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6600 Series Printers Applications Man ual Vo l u m e 4 Graphics La nguages - Code V , PGL, MT660 IG[...]

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6600 Series Printers Applications Man ual Vo l u m e 4 Graphics La nguages - Code V , PGL, MT660 IG[...]

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1 QMS® Code V™ Graphics P rocessing Language ... ....... ...... ....... ....... ....... ....... ........ ....... . 15 Graphics P rocessing L anguage ............. ................... .................... ....... 16 Graphics M ode ................... ............ .................... ................... .............. 16 Turning Graph ics Mode O [...]

Table of Contents Block Characte r Fonts .............. ................... .................... ................... . 37 7.5 CPI ..... .................... ................... ................... .................... ....... 37 10 CPI ............. ................... ................... .................... ................... . 38 12 CPI .......[...]

Table of Contents 4 Bar codes . ....... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ..... ....... ..... 61 Selecti ng Barcodes .................. .................... ................... .............. 62 Barcode De nsity ........... ................... ................... .................... ....... 62 Barcode He ight ............ ..................[...]

Table of Contents 6 Buffered/Def ined Forms ..... ......... ........ ......... ....... 99 Buffered Forms ............ .................... ................... ................... .............. 99 Data Fields ............ .................... ................... ................... .............. 9 9 Buffered Form Create ............... ...........[...]

Table of Contents Two of Five w ith 3:1 Ratio ( Type 10)..... .................... .................. 13 6 Interleave d Two of Five, 3:1 (Type 11).. .................... .................. 13 7 UPC Versi on A (Type 12 ) ......... .................... ............. .................. 13 8 EAN-13 (Type 13) ........ ................... ...............[...]

Table of Contents PGL Command s .... ................... ................... .................... .................. 155 Command P resentation ............ ............ .................... .................. 157 Alphanum eric String Creation Com mands (C reate) .. .................. 158 Increme nted Static ( Fixed) Al phanumer ic Strings ..... ...[...]

Table of Contents 10 PGL B arcodes .... ......... ....... ........ ....... ....... ......... 205 PGL Ba rcodes (Used in CREATE Mo de Only) ... ................... ............ 20 5 Barcode Co mmand Param eters ................... ................... ............ 205 Data Field Characters .. ................... ............. ................... ....[...]

Table of Contents EAN 128 ................ ............. ................... .................... .................. 257 US Postn et Barcode ..... ................... ................... ............. ............ 26 2 Large Cha racter Printin g (LCP) .................... ................... ............ 26 3 LCP C har acte r Set US- AS CII LCP Cha[...]

Table of Contents Zero Param eter (Menu L evel 2) ............ .................... .................. 29 5 Vscale Parameter ( Menu Leve l 2) ... ................... ............. ............ 295 PGL Sp ecial Func tion Comm and Characte r (SFCC) Pa rmeter (Menu Le vel 2) ...... ................... .................... ................... .........[...]

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15 1 QMS ® Code V ™ Graphics Pr ocessing Language This manu al descr ibes the fe atures and u ses of the Code V Gra phics Process ing Langua ge. Code V us es a Graph ics Proc essing Lang uage (GPL) that prov ides the us er with total control ov er the prin ting and fo rmatting of graphic s images. This G PL is compatib le with QMS ® Cod e V ™[...]

16 Chapter 1 Graphics Proce ssing Language Graphics Processing Language The Grap hics Proc essing La nguage (GP L) consis ts of a set o f command s that are u sed to prin t graphic s image s such as block charac ters, bar codes, lines, a nd boxes, as well as provide fo rmatting con trol for the correct placeme nt of these images. R elativel y compl[...]

PY Then 17 When Gr aphics Mo de is on: • The cont rol panel d isplays ONL INE GRAP HICS • All GP L commands and data ar e proces sed by Co de V • Non-GPL da ta is pass ed to the cur rent emulati on. PY Then This con trol pane l option defi nes the ac tion taken o n character s that are on the sa me line as the Graphi cs Mode On Comm and (^PY [...]

18 Chapter 1 Code V Command Character (CV CC) Code V Command Characte r (CVCC) All GP L commands begin with a Command Character. By default, th is charac ter is an A SCII caret (^ ) having h exadeci mal value o f 5E. Changing The CVCC There ar e two ways to c hange the CVCC. Using ESC Se quenc es Using the ^N Command C hange Sequ ence This m ethod [...]

Turning Free Format On 19 Free Format The GPL p rovides a mode which i gnores a ll data with v alues less t han 20 (decim al 32). Data h aving v alues bel ow decimal 32 are c ollectivel y call ed Control C haracters and incl ude Line Feed, For m Feed, and E scape charac ters. By u sing Free For mat Mode, t he user can filter o ut unwanted Control C[...]

20 Chapter 1 Free Format Control Code Eq uivalent s When Free F ormat is turne d ON, GPL control co de equival ents are treate d as actual A SCII control c odes. For example ^! fun ctions in t he same ma nner as the ASCII c ontrol co de SOH. If co ntrol code c haracters n eed to be pa ssed to the prin ter in Fr ee Format M ode, use th e control c o[...]

Control Code Equivalents 21 Ignore Data The Ignore Data co mmand causes the printer to ignore al l data (e xcept for th e command to turn Ignore Data OFF). This allows comme nts or other tha t is not to be pri nted to be ins erted in to the docu ment for info rmation purposes. Format : ^X<data>^ A ^X Ignore Da ta On Comm and. The pr inter wil[...]

22 Chapter 1 Graphic s Pass Not all G PL comm ands and d ata sent to the printer need to be in a pass. In fact, many c ommands m ust be ou tside of a pas s to func tion properly . For instanc e, the com mand ^H se ts the for m length if i t is used outs ide of a pas s, but sets t he pass heig ht if it is u sed within a Pass . At this p oint, it may[...]

Pass F ormat 23 The Print er uses a Hea p Buffer t o process the p ass for pr inting. If a Grap hics Pass i s so com plex that pr ocessing it over flows the a vailable He ap Buff er space, t he Print er aborts p rocessing a nd announc es a Heap Overlfow fa ult. Pass Format A single Graph ics Pass Command is format ted like this: Command ^ {M, U, V [...]

24 Chapter 1 Graphic s Pass V erti cal Lef t Orientation (^E) Prints dat a down th e page and roated 90 deg rees count erclockw ise so th at the basel ine faces the right m argin of the paper: hh The hei ght of each indivi dual barcod e or blo ck character . This dimensi on is me asured ver tically o n the page a nd is sp ecified in increm ents of [...]

Multiple Pa sses 25 GPL Commands Most of th e exam ples shown in this manual a ssume Gr aphics Mode and Fr ee Format Mod e are turne d on, altho ugh the exa mples will not always s how the ^PY and ^F commands. T he comp lete set of co mmands to tu rn Graphi cs and Free Format Mod e On, send GPL com mands and data , then turn Free Format and Graphi [...]

26 Chapter 1 GPL Commands[...]

27 2 Character Printing Control Panel Option A new opti on has be en added to the contr ol panel unde r the Grap hics categor y . T he new op tion, Vscal e, determ ines whether or not ver tical bloc k charac ters will be s caled to match the difference betwee n the ho rizontal and vert ica l prin t den siti es. The optio n is ne cess ary to be fu l[...]

28 Chapter 2 Block Character When a bl ock cha racter is rotated 90 de grees clo ckwise or countercl ockwise on a page, t he height a nd width valu es are exchan ged: • the Gra phics Pass h eight value determin es the new character width. • the Gra phics Pass w idth valu e determine s the new char acter hei ght. Command ^{M, U , V, or E}hhwwjjd[...]

29 The foll owing examp les illustr ate block c haracter pri nting. Example 1: The Grap hics Pass ^M020200 0Graphics ^- prints: ^M Horizont al orienta tion of ch aracter. 02 Character height of 0 .2 inches (0.5 1 cm). 02 Characte r width o f 0.2 inch es (0.51 cm). 00 Justifi ed downwar d 0.00 inc hes. 0 No additi onal dot rows of justific ation dow[...]

30 Chapter 2 Block Character Example 4: The Grap hics Pass ^E010100 0Vertical Lef t^_ prints : ^E Vertic al left or ientatio n of the pas s. 01 Character height of 0 .1 inches (0.2 5 cm). 01 Characte r width o f 0.1 inch es (0.25 cm). 00 No justi fication down . 0 No additi onal dot rows of justific ation down . Example 5: The Grap hics Pass ^M0202[...]

31 Example 6: To place OP TION dire ctly und er GRAPHICS , a pass ter minator (^-^*) mus t be placed afte r the end of the first pas s but before the begin ning of the second p ass: ^M0404000G RAPHICS^ -^*M04040 53OPTION^- will now print: Example 7: This exam ple shows hori zonta l bl ock ch arac ter s with varyi n g degrees of justific ation. The [...]

32 Chapter 2 Descender Mode • Third Com mand - ^M0303 020s ^M Horizont al orienta tion of ch aracters. 03 Character height of 0 .3 inches (0.7 6 cm). 03 Characte r width o f 0.3 inch es (0.76 cm). 02 Just ified down 0.2 inche s (0.51 cm). 0 No additi onal dot rows of justif ication s Data to be printed. • Fourth Com mand - ^M0 303000s^- ^M Hori[...]

Revese Imag e Descen der Mode 33 Reverse Image Reverse Im age caus es the print er to pr int white bloc k charac ters on a bl ack backgroun d. The bl ack backg round ex tends beyon d each ch aracter on e dot row or col umn for e very 0.1 i nch increm ent of cha racter win dow size . For example , a Reverse Image chara cter window w ith a hori zonta[...]

34 Chapter 2 Half-Tone Example 2: Sending the Graphics Pa ss ^M0303000^R^Dfg hij^R^D^- with Descende r Mode ON p rints: NOTE: The dark bac kground of Reverse Ima ge extend s three dot r ows below the descende rs. Half-T one Lines, bo xes, and charac ters are p rinted in s olid black , but they can also be printed in patterns o f dots. These patter [...]

Half-Tone Toggle 35 Half-T one T oggle Once a half-tone patter n has been selecte d, it can be toggled ON and OFF within a Graphic s Pass wi th the com mand: Comman d ^KH<data> ^KH Example: The Graphics Pass ^M 0303000GRA ^ KL05PHI^KH SC OP^KHTIO^KHN^- prints: GRA Data pr inted as solid b lack. ^KL Turns Half-Tone Mod e ON. 05 Selects the 05 [...]

36 Chapter 2 Half-Dot Mode (Double Density) Half-Dot Mode (Double Density) The Half -Dot Mode causes the p rinter to p rint at 12 0 DPI horizontall y (the standard pr int dens ity is 60 DP I). Printing at 120 dpi res ults in dark er printin g and redu ces the s tairstep effect of di agonal line s. It is m ost often used to improv e barcode r eadabi[...]

7.5 CPI 37 • Second G raphics Pass - ^M0 303040 ^KH^KFOPTIO N^KF^KH^- ^KH Toggles Half-Ton e Mode ON and defaul ts to last pattern s elected (E A). ^KF Toggles ON H alf-Dot Mo de. OPTION Data printed with the s elected p attern (EA) i n Half- Tone/Half- Dot Mode. ^KF Toggles OFF Hal f-Dot Mod e. ^KH Toggles OFF Half- Tone Mode. Block Character Fo[...]

38 Chapter 2 Block Character Fonts 10 C PI The 10 CP I block cha racter set is 0.1 inc hes high and is se lected by using th e following Graphic s Pass Comman d. Command ^{ M,U,V,E}010 1jjd<data> ^- Argumen ts ^{M,U,V,E } One of fo ur Graphics Pass orien tations (^M f or horizontal , ^V for clockwi se rotation, ^E for count erclockwis e rotat[...]

