BarDIMM barcode
printing examples
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Example of BarDIMM barcodes calls |
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BarDIMM adds it own language to the printer PCL5 language. That language has
been invented by Jetmobile and is copyrighted. The following examples show how a
complex barcode can easily be printed from a Unix or ERP system.
In the
following examples, <Esc>
represents the non-printable ASCII character 27 (1B hex). On a PC under DOS (not
under Unix or Windows), you
can get this character by pressing 'Alt' and typing 27 on the numeric keypad.
You can also make use of the Freescape feature by replacing <Esc> with the
AEC (Alternate Escape Code) which is by default '~'.
A typeface in the BarDIMM range (24580-24900)
is activated with a classical combined PCL font call sequence:
<Esc>(s#p#h#v#b#s#T
where
# are numeric values (referred to as parameters).
Try one
the following examples with your printer equipped with BarDIMM, and verify the
printed result.
Note that all barcode sequences must be terminated by a standard text font
sequence to turn off barcode generation. For example, the following sequence
sets the font to Courier 12 point:
<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
Click on
the following links to display some barcode samples with escape sequences:
UCP-A
EAN-8
EAN-13
Code 39
Code 25 interleaved,
CODABAR/MONARCH
Code 128 AUTO A/B/C,
PDF417*
UPS Maxicode*
DataMatrix*,
*: barcodes only available in BarDIMM 3.X
UPC-A
The
following sequence uses the UPC-A symbology. The caption text is printed with
OCR-B font and half embedded. BarDIMM automatically calculates the checksum (in
this example: 5) and places it automatically on the right side of the main
barcode. If the checksum is already part of the data, BarDIMM detects it and
acts accordingly.
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s3p5hvsb24601T0123456789012<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
EAN-8
The
following sequence uses the EAN-8 symbology. The caption text is printed with
Courier font and fully embedded. BarDIMM calculates automatically the checksum
(in this example: 0) and places it automatically on the right side of the main
barcode. If the checksum is already part of the data, BarDIMM detects it and
acts accordingly.
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s2p0hvbs24621T123456712<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
EAN-13
The
following sequence uses the EAN-13 symbology. The caption text is printed with
OCR-B font and half embedded. BarDIMM calculates automatically the checksum (in
this example: 2) and places it automatically on the right side of the main
barcode. If the checksum is already part of the data, BarDIMM detects it and
acts accordingly.
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s3p5hvbs24632T012345670112345<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
Code 39
The
following sequence uses the code 39 symbology. The caption text is printed
centered, using the Univers bold font, and no checksum is to be calculated/appended.
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s4p2h48vbs24670T012ABC8901<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
Code 25 interleaved
The
following sequence uses the code 25 interleaved symbology.
The caption text is
printed with Courier font and half embedded.
BarDIMM verifies that an even
number of digits is supplied, and performs the interleaving algorithm.
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s3p0h48vbs24641T0123456789012<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
Codabar /
Monarch
The
following sequence uses the Codabar/Monarch symbology.
No caption text is
printed.
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s0p0hvbs24750TA0123456B<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
Code 128 Auto
A/B/C
The
following sequence uses the Code 128 Autoswitch symbology. The caption text is
printed with the CG-Times font and half embedded.
PCL sequence: <Esc>(s3p4h60v8,16,24,32b8,16,24,32s24700TTest
Auto 128<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
PDF417
The
following sequence uses the 2D barcode PDF417 symbology. No caption text is
printed for 2D barcodes (too much data, and data is not linear).
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s24850TJetmobile -
89 rue du Gouv General Eboué 92130
Issy-les-Mx - France<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
DataMatrix
The
following sequence uses the 2D barcode DataMatrix symbology. No caption text is
printed for 2D barcodes (too much data, and data is not linear).
PCL
sequence: <Esc>(s24820TJetmobile
- 89 rue du Gouv General Eboué 92130
Issy-les-Mx - France<Esc>(10U<Esc>(s0p12h4099T
UPS Maxicode
The
following sequence uses the 2D barcode UPS Maxicode symbology. No caption text
is printed for 2D barcodes (too much data, and data is not linear).
PCL sequence:
<Esc>(s24800T1,1,2,152382802,840,001,[)><RS>01<GS>96995011234<GS>840<GS>
025<GS>1Z07000168<GS>UPSN<GS>WX9031<GS>272<GS><GS>1/1<GS>15<GS>
Y<GS>123<FS>300<GS><GS>AK<RS><EOT><Esc>(s0p10h12vbs4099T
The different
fields are separated with the
<Gs>
(Group Separator, ASCII 29, HEX 1D). The barcode data terminates with the
<Eot> (End of transmission,
ASCII 04, HEX 04). To separate format types, use
<Rs> (Field separator, ASCII
30, HEX 1E).
To separate primary
and secondary address numbers, use
<Fs> (Address field
separator, ASCII 28, HEX 1C).
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