Appendix C: Bar codes
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5. Printing starts when the printer has received the entire com-
mand.
If P
1
= 0, the bar code cannot be printed.
6. The following values are valid for P
1
. The check digit code is re-
garded as one character:
(a) EAN8 8 characters
(b) EAN13 13 characters
(c) UPC-A 12 characters
(d) UPC-E 6 characters
(e) Code 39 maximum of 50 characters
(f) Interleaved 2/5 maximum of 50 characters
(g) Code 128 (Set A, B, C) maximum of 50 characters
If the Code 128 is selected, P
m
is regarded as one character.
The value for P
1
cannot be changed for bar code types listed under
(a) to (d).
For the bar code types listed under (e) through to (f) you can select
any value listed under number 6.
If P
1
is larger than the above-mentioned numbers, the command
will be ignored.
7. The following characters are valid data for printing:
(a) EAN8 0 (30H) to 9 (39H)
(b) EAN13 0 (30H) to 9 (39H)
(c) UPC-A 0 (30H) to 9 (39H)
(d) UPC-E 0 (30H) to 9 (39H)
(e) Code 39 SP (20H) to Z (5AH)
43 characters, see Table 5
(f) Interleaved 2/5 0 (30H) to 9 (39H)
(g) Code 128 (Set A) (00H) to (66H)
(h) Code 128 (Set B) (19H) to (7FH)
(i) Code 128 (Set C) (30H) to (3CH)
for characters of Code 128, see Table 6
Only the above mentioned data and checksum code is valid.
8. A checksum is generated automatically by sending a checksum
code at the end of the bar code data.
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