12 CPI 39 12 C PI The 12 CP I character s et is 0.1 inc hes high and is selecte d with the fol lowing specia l Graph ics Pas s comm and. Command ^ {M,U,V,E}000 1jjD<data>- Argumen ts ^{M,U,V,E } One of fo ur Graphics Pass orien tations (^M f or horizontal , ^V for clockwi se rotation, ^E for counter clockw ise rotatio n, or ^U for up side dow[...]

40 Chapter 2 Code V Font Selection Code V Font Selection Since Co de V runs o n top of ano ther emulati on, the Code V Languag e has the abili ty to print either em ulation fo nts or Code V fon ts. When Code V is turned on via the ^PY ^- command, i t sets the ou t of pass font to th e 10 CPI Draft emulation font using the char acter set sel ected o[...]

15 CPI 41 The upper C ode V character se t contains the followi ng character s not found in the L ati n1 s et: Compressed Font s Code V has the foll owing nine compre ssed fonts for use in nor mal print ing outside of a G raphics Pass. • Near Lette r Quality ( NLQ) char acter sets at 10, 12, 13.3 , 15, and 17 .1 CPI. • OCR-A and O CR-B 0.10 i n[...]

42 Chapter 2 NLQ Fonts Example 1: The comma nd ^#6OCR-A cha racters^- p rints: Example 2: The comma nds ^M0202 000GRAPHICS PASS^-^*^# 2^- COMPRESSED FONT^- prints: NLQ Font s The NLQ fonts use 0.1 0 inch high Gothic cha racters w henever high qual ity print or high den sity is de sired. NLQ fonts are lim ited to Hor izontal Orientat ion only , and [...]

15 CPI 43 Example 2: The Graphi cs Pass ^M0000000^S1A line^T010 0of text^- ( 10 CPI) prints: Default Font Select ion This com mand allo ws selec tion of a default fon t that whe n issued in side a pass, selects th e font used for the dura tion of tha t pass only . When u sed outside a pass , it selec ts the font us ed in all non-graph ics print ing[...]

44 Chapter 2 Draft Fonts Draf t F ont s The draft fo nts, when issued inside a pass , select the font used for the duration of that pass onl y . W hen used outsi de a pass, they sel ect the fo nt used in a ll non-gr aphics printing . Command ^ @Cnn Argumen ts ^@C Draft Fo nt Command. nn One of th e draft fon t numbers lis ted below: 05 = double hig[...]

Half Space Font Mode 45 Half S p ace Font Mode Selects 60 DPI, fas t speed, lowe st quali ty fonts. The paper will not back up to print an y GPL font ( excludin g OCR) when ^~ FH is selec ted. Command ^~ FH Lines Per Inch The numb er of ch aracter line s per in ch may b e set with the command: Command ^ @Lnn Argumen ts ^@L The Lin es Per Inc h Comm[...]

46 Chapter 2 Control Panel Option Control Panel Option The foll owing Cont rol Panel o ption pro vides mor e control o f speed an d quality . Block C haract er This opti on allows y ou to set the s ize at whic h Block Chara cter Smooth ing begin s. NOTE: Smoothin g slows d own the Code V proces sing. The d efault is size 3. ISO Chara cter Set s Sev[...]

Block Char acter 47 ISO Chara cte r Set T abl e[...]

48 Chapter 2 ISO Char act er Set Ta bl e[...]

49 3 Cr eating Lines And Graphics Line Drawing Code V al lows printi ng of solid or dashed l ines of vario us thickne sses and orientat ions. T he foll owing se ctions describe the line d rawing commands and their usag e. Solid Lines Descripti on Solid l ines ca n be prin ted horizon tally and vertical ly rang ing in width and l ength fro m one dot[...]

50 Chapter 3 Line Drawing Example 1: The comma nd ^LS04000 001^- print s a hori zontal line exactly 4 inches ( 10.2 cm) l ong and 1 do t row thick . ^LS Solid l ine print com mand. 040 A horizo ntal dimensi on of 4.0 i nches (10.2 c m). 0 No dot col umn addit ions to th e horizonta l dimensi ons. 000 No ve rtical dim ensions in incr ements o f 0.1 [...]

Dashed L ines 51 Dashed Lines Descripti on Dashed line s are drawn by printin g altern ate tenths of an inch (every 0 .25 cm). The individu al dashe d marks will be orien ted to the line’ s stronges t dimensio n (horizo ntal or vert ical). If the horizontal and vertic al lengt hs are equa l, the das hes will be horizontal . Dashed l ines ca n be [...]

52 Chapter 3 Line Drawing Example 2: The comma nd ^LD001002 10^- prints a v ertical das hed line 0.10 inc h wide and 2.1 i nches (5.3 cm) tall. ^LD Dashe d Line comma nd 0010 Specifi es a horizont al dim ension of 0.1 inches . 0210 Specifies a vertica l dimensio n of 2.1 inc hes. Example 3: Dashed li nes wil l print hor izontally if the ho rizontal[...]

Dashed L ines 53 Boxes Descripti on Boxes c an be dr awn in a var iety of s hapes, siz es, and line weights. Maximum box size i s limit ed to the ma ximum prin ted pass le ngth and the width of th e paper bein g printed upo n. NOTE: When print ing boxes , the minimu m box len gth must b e greater th an twice the thickne ss of the vertical borders. [...]

54 Chapter 3 Boxes Example 2: The comma nd ^LB02500 10025^- p rints the follo wing: ^LB The Box comman d 0250 Line len gths for top a nd bottom b orders of 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) wi th no addi tional do t columns. 0100 Line len gths for left and right bo rders o f 1.0 inch es (2.54 cm ) with no additiona l dot row s. 2 Thicknes s of top a nd bottom b [...]

Dashed L ines 55 Example 4: The Grap hics Pass , ^M020200 0^LB009000 09011GRAPHI CS^- prints the following box and c haracters: ^LB The Box comman d 0090 Horizon tal length of box is 0 .9 inches. 0090 Vertic al height of b ox is 0. 9 inches . 1 Thicknes s of top a nd bottom b orders is 1 dot row. 1 Thicknes s of right and le ft borders is 1 dot col[...]

56 Chapter 3 Form Drawing d Add iti onal h oriz ontal pos iti oning of th e fi rst ve rti cal line in dot colum ns, ranging from 0 to 9. t Thicknes s of the f irst ve rtical li ne in dot c olumns, ranging from 1 to 9. ... Represents a repeat of th e llldt com mand for eac h addition al vertica l line to be printed. The distanc e between each verti [...]

Dashed L ines 57 Plot Mode Descripti on Plot Mod e allows you to crea te and pri nt your own g raphics image s. The Plo t Mode com mand mus t be inside a Graphi cs Pass . Plot data is base d on ve rtical co lumns of seven do ts each. E ach column i s descri bed by a hex byte that specifies which of t he seven d ots to pri nt. The Leas t Signif ican[...]

58 Chapter 3 Logos The X is dra wn dot by dot as il lust rat ed in Figu re 2. Figure 2. Plot Mode Exa mple Logos A set of predefine d logos c ome with C ode V. See Appendix C, “Logo s” on page 271 for a table of logos. T he first twelv e are avail able in all four orientat ions; the last two on ly work i n horizonta l and ups ide down or ientat[...]

Version 2 logos 59 V ersion 2 logos The Versi on 2 logo comm and prints al l logos. The lo go command must occu r within a Graphic s Pass . Command ^ILOGO,d,nn^G Argumen ts ^ILOGO Versi on 2 logo c ommand d Density: H= high, L=low nn A hex nu mber indic ating the log o to be use d. See Appe ndix C, “ Logos” on page 271 for a li sting of logo nu[...]

60 Chapter 3 Pixel Exp ansion To enlar ge the logo , send the Pix el Expans ion code fi rst, followe d by the lo go comman d. For example, ^M0101000^IP EXP,3,3^G^ILOGO,L45^G^- p rints: Example 2: Sending the code ^M ^IFONT,S,3^G line of Text^- prints at t he norma l size: Whereas s ending th e code ^M^IFO NT,S,3^G^IPEX P,4,3^GLine of Text^- prints:[...]

61 4 Bar codes The CVCC provides the capability to print sever al standard ba rcode sty les with or wi thout accom panying huma n-readable charac ters. All barcode encodin g algorithms reside i n the printer. The user nee ds to only s end the Barcod e Command follow ed by the data to enc ode, and the pr inter will do the rest. The Barcode s tyles i[...]

62 Chapter 4 Selecting Barcodes Code V su pports V ers ion 1 and V ersion 2 Barcode c ommands . V ersion 1 commands allow m ore flexibili ty in the placement of the hum an-readable te xt portion of a barcode . V ersion 2 comman ds have t he advantage o f includ ing the name o f the barc ode styl e in the comm and. Eith er comm and must b e containe[...]

Barcode V ersion 1 63 Barcode V ersion 1 The V e rsion 1 comm and for pr inting a bar code is: Command Defa ult Ratio: ^{B,C}ax <data>^G Variab le Ratio: ^{B,C}a9x< ratio><da ta>^G Argumen ts ^{B,C} B to pri nt a horizontal barcode, o r C to print a vertical barcode . a One of th e followin g characte rs: B, prin ts the OCR -B fon[...]

64 Chapter 4 Example 2: The Grap hics Pass ^M051500 0^CYD67890^G^- prints: ^M0515000 Tur ns ON th e Graphic s Pass Mode. B arcode h eight is 1.5 i nches with no vertic al justifi cation. ^C Indicates th e barcode o rientati on will be v ertical. Y Non-OCR human-read able characte rs will prin t. D The Coda bar barcod e style (see T a ble 3). 67890 [...]

Barcode V ersion 2 65 <data > The alphan umeric char acters to be encoded. ^G Command Termina tor Ta b l e 3 sho ws the available ba rcode style s and associated indices: * These rati o numbers a re to be read in pairs. They re fer to the re lative ratios of the w idths of the ba rs and gaps in barcode ch aracters and corresp ond to narrow ba[...]

66 Chapter 4 NOTE: We cannot gu arantee th a barcode d ata with uni que ratios other than those li sted abov e will resu lt in reada ble printer output. W hen using unique r atios, make s ure that the wid e and narrow b ar ratios c onform to requi rements for r eadability . Example 1: The followi ng comma nd is the V ersion 2 eq uivalen t of Examp [...]

Barcode V ersion 2 67 Example 3: Example 2 m ay be pr inted with the human-r eadable cha racters embedded in the b arcode by replacing B with an E as sho wn below: ^M05 05000^IBARC,C3 9,E,12345^G ^- prints: ^M0505000 Se ts up h orizontal orientat ion and sets th e barcode height to 0.5 inches. ^IBARC, T urns ON the Ba rcode Mode . C39, Select s the[...]

68 Chapter 4 Example 5: The Grap hics Pass ^U0505^IBA RC,EAN8,E,123 4567^G^- prints: ^U0505 Causes the b arcode to be upside d own with a height of 0.5 inches. ^IBARC Turns ON the Barcod e Mode. EAN8 Sets the barcode style to EA N 8. E Embeds the human- readable c haracter t ranslation in the bar code. 1234567 Barcode da ta as well as huma n-readab[...]

