Appendic B. Bar Code Specifications
Page B-8 SATO Programming Reference 
Industrial Two of Five
COMMAND STRUCTURE  1:3 ratio: 
2:5 ratio: 
1:2 ratio:
B5bbccc (data)
BD5bbccc (data)
D5bbccc (data)
bb = Width of narrow element in dots (01-12)
ccc = Bar height in dots (001-999
(data) = Bar code data (numeric); must be an even number of 
digits or else the printer will add a leading zero
CHARACTER SET  0-9 (numeric only)
NOTES  To add horizontal guard bars to the top and bottom of the bar code, use 
the Line and Box command.
EXAMPLE <ESC>H0100<ESC>V0600<ESC>BD50310012345
<ESC>H0300<ESC>V0710<ESC>XS12345