ProgrammerManual PTX‐S828
Chapter5IPDSProgrammingInformation 207 260071‐001A
The HRI code prints in the OCR-A or the OCR-B font, depending on the bar code type. The following bar
codes print the HRI in OCR-A:
● Code 128
● Code 3 of 9
● MSI
● 2 of 5 Industrial
● 2 of 5 Matrix
● 2 of 5 Interleaved
● Codabar.
The following bar codes print the HRI in OCR-B:
● UPC-A
● UPC-E
● UPC Two Digit Add-On
● UPC Five Digit Add-On
● EAN-8
● EAN-13
● EAN Two Digit Add-On
● EAN Five Digit Add-On.
POSTNET bar codes have no HRI.
The DATA field for the WBC command has the following format:
Decimal Hex Content Description
0 0 Flags
Bit 0 0 - Print Human Readable Code (HRI)
1 - Do Not Print HRI
Bit 1-2 00 - Printer Option
01 - Print HRI Below Symbol - Valid for Code 128,
Codabar, 3of 9, MSI, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13,
and All 2 of 5 Bar Codes.
10 - Print HRI Above Symbol - Not valid for UPC and EAN
without 2-Digit Supplemental and UPC and EAN 5-Digit
Supplemental.
11 -Invalid Combination
Bit 3 0 - Do Not Print Asterisk (*) with Bar Code 3 of 9
1 - Print Asterisk (*) with Bar Code 3 of 9
Bit 4-7 Reserved
1-2 1-2 1 - 7FFF X Coordinate of Symbol Reference Point
3-4 3-4 1 - 7FFF Y Coordinate of Symbol Reference Point
5-n 5-n Bar Code Data (See Note 3)