Barcode V ersion 2 69 First Command : ^M0505000^IFONT,S,1^G^IBAR C,C128,B,Horizontal^G ^M0505000 Cau ses barcode t o print hor izontally with a height of 0.5 inc hes. ^IFONT,S,1^G Sele cts Draft 10 CPI char acters. ^IBARC,C128 , Turns O N Barcode M ode and s elects Code 1 28 barcode . B, Prints the ch aracter tr anslation below the ba rcode. Horizo[...]

70 Chapter 4 ^G Command Termina tor Fourth C ommand: ^V0505000^T0 250^IBARC,C 128,B,V ert Right^G^- ^V0505000 Cau ses barcode t o print ver tical right with a height of 0.5 inc hes. ^T0250 Tabs th e start of the barcode 2.5 inches from the left ma rgin. ^IBARC,C128 , Turns O N Barcode M ode and s elects Code 1 28 barcode . B, Prints the ch aracter [...]

High Density Barcode 71 Example 1: Barcodes can be expa nded by dou bling the rati o of the light/da rk bars. Co de 39, whic h is norma lly 1:1:3 :3 can be pr inted doub le wide b y sending th e Versi on 2 Graph ics Pass , ^M0505000^ IBARC,C39,R2 :2:6:6,E,123 45^G^- prints : Example 2: Barcodes can als o be expan ded by repl acing the ratio numbe r[...]

72 Chapter 4 LOGMARS Barcode The LOGM ARS barcod e is a styl e used by th e U.S. gov ernment. Alt hough it was meant to print with the human- readable c haracters plac ed below t he barcode (B), LOGM ARS can also b e used the with human -readable charac ters embedd ed in the b arcode (E ) or not se lecte d (N). Example: The G raphic s Pass, ^M101 0[...]

Code 128 Barcode 73 Example 1: The Graphic s Pass ^M0505000^ IFONT,S,1 0^IBARC,C128,E, ABCDE^G^- p rints: Example 2: By addi ng the greater than sy mbol to th e printable character s of Exampl e 1, the Graphics Pass , ^M0505000^ IFONT,S,1 0^IBARC,C128 ,E,>ABCDE^G ^- prints a differen t barcode pa ttern, indic ating that >A (decimal 65) now re[...]

74 Chapter 4 The foll owing examp les illust rate the S pecial Character usa ge Ta b l e 4. Code 128 Special Command Ch aracters Special Character Code 128 Hex V alue Code A Char act er Code B Char acter Code C Character >0 30 > > 30 >1 95 US DEL 95 >2 96 FNC3 FNC3 96 >3 97 FNC2 FNC2 97 >4 98 Shif t Shift 98 >5 99 Code C Cod[...]

Code 128 S pecial Charact ers 75 Code 1 28 S pecia l Characters When a st yle sel ection has be en made , character da ta will be tran slated from the se lected code style to the Cod e 128 repres entation as sh own in Ta b l e 5. NOTE: Codes 96 t hrough 102 do not have correspo nding ASCII c haracter transla tions; these may be encoded us ing the s[...]

76 Chapter 4 23 77 23 24 88 24 25 99 25 26 :: 26 27 ;; 27 28 << 28 29 == 29 30 >> 30 31 ?? 31 32 @@ 32 33 AA 33 34 BB 34 35 CC 35 36 DD 36 37 EE 37 38 FF 38 39 GG 39 40 HH 40 41 II 41 42 JJ 42 43 KK 43 44 LL 44 45 MM 45 46 NN 46 47 OO 47 48 PP 48 49 QQ 49 50 RR 50 51 SS 51 T able 5. Code 128 T ranslation T able Code 128 Va l u e Code A [...]

Code 128 S pecial Charact ers 77 52 TT 52 53 UU 53 54 VV 54 55 WW 55 56 XX 56 57 YY 57 58 ZZ 58 59 [[ 59 60 60 61 ]] 61 62 ^^ 62 63 63 64 NUL ‘ 64 65 SOH a 65 66 STX b 66 67 ETX c 67 68 EOT d 68 69 ENQ e 69 70 ACK f 70 71 BEL g 71 72 BS h 72 73 HT i 73 74 LF j 74 75 VT k 75 76 FF l 76 77 CR m 77 78 SO n 78 79 SI o 79 80 DLE p 80 T able 5. Code[...]

78 Chapter 4 81 DC1 q 81 82 DC2 r 82 83 DC3 s 83 84 DC4 t 84 85 NAK u 85 86 SYN v 86 87 ETB w 87 88 CAN x 88 89 EM y 89 90 SUB z 90 91 ESC { 91 92 FS | 92 93 GS } 93 94 RS ~ 94 95 US DEL 95 96 FNC 3 FNC 3 96 97 FNC 2 FNC 2 96 98 SHIFT SH IFT 98 99 CODE C CODE C 99 100 CODE B FUNC-4 CODE B 101 FNC 4 CODE A CODE A 102 FNC 1 FNC 1 FNC 1 T able 5. Code[...]

Accessin g POSTNE T in CVCC 79 Post net Bar codes POSTNET barcodes ar e now availabl e to all Code V user s. Y ou can no w print POSTNET barcodes on envelop es or any p rinter outp ut desired. The United S tates Po stal Serv ice defi nes POSTNET Barcode s in USP S Publi cation #25 , A Guide T o Busine ss Mail Preparation. Beca use of the strict sp [...]

80 Chapter 4 Post net Bar co des Parameters In POSTNET When use d with POSTNE T barcodes, s ome parameters fun ction differently than wh en us ed wi th ot he r barc odes. Th ese p arame ter s are as fo llo ws: ^IBARC,POSTNET ,B,98032^ The Below ( B) parameter ad ds human-rea dable cha racters bel ow the barcode , but unli ke other bar codes, does n[...]

HIBCC Barcode 81 HIBCC Barc ode The HIBCC barcode style i s used by t he health i ndustry . It is actually a Code 39 barc ode with a che ck digit. If the human- readable te xt is pr inted, it is bracke ted on eith er side by an asterisk . Lower-cas e letter s cannot be used with the HIBCC b arcodes. Example: The Gr aphics Pass , ^M0505000^ IFONT,S,[...]

82 Chapter 4 Post net Bar co des[...]

83 5 Positioning a nd Repeating Posi tioning Dat a This cha pter discu sses the form atting and positioning commands provided by Code V . Horizont al T ab The Hor izontal T ab comm and allows the user to specify th e current p rint positio n relative to the left mar gin. When issued outsid e a pass, it sets th e default left margin for all sub sequ[...]

84 Chapter 5 Pos ition ing D ata Example 2: Since th e tab command always specifies the prin t positio n relativ e to the le ft margin , it is po ssible to b ack up to previous ly printed position s within t he line. Fo r instan ce, the follo wing example prints B before A even though A appears befo re B in the command se quence ^M0505^T0100A ^T0 0[...]

Pass Heigh t 85 Pass Height This func tion changes the heigh t of block characters a nd barco des within a Graphi cs Pass. Command ^Hx x Argumen ts ^H Pass Height Comma nd xx New window h eight in inc rements of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm ) from 01 to 99. The a ctual heigh t ranges from 0.1 to 9.9 inches (0.3 to 25.2 c m). Example: The Graphics Pass, ^M04[...]

86 Chapter 5 Pos ition ing D ata Pass Wid th This fu nction chan ges the wi dth of block character s within a G raphics B ox. Command ^W xx Argumen ts ^W Pass Width Co mmand xx New window w idth in increm ents of 0.1 inches (0.25 cm ) from 01 to 99. The a ctual width r anges from 0.1 to 9.9 inches (0.25 to 25.2 cm). Example: The G raphics Pass, ^M [...]

Dot Slew 87 vvv The vert ical dens ity in d ots per inc h. The all owable is from 040 to 240 . Example 1: The Grap hics Pass , ^M040400 0^~D050050 50x50 dpi^- prints: Example 2: The Graphic s Pass, ^M0505000^ ~D0700 72^BYA123456 7890^G^- prints: Example 3: The Graphic s Pass, ^M0505000^ ~D0600 72^BYA123456 7890^G^- prints: Dot Slew The Dot S lew co[...]

88 Chapter 5 Pos ition ing D ata Interrupt Func tion With the I nterrupt function, a G raphics Pass may b e interrup ted at a designat ed vertical distance from the top of the pass to allo w another Pass to begin printing at that l ocation. Th e Interr upt comma nd is no t processed u ntil a Pass T er minator is received . Any Code V comma nds betw[...]

Horizontal Repeat, Ver sion 2 89 Repeating Dat a The printe d image d efined by a sequence o f Code V c ommands a nd data may be repeated h orizontally and vert ically throu gh the us e of Code V Repeat comm ands. This techn ique is often us ed to replicat e labels, al lowing the u ser to print numerous l abels from a single co mmand seq uence. Us [...]

90 Chapter 5 Repeating Data, Version 2 Example 1: The command ^IREP H,2,200^G ^M0202000RE PEAT^_^IREPE ^- prints: ^IREPH, T urns ON the Horizontal Repeat Mod e. 2, The num ber of tim es the data is to be repea ted. 200 2.0 inch es between the star t of each repetition with no additi onal do t columns. ^M0202 000REPEA T^ The Grap hics Pa ss contain [...]

Vertica l Repeat, Vers ion 2 91 V ert ical Repea t, V ersion 2 V ertic al repetit ion ca n be sele cted by b racketing the comma nds and d ata to be repea ted with the commands shown be low . Both Graphics and non- Graphics comman ds and data are r epeated ve rtically . Command ^IREPV,n,v d^G <data>^IREPE Argumen ts ^IREPV Vertic al Repeat C [...]

92 Chapter 5 Repeating Data, Version 2 Mu ltip le Repe at Com man ds A Grap hics Pass may co ntain more than o ne Repe at S tart/Rep eat End pair . When a G raphics Pas s contains mo re than on e pair of Repe at S tart/Repeat End comm ands, the additiona l pairs are d escribed as being “nested” i nside the Gra phics Pass. The nexted pair s are [...]

Multiple Repeat Commands 93 ^iREPV,2,070 ^G Specifi es a Vertica l Repeat twice at 0.7 inc hes separat ion. ^IREPH,3,100^G Specifi es a Horizonta l Repeat th ree times wi th a separat ion of 1 in ch. ^M0101000a bc^- First G raphics Pass wi th data a nd Pass T ermina tor. ^IREPV,2,000^G Specifi es a Vertica l Repeat of two more time s with no separa[...]

94 Chapter 5 Automatic Inc rement/Decr ement ^IREPV,2,050^G This comm and cause s Level A and all the followi ng passes to b e repeate d twice vertic ally, with a spacin g of 0.5 inches. Level A Printed dat a. ^IREPH,2,150^G This com mand caus es Leve l B and al l other Graphics P asses with in this lev el to be pri nted twice hori zontally wi th a[...]

Multiple Repeat Commands 95 Increme nting or dec rementing n umbers and charac ters is s imilar to a dding or subtrac ting numbers . Align the nu mers and/o r letters verti cally in co lumns and add or s ubtract eac h column. F or exampl e, K + 1 means to advan ce 1 charac ter positi on from K to t he next le tter (i.e., K +1 = L and K -1 = J). The[...]

96 Chapter 5 Automatic Inc rement/Decr ement Example 1: The Auto Inc rement C ommand, ^IREPV,3,0^G^M02 02000^YAA8+3^G^-^*^I REPE prints: ^Y Turns ON the Automatic I ncrement/Dec rement function . AA8 The operand (the startin g value). +3 The operat or. This i s the amount by which the operand is increment ed. ^G^-^* Com pletes th e automatic increm[...]

Multiple Repeat Commands 97 Example 3: This exa mple shows h ow to pri nt sequential ly numbere d labels. The Aut omatic Incr ement com mand: ^IREPV,3,0 ^G^M0000Vert ^Y 1+1^G^- ^IREPH,3,100^G^M0 101Horz ^Y1+1^G^- ^IREPV,2,0^G^M01 01VERT ^Y1+1^G^- ^IREPE^IREPE^IRE PE^- prints:[...]

98 Chapter 5 Repeating Data, Version 1 Repeating Dat a, V ersion 1 Horizont al Repeat Horizontal V ersion 1 r epetition can be ac complish ed by bra cketing the commands and data to be repeated with the c ommands s hown belo w: Command ^Sn ntt^-<data> ^-^S^- Argumen ts ^S Version 1 Horizontal Repeat Comm and nn Number of times to repeat (00 t[...]

99 6 Buffer ed/Defined Forms Buffered Forms Code V allow s users to store commands and data in printer mem ory . The data stored i n memory m ay be name d and calle d up for use a ny time. D ata stored in memo ry this way is c alled a buffered for m. The buffered form can cons ist of any data and c ommands sent to th e printer . The G raphics Proce[...]

100 Chapter 6 Buffered Forms Buffered For m Create Buffered forms are create d by the Buffered From Create Co mmand. Wh en a buffered form is c reated, it is stored in pr inter mem ory until it is d eleted or th e printer exits Graph ics Mod e. Every V ersio n 2 Buffered F orm has a name by which it is reference d. The name is assigned to the Form [...]

Control Code Command Changes 101 <data> Data to be e ntered in to the data f ields of the Buffered Form. ^G Command Termina tor Example: To p rint the fo rm defin ed as TEST 1 in Exam ple 2, pag e 100, send the followi ng command: ^IFORM,ETEST 1^GAB CDEF^-^G This woul d print ABCD EF as 0 .5 x 0.5 inch block c haracter s: Control Code Command[...]

102 Chapter 6 Buffered Forms The foll owing examp les illustr ate the use of b uffered fo rmatting. Example 1: This exam ple is a t wo ste p pr oces s. A f orm wi th the fi le na me EXAMPL E 1 will be created in the first s tep, then exe cuted in th e seco nd step. 1. To create the buffered f orm, sen d the command : ^IFORM,EE XAMPLE 1^G123 4567890[...]

Control Code Command Changes 103 ^T0004^J122 QUANTITY ^J133^T0025 (Q) ^T0004^J232 SUPPLIE R^J241^T0 025 (V) ^T0004^J312 SERIAL^J323 ^T0025 (S) ^M0100000^T 0030^J3 86 ^[055^-^*^ 2. The foll owing Exec ute comma nd insert s data into the data fie lds and prints the AIA G form as follows: ^IFORM,EAIG^G 1234567^+ 1234567^+ 12345^+12 345^+ 123456^+ 1234[...]

104 Chapter 6 Buffered Forms Buffered For m Delete Any exi sting form or label c an be dele ted from th e printer ’s memor y if additiona l space is ne eded to create a new form. This is done through th e comm and: Command ^IF ORM,D<name> ^G Argumen ts ^IFORM,D Buffered Form De lete Comma nd <name> the name of the form to be de leted.[...]

Buffered Form List 105 Buffered Form List This com mand pri nts a list of al l forms cu rrently i n memory , the nu mber of bytes ne eded for eac h form, the total n umber of b ytes used, and the num ber of bytes still avai lable. T his is don e through the comma nd: Command ^IFORM,L Example: Is suing the above co mmand prints:[...]

106 Chapter 6 Buffered Forms Buffered Form Repeat s T wo ty pes of Repe at commands are allo wed within a buffered form: t he Buffered Fo rm Copy comman d and th e Buffered Form Re peat comm and. Both the Co py and Rep eat comma nds serve to r epeat a s equence of Cr eate <data> a ce rtain number of times. T he difference be tween them i s th[...]

Buffered Form Copy 107 Example 1: ^F^- Free Format ON ^IFORM ,CEXAM PLE1^G ^C03^-^M 0101This line prints 3 t imes^ -^Z^- ^C02^-^M020 1This line prints ^[0 20^-^Z^- ^C04^-^M020 2This line prints ^[0 20^-^Z^- ^] ^IFORM ,EEXAM PLE1^G 2 times^- 2 times^ - 3 times^0 3 times^0 3 times^0 ^* ^G ^O^ Free Fo rmat OFF prints:[...]

108 Chapter 6 Buffered Forms Repeat The Repe at command repeats a sequ ence of Co de V command s and data a user-spe cified numbe r of times . The number of times to repe at a comman d or data sequenc e is specifi ed in the da ta section o f a Buffered Form E xecute comm and. The mann er in whic h this is d one is be st understo od by refe rring to[...]

AIAG Forms 109 Pred efi ned Fo rms Code V com es wit h th e fol lowing tw o pr edef ined for ms al read y st ored in permanen t memory: • AIAG fo rm • Prelim inary M etals for m The barco de porti ons of these p redefine d forms ca n be prin ted at eithe r 120 DPI high d ensity o r 60 DPI low d ensity . However , the Hal fdot Mode r educes prin[...]

110 Chapter 6 Predefin ed Forms Partn er Num ber The firs t field (up to nine ch aracters) i s treated as human- readable ch aracters . The secon d field (up to nine ch aracters) is treated a s barcode data. Quantity The thi rd field (up to six charac ters) is tr eated as human-read able cha racters. The four th field (u p to six character s) is tr[...]

Primary Met als Form 111 which prints: Primary Met als Form Simila r to the A IAG form, th e Primary Me tals form ut ilizes bot h barcode an d human-r eadable cha racters t o create a s tandard label fo r shipp ing and identifi cation. The barcode por tions of thi s form can be print ed in either the High Dens ity or Low De nsity mode: The comma nd[...]

112 Chapter 6 Predefin ed Forms The data sen t to fill the MET ALS for ms will se quentiall y fill the f ollowing data fi elds : Product Identification The first field (up to 15 char acters) is printed a s human-read able charac ters. The secon d field (up to 15 char acters) is printed as barcoded d ata. Supplier Number The thir d field (u p to 1 1[...]

Primary Met als Form 113 S pecial Data The twent ieth field (up to 14 charac ters) is prin ted as a single li ne of huma n- readabl e characters . The twenty -first field ( up to 14 char acters) is printed as a si ngle line of human- readabl e characters . The twent y-second field (u p to 14 cha racters) i s printed as a single l ine of human-rea d[...]

114 Chapter 6 Predefin ed Forms MINT^+ Human-read able Speci al Data TASTE^+ Human-r eadable Spec ial Data GREEN^+ Human-read able Spec ial Data Green Mint Gu m, Inc.^+ Human-r eadable Supp lier Ad dress ^G^- prints (see next page):[...]

Primary Met als Form 115[...]

116 Chapter 6 Version 1 Buffered Formatting V ersion 1 Buff ered Formatting This sec tion discu sses only the V ers ion 1 com mands for bu ffered formatt ing. V ersion 2 comman ds are dis cussed on page 99 . Buffered For m Create V ersion 1 Buffered For m creation and executi on differs from V e rsion 2 in that there is no V ers ion 1 Exe cute comm[...]

Control Code Command Changes 117 Example 1: In this examp le, the words Shoppin g List: are par t of the Graphi cs Pass with t he data mil k, eggs, and butter, tr ansmitted a fterward. Since b utter contai ns the most l etters (six characters ), the dat a field wil l be 6 by tes. The co mmand: ^B^-^M020 2000Shopp ing List : ^[006^-^*^* ^] milk^- bu[...]

118 Chapter 6 Version 1 Buffered Formatting Example 2: The Buffer ed Repeat c ommand de scribed i n the Versi on 2 Buffered Form secti on can also be used wi th Version 1 Buffered Forms as illustra ted in thi s example. T he command seque nce: ^B^-^R^-^M 0202000Sh opping List: ^[006^-^*^* ^Z^-^] 0001milk ^- 0002butter 0003eggs ^- ^G^- will print:[...]

Control Code Command Changes 119 Example 3: The Buffere d Copy comma nd describe d in the Versio n 2 Buffered Form sec tion can al so be use d with Version 1 Buffer ed forms as illustr ated in t his exam ple: ^B^-^C02^- ^M0202000S hopping List: ^[006^-^*^Z^ -^*^] milk^-mi lk^- butterbut ter eggs^-e ggs^- ^-^-^G^- will print:[...]

120 Chapter 6 Version 1 Buffered Formatting[...]

121 7 Industrial Graphics Application Introduction This Indus trial Gra phics manua l descr ibes how to p rint several different types of barco des and b lock char acters usin g escape sequenc es and co mmand function s. This c hapter contains the follow ing sectio ns: Control Sequen ces This sec tion desc ribes the e scape seq uences use d in ente[...]

122 Chapter 7 Control Sequences Control Sequences This se ction des cribes the escape s equence s for ent ering and exiting the Industri al Graphics Barcode/ Block C haracter m ode. The com mands for access ing rel ated funct ions, su ch as s electing Normal o r Double D ensity Block Characters, v ertical or h orizontal ori entation of ba rcodes, l[...]

Exiting Barcode/Block Character Mode 123 Exit ing Barcode /Blo ck Character M ode T o exit the Barcode/Bl ock Chara cter Mode, s end the fol lowing es cape seque nce: Command ESC {<41 (lower- case L) AS CII 1B 5B 3C 3 4 6C hex Control Sequen ce Forma tting All Contr ol Sequenc es in the Barcode/B lock Chara cter mode h ave the s ame basic for ma[...]

124 Chapter 7 Control Sequences V alid Control Seque nces The fol lowing e leven co ntrol se quences are v alid in B arcode/ Block Char acter Mode: ^A Move the Home. ^B Select H orizont al Barcode . ^C Selec t Vertica l Barcode. ^D Selec t Doub le Densit y Block Ch aracters. ^M Selec t Normal Density Bl ock Charac ters. ^N Selec t New Intr oducer. [...]

Valid Control Sequences 125 (size) Scal e factor affe cting both heigh t and unit width of the bars , ranging fr om 1-8 (de fault = 1). (option) Human Read able Character s option (default = 1) 1 = No ch aracters 2 = Data P rocessing fo nt 3 = OCR-A font 4 = OCR-B font ^C - Select V ertical Barcode Selects V ertical Ba rcode an d sets barcode para [...]

126 Chapter 7 Control Sequences ^M - Select Normal Density Block Characters Selects 60 dots per inch and sets Block Character parameters. Comman d ^M(height );(width) NL Argumen t (height) Chara cter Height Multip lier in even number s in the range 2-12 4 (defaul t = 2). (width) Cha racter Wi dth Multi plier in ev en number s in the range 2-12 4 (d[...]

Valid Control Sequences 127 ^S - Sig ned Cur sor Move Moves th e curs or relativ e to its curr ent position in in crements of fix ed value . Comm and ^X( xsign) ;(ysign)N L Argumen t (xsign) The distance to move h orizontall y in incr ements of 0.01 inc hes. Positive values move the cur sor right, and negati ve valu es move it l eft. Total di stanc[...]

128 Chapter 7 Control Sequences ^W - Set B arcode Dens ity Sets the pri nt densit ies and d ot-making rules fo r Barcode printing th ereby affecting print s peed, sy mbol len gth, and r eadability through wh ite:black and wide:narrow ratios . For typic al applic ations, th e default val ues produc e fully readable Barcode; however , a range of sett[...]

Paper Motion Commands 129 Home And Cursor The Home po sition and cursor pointer s in this manu al are simil ar in func tion to the Home an d cursor pointers in a CRT terminal: • Upon enter ing the Bar code/Block Ch aracter Mo de, the Home position is set to the extreme top-left dot i n the curr ent print li ne. This i s considered the st arting p[...]

130 Chapter 7 Barcodes Barcodes Barcod es can be p rinted either v ertically or horizo ntally from 01 to 2 .55 inches high. Th e Barcode styles ca n now be defi ned indi vidually . Code 39 (T y pes 1 And 2) Character Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - . (sp ace) $ / + % D a ta L i mi ts No limi ts are im p[...]

Emulation Limitations 131 LF $J * /J J J j +J VT $K + + K K k +K FF $L , /L L L l +L CR $M - - M M m +M SO $N . . N N n +N SI $O / / O O o +O DLE $P 0 0 P P p +P DC1 $Q 1 1 Q Q q +Q DC2 $R 2 2 R R r +R DC3 $3 3 3 S S s +S DC4 $T 4 4 T T t +T NAK $U 5 5 U U u +U SYN $V 6 6 V V v +V ETB $W 7 7 W W w +W CAN $X 8 8 X X x +X EM $Y 9 9 Y Y y +Y SUB $Z : [...]

132 Chapter 7 Barcodes Code 39 T ype 1 Examp les Horizontal with OCR-A chara cters, ^B1; 80;1;3;<CRFL> 1 2345-67/ 890<C RLF> prints: V ertical without OCR c haracters, ^C 1;80;1<CRLF>12 345-67/890< CRLF> prints:[...]

Code 39 Type 2 Examples 133 Code 39 T ype 2 Examp les Horizontal with OCR-A chara cters, ^B2; 80;1;3<CRLF> 12 345-67/89 0<CRLF> prints: V ertical without OCR c haracters, ^ C2;80;1<CRLF> 12345-67/89 0<CRLF> prints:[...]

134 Chapter 7 Barcodes T wo of Five with 2:1 Ra tio (T ype 6) Characte r Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Data Limi ts No data limi ts. Inval id character s are enco ded as a s olid black charac ter. Example s: Horizontal with OCR-A Charac ters, ^B;80; 1;3<CRLF> 2598 760<CRLF> prints: Vertic al without OCR Charact ers, ^6;80;1< CRLF>2598[...]

Interleave d Two of F ive, 2:1 (Ty pe 7) 135 Interl eaved T wo of Five, 2: 1 (T ype 7) Characte r Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Data Limi ts An even num ber of di gits. If an odd number o f digits o r invalid charac ters are sen t, the last digit and invalid character s will be encoded a s a solid b lack charac ter. Exampl es: Horizontal with OCR-A chara[...]

136 Chapter 7 Barcodes T wo of Five with 3:1 Ra tio (T ype 10) Characte r Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Data Limi ts None. Inva lid charac ters are enc oded as a solid blac k charac ter. Example s: Horizontal with OCR-A Charac ters, ^B10;8 0;1;3<CRLF> 25 98760<CRLF> prints: V ertical without OCR Ch aracters, ^C10 ;80;1<CRLF> 2598760<[...]

Interlea ved Two o f Five, 3:1 ( Type 11) 137 Interl eaved T wo of Five, 3: 1 (T ype 1 1) Characte r Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Data Limi ts Any eve n number of d igits. If an o dd numb er of digits or invalid charac ters are sen t, they wil l be enco ded as a sol id black charac ter. Exampl es: Horizontal with OCR-A chara cters, ^B1 1;80;1;3< CRLF[...]

138 Chapter 7 Barcodes UPC V ersi on A (T ype 12) Characte r Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Data Limi ts Data is limited to 10 dig its. Each symbo l as exactly 10 data digits preceed ed by a nu mber sys tem digit f ollowed by a chec k digit. If 10 char acters ar e sent, the printer s upplies zero as the number system check. If 11 digit s are sent, the fir[...]

EAN-13 (Typ e 13) 139 EAN-13 (T ype 13) Characte r Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Data Limi ts Twelve digit s. An EAN-13 s ymbol is ver y simila r to UPC Vers ion A, but has a thirte enth digit ( a number system d igit) which i s encoded i nto a parity pattern of th e left six d igits. The number system di git is us ed with the twelth digit to define c ha[...]

140 Chapter 7 Barcodes EAN-8 ( T ype 1) Characte r Set 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Data Limi ts Eight digits . The EAN-8 symb ol encode s two flag digi ts, five data digits, and the ch eck digit; e ight total digits i ncluding the check digit. T he check digit is cal culated by the print er. If mor e or less than sev en digits are sent, the s equence i s p[...]

Block Char acter Size s 141 Block Characters Block character s use the s ame basic fo rmatting as descr ibed in Con trol Sequenc es earlie r in thi s manual a nd can b e printed in two d ifferent densiti es: • Normal Density (^M) Characte rs will print 60 DPI vert ically x 72 DPI horiz ontally. • Double Den sity (^D) Characte rs will print 12 0[...]

142 Chapter 7 Block Character s ^M6;6 <CRLF> DE F ^R0;12 <CR> ^M4 ;4 <CR> ^R0;-12<CR> GHI^R0;12 <CR> ^M2;2 < CR> ^R0;-12 <CR> JKL< CRLF> prints: The ^R co mmand defi nes both the top and e ight of eac h block c haracter . NOTE: The contr ol sequen ce ^R0;XX <CR> mov es the c ursor up ( for negat[...]

Double Density ( ^D) Examples 143 ^M6;2 <CRLF> T ALLER <C RLF> prints: ^M2;4 <CRLF> ^R0;36 <CRLF> WIDE ^M4;2 <CRLF> ^R0;-6 <CR LF> T ALL ^M2;6 <CRLF> ^R0 ;12 <CRLF> WIDER ^M 6;2 <CRLF> ^R0;-8 <CRL F> T ALLER<CRLF> prints: Double Density (^D) Examples ^D2;15 <CRLF> W IDE<CRLF[...]

144 Chapter 7 Block Character s ^D15;15 <CRLF> H UGE <CRLF> prints: Mixing Barcode/Block Charact ers These f ollowing ex amples show the mixi ng of Barco de and blo ck characters with cu rsor moveme nt s. ^B1;0;0;4 <CR> 12345^D2;2 <CR> ^S125;0 <CR> THIS IS CODE 39<CRLF> ^S 125;30 <C R> WITH OCR -B <CRLF&[...]

Mixing Barc ode/Block Characters 145 ^D2;2 <CR> C<C RLF> o <CRLF> D<CRLF> E <CRLF <CRLF> 3 <CRLF> 9<CRLF> ^T50;0 < CR> ^C1;0;0<CR> 12 3 <CRLF> prints: Command Summa ry T able Command Summary ESC[< 4h ENTE R Bar code /Blo ck Ch arac ter Mode ESC [<41 (lower-case L) EXIT Barc ode/Bl[...]

146 Chapter 7 Command Summary Table[...]

147 8 PGL Menu Operations Introduction The Prin tronix Graphics Language (PGL) option on yo ur printer is desi gned to be compat ible with the P rintroni x Intelligen t Graphic s Processo r (IGP) - 1 00 Ve r s i o n 2 . On your p rinter some o f the parameters y ou have to set for proper P GL operatio ns are loca ted in Multi -Level men us that can[...]

148 Chapter 8 Graphic Menu Category Graphic Menu Categor y This cate gory al lows you to c onfigur e certain aspe cts of the Gra phic Op tion on your prin ter . Ta b l e 7. Configurations Menu Entries For Graphic s Options Menu Entries Applicable Graphic Option Menu Level 1 Category Menu Level 2 Paramete r Menu Level 3 Selectio ns Graphic CV CC Cmd[...]

Smooth Pa rameter 149 PGL Graphic Parameter s This secti on explains the Graphi c Category param eters that ap plies to the PGL Grap hic Op tion on yo ur prin ter . Smooth Paramete r The Smo oth Para meter affects the b lock charac ters in PG L. Smoot hing causes the stair step appearan ce of larger block c haracters to b e less pronounc ed. This p[...]

150 Chapter 8 PGL Gra phic P arameters Vscale Parameter Due to the difference betw een horizon tal and vertical DPI, as the s ize of blo ck charac ters incr ease, the re is a greater dis parity between the physi cal si ze of horizontal and vertical output. T his parameter allows you to print vert ical block charac ters larg er than size 3 at approx[...]

151 9 PGL Command Set PGL Command Set St andar ds T o use the P GL command s, follow a set of s tandards in co nstructing the comm ands you se nd to your printer . S pecial Funct ion Control Charac ter (SFCC) The SFCC i dentifies Special Func tion Comma nds that are used in NORM AL Mode and E xecute Mode . The ch aracter you u se for the S FCC is b[...]

152 Chapter 9 PGL Command Set Standar ds P r i n ta b l e D a ta D e l i m i t e r All pr intable data (ex cluding ov erlay data), a lphanumer ic chara cters, and barcode data must be e nclosed by a printable data delimit er . Th is delimite r is always a pr intable cha racter that the printer recognizes , telling it t o print th e dat a that fo ll[...]

Numeric Variab les 153 • Amersa nd (&) (H EX 26) The SFCC c an also be used as part of a form or logo name . Numeri c V ariable s Some com mand parame ters may include nu meric var iables. W hen it is required, an approp riate numer ic value m ust be ent ered. In optio nal parameters wh ere a num eric varia ble appea rs, the num eric var iabl[...]

154 Chapter 9 PGL Command Set Standar ds Dat a T ypes There ar e four data types used in PGL: • Fixed (temp late/form descripti on) • Overlay (interactiv e) • Dynamic (mailing lists) • Increme ntal (automa tically up dated infor mation s uch as che ck numbers , order n umbers, etc .). Double-Density Printing (DARK Parame ter) The DARK param[...]

PGL Modes 155 PGL M odes Four basic modes of operation for the PG L are available: N ORMAL, LOGO, CREA TE, and EXECUTE. NORMAL In NORMAL mode, the printer functions in l ine printer mode. T he incoming data is sca nned by the p rinter for SFCC comma nds. When the prin ter encounter s a properl y formatted S FCC Comm and it execu tes the sp ecified [...]

156 Chapter 9 PGL Commands DELETE FORM X DELETE LOGO X DENSITY X X DIRECTOR Y X END X EXECU TE X EXP AND X X HDUP X HORZ X IAFn X IBFn X IGOF F XXX IGON XXX ISET XXX LFOR M X LIST EN X LOGO (Call) X LOGO ( Create) X LPI X X NORMAL X X PA G E X QUIET X RESET X X REVER SE X SCALE X SFCC X X SFOFF XXX SFON XXX USET X T a ble 8. Suppor ted PGL Commands[...]

Command Presenta tion 157 Command Presentation Each command is presen ted in a table (s ee Figure 4) showing the comma nd in its basi c form fo llowed by a breakdo wn of the co mmand into its requir ed and option al parameters . Required paramete rs are uns haded and optional parameters ar e shaded . All parameter s must be e ntered in the seque nc[...]

158 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Alphanumeric S tring Creation Commands (Cre ate) The com mand table in Figure 5 l ists, describe s, and ex plains t he use of a ll parameters that may be used in creatin g alphanu meric charact er string s, and specifi es their l ocation o n the form you are creating . Y ou ma y creat static/ dynamic , incremen tal, and d[...]

Alphanumeric String Creation Comma nds (Create) 159 Cn; CPI and T ype S tyle Sele ction Optiona l parameter for selec ting Char act ers Pe r Inch and OCR-A and OCR-B type styles. Enter C followed b y one of the v alues below : 10, 12, 13 , 15, and 17 CPI. 10A for 10 CPI and OCR-A type style 10B for 10 CPI and OCR-B type style If this opti onal para[...]

160 Chapter 9 PGL Commands NOTE: See Appe ndix B, page 269 , fo r the approx imate si ze of avail able expansi on factor fo r block c haracters ( both horizo ntal and ver tical print or ientatio n). Paramet ers X3 and X4 co ntrol char acter expansi on. The val id range of selecti ons for b oth is from 0 to 1 13. Both mus t be set to zero if the Elo[...]

Incremented Static (Fix ed) Alphanumeric Strings 161 Increm ented S ta t ic (F ixed) Alphanum eric S trings T o create a fixed i ncremental alphanume ric stri ng use the following basic comm and: This com mand is ide ntical to the S tatic /Dynamic Alphanumer ic strin g command ex cept for the followi ng added parameters. Ta b l e 10. Fixed Incremen[...]

162 Chapter 9 PGL Commands STEPMASK (Increment Information Field) The STEP MASK paramet er defines th e size, amo unt of incre ment and whi ch positio ns in the field wil l be inc remented . V alid entr ies for th e STEP MASK field are 0-9, L, and any ot her character. 0-9 These val ues dictate the amount of th e incremen t for a se lected po sitio[...]

STARTDATA (Incremented Field) 163 The foll owing examp les show variou s ways the S TEPMA SK may b e set up and the r esult each s etup has on a field of d ata. Example Key: SM = ST EPMAS K SD = S T ARTDA T A RPT = SD Re peat Count RST = SD Rese t Count Example 1: Incremental , linked al phanumeric Subfields : Default RPT (1) and RST (0) Example 2:[...]

164 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Example 3: Non-incremen tal subfield wi th Linked s ubfields, Defa ult RPT (1) and RST (9 99) In example 3 above, if the subfi eld was 000 0A (alphabeti c), the subfie ld to the left of the n onincreme ntal linking s ubfield wo uld increm ent alphab eticall y . 0000A 0000B 0000C ... ... 0000Z 0A00A ... ... ZZ00Z 00000A Ex[...]

STARTDATA (Incremented Field) 165 Example 5: Non-incr emental subfi eld with inc remented linked sub fields, Default RPT (1) and RST (5000) Example 6: Linked Al phanumer ic subfiel ds with a Decrementi ng subfie ld and Non- incre men ting subf ield : Def aul t RPT ( 2) an d RST ( 0)[...]

166 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Dynamic Incremen ted Alphan umeric S trings This com mand cre ates a win dow on the f orm in wh ich a Dyn amic Increme nted Alphanum eric String will later be entere d in the EXE CUTE mode. Th e window is a ssigned a nu mber (IAF n) that will be used in EXECUT E mode to i dentify in w hich w indow the str ing will pr int.[...]

Duplication Commands (Create ) 167 V alid Rang es: 1 - 5461 lines for 6 LPI 1-7281 l ines for 8 L PI NOTE: Make su re to send th e proper c ommand for th e LPI. If you send the LFORMS c ommand whe n the printer is set for 6 LPI, the results a re not desi rable. Duplication Commands (Create ) There ar e two comm ands that can be use d to duplica te [...]

168 Chapter 9 PGL Commands NOTE: You may embed Hor izontal D uplication commands within V ertical Duplica tion comma nds, but you can not embed Horiz ontal Dupli cation commands within Hori zontal Dupl ication com mands. V ertic al Dupl ication Command This com mand al lows yo u to dupli cate speci fic eleme nts vertical ly on a fo rm, such as line[...]

Using Duplication Commands 169 Using Duplication Commands Both the d uplicati on comma nds use the s ame basi c format. F or these example s we will use th e HDUP and V DUP commands to dupli cate the BOMB L ogo, which we c reate in a later se ction, on a form. The following program wo uld prin t the bomb l ogo four tim es horizo ntally on a form : [...]

170 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Page Number Command ( Create) This co mmand al lows yo u to place an automat ically incremente d page number o n each page i n a specifi c location. The format for this co mmand is: The printer automatic ally increme nts the page numbers s tarting from the page number s pecified i n the EXECUT E comma nd. If a page num be[...]

Reverse P rint Command (Cr eate) 171 Rever se Pri nt Co mmand ( Creat e) This com mand allo ws you to de fine an area on a form wh ere reverse printing (white ou put on bla ck backgr ound) will be output. Reverse pri nting cannot be used with O CR Characters or Overlay Data. Ta b l e 15. Reverse Command Field Function Option/Modifier Selections REV[...]

172 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Exit CREA TE Mode (Create) T o exit the CREA TE mode after creating your imag e, enter th e following comm and: END When th e printer recei ves this command it stores the w ork you have done and returns to NORMAL Mode . EXECUTE Mode (Normal) T o use the c ommands listed abov e to execut e printing o f a form y ou must fir[...]

EXECUT E Mode (Norm al) 173 After the EX ECUTE co mmand is s ent, sev eral different ty pes of da ta can be define d and printe d using th e following par ameters and SFCC comma nds. Ta b l e 16. EXECUTE Form Command Field Function Option/Modifier Selections  EXECUTE; Comma nd S pe cifier . Instru cts pritne r to enter EXE CUTE Mode. Enter t he [...]

174 Chapter 9 PGL Commands EVFU Dat a Opti onal paramet er that downl oads the EVFU channels (lines) whe re Overla y data wil l be entered. Y ou cannot mix line spaci ng on forms that use an EVFU pro gram. Other wise, the E VFU form is remo ved fr om memor y . EVFU cannot e xceed th e physical length of the page. If it does th e printer returns to [...]

EXECUT E Mode (Norm al) 175 idir; Optional fie ld specify ing whether the data fiel d will be inc remente d or decre mented. Enter a plus sign +; or le ave this field bla nk to increm ent in a positive dir ection. Enter a min us si gn -; to decrement the data. STEP MASK; This parameter is the increment informati on field th at defines the numbe r o[...]

176 Chapter 9 PGL Commands STEP MASK; This para mete r is the incremen t inform ation field th at defines the numbe r of char act er pos iti ons in the data fiel d, the incremen t amount fo r each pos ition, and which p ositions wi ll be incremen ted. See the p revious e xplanation o n Increm ented S tatic Alpha numeric S trings for how t o constru[...]

Box Command (Create) 177 Box Command (Crea te) This comman d is used to construct box es at different loc ations on the form. The bas ic command for creati ng a box is: Line F eed A Line Feed comm and must separate the E xecute Seq uence from the NORMAL comman d. Enter Lin e Feed Comman d  NORMAL Initi ates printing of last form and returns prin[...]

178 Chapter 9 PGL Commands ER; Plots the e nding ROW o f the box. Enter a range ranging fr om 2 to one less than the m aximum f orm length an d the paramete r delim iter . EC Plots the e nding COL UMN of the box . Enter a value r anging fr om 2 to one less than the m aximum f orm width. ST OP Command T erm inator . Enter S TOP and the prin ter wait[...]

Using The Box Command 179 Using The Box Command This com mand allo ws you to create a series of boxes, e ach smal ler than the previo us box. Mak e the first b ox 4” square and make each succ essive box smaller by approxi mately .25 ”. Each box wi ll have a line thickness of 3 points. S tart the first box a t row 1 and column 1 (SCALE = DO T). [...]

180 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Call LOGO Comm and ( Creat e) This com mand allo ws yo u to call a previous ly defined logo for priting at a specifi ed place on the form y ou are cr eating. The f ormat of th is comm and is: Ta b l e 19. Call LOGO Comma nd Field Function Option/Modifier Selections LOGO Initiates C reate LOGO m ode. Ente r LOGO The SR and[...]

Change LPI Command (Normal and Execute) 181 Change LPI Command (Normal a nd Exec ute) This comman d selects an LPI setting fo r printer outpu t. This comma nd affects all pri nting in PG L mode ex cept Over lay data. It wi ll not re set the valu e selecte d in the pr inter menu system. when you a re not usin g the PGL option, printer output is c on[...]

182 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Change SFCC Command (Normal and Exec ute) This com mand allo ws you to chang e the curre nt/default S pecial Function Control C haracter to one of you r choos ing. SFCC c ommand c haracters ma y be selec ted from ASCII chara cters in He x address 00-FF . The SF CC comm and is: NOTE: In additio n to being ab le to chang e [...]

Create Corner Frames ( Create) 183 Creat e Cor ner Fr ames ( Creat e) This com mand allo ws you to crate Corne r Frames for your forms. Sim ilar to the BOX c ommand, yo u define starti ng and ending po ints but in ad dition, you specify the leng th of the hori zontal and ve rtical arms of each c orner frame. The bas ic command for creating Corner F[...]

184 Chapter 9 PGL Commands VL; S peci fies the l ength of the vertical arms of e ach c or ner . Enter a value of 1 or greater . Do not forget the paramete r delim iter . HL S pec ifies the l ength of the hori zon tal arms of e ach c orner . Enter a value of 1 or gre ater . ST OP Command T erm inator . Enter S TOP and the prin ter waits for a new co[...]

Using The Corner Command 185 Using The Corner Command The corn er comm and is used and set u p similar to the BOX Command, wi th a few additi onal paramet res. Use the same bas ic progra m for this parame ter and add two specifi cations for contro lling arm l engths. Crea te a set of corner frames on our for m with the same starting and end ing poi[...]

186 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Create Fo rm Command (Normal) This co mmand is used to enter CREA TE Form Mode . The comm and structur e for enterin g CREA TE Mode is: Ta b l e 23. Enter CREA TE Mode Command Field Function Option/Modifier Selections  CREA TE Indi cates C REA TE Mode. E nter the curr ent S p ecial Func tion Control Character followed [...]

Create Logo Command (Normal) 187 Using The Create Form Command This exa mple show s how to de sign an e mployment ap plication fo rm for an Explosiv es Handl er for a Demo lition Co mpany . T o enter CREA TE M ode and design a form ca lled Job Appl, send th e followi ng comman d to your printer:  CREA TE; JobA ppl T o enter CRE A TE Mode and d e[...]

188 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Ta b l e 24. CREA T E LOGO Mode Command Field Function Option/Modifier Selections  LOGO; Initiates C reate LOGO M ode. Enter t he current S pecial Function C ontrol Charac ter followed by LOGO , the n end the entry w ith the parameter delimiter . Name; Ente r the name of the Logo in this field. LOGO names a re allowed [...]

Create Logo Command (Normal) 189 Using the LOGO Command This sectio n illust rates the use of the LOGO C ommand to c reate a log o for the Job Appl ication Form we cr eated ear lier for a de molition company . Sinc e this is a dem oltion co mpany , we will c reate the log o as a Bo mb with the upper- case le tter D sup erimposed on it. The di mensi[...]

190 Chapter 9 PGL Commands 33;2-15;1 8-20;25 -29 34;2-15;1 8-21;25 -29 35;1-15;1 8-22;26 -29 36;1-15;1 8-22;26 -30 37;1-15;1 8-22;26 -30 38;1-15;1 8-22;26 -30 39;1-15;1 8-22;26 -30 40;1-15;1 8-22;26 -29 41;2-15;1 8-21;25 -29 42;2-15;1 8-20;25 -29 43; 1-11 ;24 -29 44; 3-11 ;23 -28 45; 3-28 46; 4-27 47; 4-27 48; 5-26 49; 6-25 50; 7-24 51; 8-23 52; 10[...]

Delete Form Command (Normal) 191 Delete Form Command (Normal) This com mand is used i n NORMAL Mode to delete a stored for m from memory . Delete Logo Command (Normal) This com mand is use d in NORMAL Mode to del ete a stored logo from memory . Ta b l e 25. Delete Form Comma nd Field Function Option/Modifier Selections  DELETE FORM; Command S pe[...]

192 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Density Command (Normal and Exec ute) This com mand selects a Cha racters P er Inch for pr int output . Directory Command (Normal) This com mand is u sed in NORMAL Mode to print a direc tory of all defined forms an d logos, log o assignme nts to forms, av ailable mem ory , and how memory is currentl y used for for m and l[...]

Expanded Prin t Command (Normal and Execute) 193 Exp anded Print Command (Norma l and Execute) This com mand allo ws you to expand alpha numeric c haracters horizontally and ver tically . Ta b l e 28. Expa nded Print Command Field Function Option/Modifier Selections  EXP AND; Comma nd S peci fier . Instru cts printer t o enter Expande d Print mo[...]

194 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Horizont al And V ertical Line Commands (Create) In addition to box es and corners , you can print hori zontal and vertical lines on your f orms. T he fol lowing c ommands contro l loca tion, le ngth, a nd thic kness of horizo ntal and vertic al lines. Hori zontal Li ne Command Ta b l e 29. Horizont al Line Comma nd Field[...]

Horizontal And Ver tical Line Commands (Create) 195 V e rtical Line Comma nd ST OP Command T erm inator . Enter ST OP and the prin ter waits for a new command . Leave STOP out and the printer wi ll wait for another Hori zontal Line Command. T able 29. Horizont al Line Command Field Function Option/Modifier Selections Ta b l e 30. V er tical Line Co[...]

196 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Ignore Commands ( Normal, Create, and Exec ute) Good param eters docum ent what the y are doing in different sec tions of thei r code b y includin g things suc h as Comme nt Fields o r REM stateme nts. In PGL the same typ e of informa tion ca n be include d in PGL files by bracketing th em with th e IGON and IG OFF comm a[...]

Normal Command (Normal and EXECUTE M ode) 197 Normal Command (Normal and EXECUTE Mode) This comma nd can be used in all modes. If the p rinter is in CREA TE mode or EXECUT E mode, this command pl aces the printer back into NO RMAL Mode. If you ar e already i n NORMAL Mode, sen ding th is command will rese t the printer to its Font and LPI defaults.[...]

198 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Listen Co mma nd (Nor mal) This com mand re- enables the PGL Mode of your printer after a Q uiet Command. T he prin ter will res pond appropr iately to PGL Comma nds it receiv es. The fol lowing c ommand ena bles Gra phics Mode: Reset Command (Normal a nd Execute ) this co mmand dele tes ALL f orms and lo gos from printer[...]

Scale Comman d (Create) 199 Scal e Command (Cr eate ) There are two comma nds that def ine the for mat that wil l be used in speci fying where va rious e lements of the for m will b e placed. Ta b l e 36. Scale Comman d Field Function Option/Modifier Selections Dot Scale Placement SCAL E; Command S pecifie r . Ent er SCALE; DOT S pec ifies that p l[...]

200 Chapter 9 PGL Commands Select Format (SF) Command (Norm al, Create, and Execute) These commands a llow you to configur e PGL to i gnore char acters from 00 to 0F Hex. This enables the printer to igno re all host -generated paper movement comm ands. When SF Mode is activated y ou may s till send paper moveme nt comman ds by usin g one of the fol[...]

Select Format (SF) Command (Normal, Create, and Execute) 201 Prac ti ce Earlie r in this c hapter we pr esented s ome sam ple comm ands for cr eating variou s graphi cal ele ments for a fo rm. Earlie r we created a logo na med BOMB and a form called JobApp l. Now let’s modify o ur earlier wo rk and put th em together with so me Alphanume rical co[...]

202 Chapter 9 Practic e The followin g program combined with the program for creati ng the BOMB log would produce the for m in Figure 9 on page 20 3 .[...]

Select Format (SF) Command (Normal, Create, and Execute) 203 Figure 9. Sample Form Printout[...]

204 Chapter 9 Practic e[...]

205 10 PGL Bar codes PGL Barcodes (Used in CREA TE Mode Only) PGL inc orporates severa l barcode styles in its command set. M ost barcod es use the s ame basi c set of par ameters. Barcode c ommands follow the same requireme nts as other PGL comma nds as far as how they are ente red, ability to change orientation of printer o utput, adju st darknes[...]

206 Chapter 10 PGL Barcodes (Used in CREATE Mode Only) VSCAN (V ertical Scan) Optional parameter that changes barcode pr int orientation . When in cluded i n the c omm and st ruct ure i t caus es the pr inter to pr int th e ba rcod e in ve rtic al orientation (90 degrees counterc lockwise rotation). Enter: V SCAN Ta b l e 38. PGL Barcodes Enter Fun[...]

Barcode Command Paramete rs 207 Magn ification V alue (X-Factor) Optiona l parameter that specifi es a horizon tal expansion am ount (X-Fac tor) for the ba rcode outpu t. When used t his val ue causes an i ncrease i n the physical size of the barcode . Ta b l e 39 li sts the expanda ble barcode s and allowabl e expansion factors. Hn (H eight Exp an[...]

208 Chapter 10 PGL Barcodes (Used in CREATE Mode Only) BFn;L (Dyna mic Barcode Dat a Field) Optional fi eld that i dentifies lo cation an d the leng th of a dyn amic Barc ode field. T o s elect thi s parameter: Enter B F followed b y: n to identify the barcod e data tha t will be l ocated at the coordi nates specifi ed by the SR and SC p arameters [...]

Barcode Command Paramete rs 209 PDF Optiona l parameter that manipula tes prin ting of hum an reada ble charac ters when it is present. In UPC and EA N barcode t his parameter is not necess ary to print human-read able characte rs (human readable c haracters ar e the default c ondition f or these bar codes). Enter: P DF NOTE: Do not use this param [...]

210 Chapter 10 PGL Barcodes (Used in CREATE Mode Only) Comm and Pa rameters VS Barcode T ypes Figure 10 provides a listing o f the Barc ode Comma nd Parameter s which are used by each Barc ode T ype. NOTE: Since all Barcode Ty pes use t he BARCOD E, Name, an d STOP paramete rs they are n ot present i n the figure. The first par ameter is the CD Par[...]

Data Field Characters 211 Dat a Field Character s All of th e barcod es present ed in this c hapter use t he numeri c charac ters 0-9 (HEX 30 -39). The only excep tions to t his rule a re the Code 39 Barcod e and the Code 12 8B Barc ode. The Cod e 39 and Cod e 128B barc odes wil l also print al pha charac ters and s ome symb ols. None of the barcod[...]

212 Chapter 10 PGL Barcodes (Used in CREATE Mode Only) Code 128B and 128C Dat a Field Characters The data field len gth for 128B and 128C Ba rcodes is va riable. It is bes t to limit field le ngth to no m ore than 3 2 characters to minim ize the po tential fo r scanni ng errors . While Co de 128C Bar codes will only p rint paired nu meric val ues, [...]

Data Field Characters 213 T o access the codes in the gr eyscale ar ea of the table you mus t send a SO (OE) ch aracter fo llowed by the HEX val ue for the des ired code . Code 12 8C characte r set in cludes S tart B code (HEX 26 ). Codes EAN 8 and EAn 13 Dat a Fi elds The requi red field l ength for EA N 8 Barcodes is se ven character s and the re[...]

214 Chapter 10 PGL Barcodes (Used in CREATE Mode Only) POSTNET Da t a Fie lds POSTNET Barcodes us e two data field lengths. A 9 digit data field for Zip + 4 and an 1 1 digi t data field for Advanced B arcode for mat. The data fiel d for POSTNET Barcode s can be comprised of the n umeric ch aracters 0-9. UPC-A Codes This b arcode req uires e xactly [...]

Code 39 215 PGL Barcode Commands And Output This sec tion sho ws sampl es of all PG L suppo rted barco des and wha t the output will be on yo ur printer . For eac h barcode , the basic fo rmat is pr ovided followed b y a CREA TE prog ram and s ample prin tout of bar code data. Wh ere possib le each bar code will pr int in a hor izontal and vertical[...]

216 Chapter 10 PGL Barcode Commands And Output Code 128B Sample C REA TE Code 128B Program ~CREATE;128B BARCODE C128B;DARK;5;1 *CODE-128B* PDF STOP BARCODE C128B;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5 ;50 *CODE-128B* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

Code 128 C 217 Code 128C Sample CREA TE Code 128C Pr ogram ~CREATE;128C BARCODE C128C;DARK;5;5 *1234567891* PDF STOP BARCODE C128C;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5 ;50 *1281281281* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

218 Chapter 10 PGL Barcode Commands And Output EAN 8 Sample C REA TE Code EAN 8 Prog ram ~CREATE;CODEEAN8 BARCODE EAN8;DARK;5;1 *1234567* PDF STOP BARCODE EAN8;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5; 50 *1234567* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

EAN 13 219 EAN 13 Sample CREA TE Cod e EAN 13 Progra m ~CREATE;CODEEAN13 BARCODE EAN13;DARK;5;1 *1234567* PDF STOP BARCODE EAN13;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5 ;50 *1234567* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

220 Chapter 10 PGL Barcode Commands And Output Interl eaved 2/ 5 Sample C REA TE Interleaved 2/5 Program ~CREATE;I2/5 BARCODE I-2/5;DARK;5;1 *123456789* PDF STOP BARCODE I-2/5;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5 ;50 *123456789* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

MSI 221 MSI Sampl e CREA TE MSI Progr am ~CREATE;MSIA BARCODE MSIA;DARK;5;1 *123456789* PDF STOP BARCODE MSIA;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5; 50 *123456789* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

222 Chapter 10 PGL Barcode Commands And Output POSTN ET POSTNET Sa mples • ZIP + 4 Program ~CREATE;POSTNET BARCODE POSTNET;5;1 *123456789* STOP END • Advaned Barcode Format ~CREATE;POSTNET BARCODE POSTNET;5;1 *12345678901* STOP END[...]

UPC-A 223 UPC-A Sample CREA TE Cod e UPCA Progra m ~CREATE;EAN13 BARCODE UPC-A;DAR;5;1 *12345654321* PDF STOP BARCODE UPC-a;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5 ;50 *12345654321* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

224 Chapter 10 PGL Barcode Commands And Output UPC-E Sample CREA TE Cod e UPC-E Program ~CREATE;UPCE BARCODE UPC-E;DARK;5;1 *012345678900* PDF STOP BARCODE UPC-E;VSCAN;H10;DARK;5 ;50 *012345678900* PDF STOP END Output:[...]

225 11 Bar code And LCP Printing Introduction This cha pter de scribes al l barco de and LC P sequen ces and control codes, regardles s of your printer ’s spe cial barcode and LCP (La rge Char acter Printing) impleme ntation. NOTE: Be sure to observe th e notes in this ch apter regar ding the spe cial barcode /LCP Types i mplemented in your pri n[...]

226 Chapter 1 1 Introduction This m ay cause c onflict with other emulation s, since th e above c ommands may hav e different functi ons in these emulatio ns. For ex ample: SI Conden sed prin t DC4 Res et expanded print ESC P < n> Proportio nal spacin g ON/OFF ESC P Pic a In Barcode Mode, t he barcode s equence s have pri ority. The barco de [...]

Spec ia l Fea tur es 227 For the param eter (n), a distincti on must be made betwe en two types o f representat ion: • if the parameter is in poi nted parenthese s, the decimal value must be transmitted • if the par ameter is not in pointed parenthe ses, the ASC II value mus t be transmitted Example: Paramet er repres entation: <n>, with [...]

228 Chapter 1 1 Secure d/Unsecured M ode NOTE: These featu res are n ot availabl e on all printers with MTPL e mulation . Special firmware m ay be nec essary. Ask yo ur service represent ative for detai ls. Secured/Unsecured Mode Dat a Structure ASCII ESC “P” “S” “C” “0” ESC “” Unsecured h e x . 1 B 5 05 34 33 01 B 5 C M o d e [...]

Spec ia l Fea tur es 229 Example 1 10 REM LC P unsecu red mode 20 LPRINT CHR $(27); "[?11~ "; 30 REM sel ect unsecured mode 40 LPRINT CHR$( 27); "PSC0"; CH R$(27); ""; 50 REM set cha racter size to 5 60 LP RINT CHR$(16); "5"; CHR$ (25); 70 LPRINT "Ex ample for " 80 LP RINT CHR$(15); "LCP"[...]

230 Chapter 1 1 Barcode Printing Barcode Print ing Barcode Heade r Before th e data, which contains the barcode in formation , are trans mitted to the prin ter , the b arcode head er must be sent. Othe rwise th e standard parameter val ues are us ed (see “Heade r Format” belo w). In the h eader (the printin g parameters), the barcode size a nd [...]

Barcode Header 231 The defa ult parameter v alues are the following : • Unse cure d mode (see sectio n "S ecur ed/ Unsec ured mode ") • HRI OFF, No rmal Print, D ouble Pass (F = SP) • Barcod e Type 2/5 m atrix (a = "A") • Barcod e height 1 /6 inch ( n = "1") • Narrow bar (x = "0 ") • Narrow space [...]

232 Chapter 1 1 Barcode Printing Barco de Prin t Fea ture F f or Sel ecti on of F- Code HRI or nor mal/com pressed as we ll as si ngle or dou ble pass is switch ed via charac ter F accor ding to the followin g table. 1 ) It is recom mended to avoid using A SCII Chara cters 0 and 1 when possi ble. They are reserved for fu ture functio ns. 2 ) Human [...]

Barcode Header 233 L = EAN 13 wi thout HRI M = MSI/m odified Ple ssey N = UPC A with HRI O = UPC A without HR I P = UPC E with HR I Q = UPC E without HR I R = Delta Distance (IB M) S = Code 128 T = EAN 128 All com mercial b arcodes (for labeling s ystems) of th e H, I, K, L, N, O, P , Q T ypes c an be exte nded using t he barcodes Add-On 2 or Add-O[...]

234 Chapter 1 1 Barcode Printing EAN/UPC Bar code (X, Y = un regarded) : 1 ) These v alues are true, if “Co mpressed P rint” is selecte d in the me nu (see print fea ture [F]). 2 ) It is re commende d to set the bar width equal to the space width (x= y). 3 ) Printer-dep endent refer ence value. All val ues are only val id when a new color ribbo[...]

Code 2/5 Matrix 235 Dat a Format s of Barcode T ypes Code 2/ 5 Mat rix Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM co de 2/5 m atrix barco de 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" A3;1 1 1" [...]

236 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code 2/5 Indus trial Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM co de 2/5 ind ustrial bar code 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" B3;1 1 1" [...]

Code 2/5 In terleaved 237 Code 2/ 5 Inter leave d Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM co de 2/5 inte rleave d barcode 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" C3;1 1 1";CHR$(25); 40 LPR[...]

238 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code 1 1 Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM code 1 1 barcode 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" D3;1 1 1 ";CHR$(25); 40 LPRINT CHR$([...]

Code BCD Matrix 239 Code BCD Matrix Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM BCD-matr ix-code barc ode 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" E3;1 1 1" ;CHR$(25); 40 LPRINT CHR$(20);"[...]

240 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code 39 Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM code 39 barco de 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" F3;1 1 1 ";CHR$(25); 40 LPRINT CHR$(2[...]

CODABAR 241 CODABAR Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM co dabar ba rcode 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" G3;1 1 1";CHR $(25); 40 LPRINT CHR$(20);"*123*" ;CHR$(20); 5[...]

242 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code EAN 8 With HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 St art code nn nn Separatio n code nnnc S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 St art code nnn n Separation code nnn c S top code 14 dec. 20 St art code nnn n Separation code nnn c S top code 20 Example 10 REM co de EAN 8 w ith HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~&qu[...]

Code EAN 8 Without HRI 243 Code EAN 8 W ithout HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 St art code nn nn Separatio n code nnnc S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 St art code nnn n Separatio n code nnn c S top code 14 dec. 20 St art code nnn n Separatio n code nnn c S top code 20 Example 10 REM co de EAN 8 w ithout H RI 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 L[...]

244 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code EAN 13 With HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 St art code nn nnnnn Separa tion code nnn nnc S top code DC 4 hex. 14 St art code nnn nnnn Separat ion code nnn nnc S t op code 14 dec. 20 St art code nnn nnnn Separat ion code nnn nnc S t op code 20 Example 10 REM code EAN 13 with HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$[...]

Code EAN 13 Without HRI 245 Code EAN 13 Without HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 St art code nn nnnnn Separa tion code nnn nnc S top code DC 4 hex. 14 St art code nnn nnnn Separat ion code nnn nnc S t op code 14 dec. 20 St art code nnn nnnn Separat ion code nnn nnc S t op code 20 Example 10 REM co de EAN 13 without HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[...]

246 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code MSI/Modify Ples sey Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM code MSI /plessey modi fied 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" M3;1 1 1"[...]

Code UPC A With HRI 247 Code UPC A With HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 St art code nn nnnn Separati on code n nnnnc S to p code DC4 hex. 14 St art code nnn nnn Se paration code n nnnnc S top code 14 dec. 20 St art code nnn nnn Se paration code n nnnnc S top code 20 Example 10 REM code UPC A with HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 L[...]

248 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code UPC A Without HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 St art code nn nnnn Separati on code n nnnnc S to p code DC4 hex. 14 St art code nnn nnn Se paration code n nnnnc S top code 14 dec. 20 St art code nnn nnn Se paration code n nnnnc S top code 20 Example 10 REM code UPC A without HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$([...]

Code UPC E With HRI 249 Code UPC E W ith HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart co de nnnnnnnc S t op code DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de nnnnnnnc S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de nnnnnnnc S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM code UPC E with HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" P3;1 1 1" ;CHR$(25); 40 LPRINT CHR$(20)[...]

250 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code UPC E W i thout HRI Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart co de nnnnnnnc S t op code DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de nnnnnnnc S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de nnnnnnnc S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM code UPC E without HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" Q3;1 1 1";[...]

Code Delt a Distance (IBM) 251 Code Del t a Dist ance (IBM ) Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 S tart code n ... n S top c ode DC4 hex. 14 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 14 dec. 20 S tart co de n ... n S top cod e 20 Example 10 REM co de delta distance ( IBM) withou t HRI 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[?1 1~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" R3;1 1 1&qu[...]

252 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Code 128 Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 n ... n DC4 hex. 14 n ... n 14 dec. 20 n ... n 20 Description While m any barcod e styles ar e limit ed to numbe rs, Code 128 can en code numbers , letters, a nd other sy mbols c ommonly f ound on ke yboards, s uch as @, # and %. The Code 1 28 barcode is simila [...]

Code 128 253 Example If you nee d to print a Ca rriage Retu rn (hex.0D , dec.13), as part of a barcode , send "> M" (13 + 64 = 77, se e characte r set table to verify tha t decima l 77 equals t he capital le tter "M") . This sub stitution pr ocess can be carri ed out througho ut the ra nge of decim al valu es, i.e., ">[...]

254 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Figure 11. Code 128 Translation Table Wert Code A Code B Code C Wert Code A Code B Code C 0 Space Space 00 36 D D 36 1! ! 0 1 3 7 E E 3 7 2" " 0 2 3 8 F F 3 8 3 # # 03 39 G G 39 4 $ $ 04 40 H H 40 5% % 0 5 4 1I I 4 1 6& & 0 6 4 2 J J 4 2 7‘ ‘ 0 7 4 3 K K 4 3 8( ( 0 8 4 4 L L 4 4 9)[...]

Code 128 255 Figure 12. Code 128 Translation Table (continued) Wert Code A Code B Code C 72 BS h 72 73 HT i 73 74 LF j 74 75 VT k 75 76 FF l 76 77 CR m 77 78 SO n 78 79 SI o 79 80 DLE p 80 81 DC1 q 81 82 DC2 r 82 83 DC3 s 83 84 DC4 t 84 85 NAK u 85 86 SYN v 86 87 ETB w 87 88 CAN x 88 89 EM y 89 90 SUB z 90 91 ESC { 91 92 FS | 92 93 GS } 93 94 RS ~ [...]

256 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Example 10 REM code 128 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[? 11~"; 30 LPRINT CHR$(26);" S 3;111";CHR$(25); 40 LPRINT CHR$(20);"AB CD0123";CHR$(20); 50 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[? 10~"[...]

EAN 128 257 EAN 128 Syntax Dat a Structure ASCII DC4 n ... n DC4 hex. 14 n ... n 14 dec. 20 n ... n 20 Description The onl y difference bet ween bot h types of bar codes is the initi al seque nce. Code 128 st arts wit h Code A, Co de B o r Code C foll owed by ch arac ter informa tion. Bar code EAN 128 requires the code FNC1 betwee n S tartcode and [...]

258 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types not printe d in the barcode. The following nu mbers (2 or 5) ar e printed from left to right in Add-On barcode. Example 1 EAN13 bar code with HRI and Add O n 2 extentio n Format: DC4: nnnnnnn:nn nnnn:cnn:D C4 10 REM code EAN 13 wit h add-on-2 extention 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"[? 11~"; 30 LPRINT CH[...]

EAN 128 259 The comme rcial bar codes can b e extended wi th the foll owing user-s pecific addition al barco des (see “A dd-On Barc odes” on page 25 7 ). • Add-O n 2 barcode • Add-O n 5 barcode Here the c heck numbe r (c) is tran sferred be fore the b arcode info rmation (n ). EAN 13 12 number s are tran sferred for th e EAN 13 cod e. The 1[...]

260 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types UPCA 1 1 numbers are transfe rred for th e UPCA code. The 12. d igit represe nts the check number . The even fi gures of the informat ion have a factor o f "3", the uneven fi gures a factor of "1 ". Countin g begins from the left. The resultin g cross sum is divided by 10. The remai [...]

EAN 128 261 Add-On 5 Six numb ers are tra nsmitted: c heck number (c) + 5 info rmation items (n). The uneven fig ures of the i nformatio n have a factor of "3" , the even figu res a factor of "1". Co unting beg ins from the right. The resulting cross sum i s divided by 10. The re maining intege r value is su btracted from the mo[...]

262 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Example 4 NOTE: The check nu mber alw ays lies b etween “0” a nd “3”; it is n ot printed in the H RI li ne. US Postne t Barcode Dat a Structure ASCII ES C "[ " "1" SP "p" h e x . 1 B5 B3 1 2 0 7 0 d e c . 2 79 14 93 2 1 1 2 Description After rece iving th is seque n[...]

Large Char acter Prin ting (LCP) 263 Large Char acter Printing (LCP) Before y ou can tran sfer the LCP data (Large Character Printin g) data to the printer , the LCP header mus t be sen t. The LCP h eader i s made up of a seri es of max. fi ve charac ters. In the h eader , the printing parameters an d the LCP charac ter size are defined. Th is head[...]

264 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Example REM Example Character Densities OPEN "lpt1:" FOR RANDO M AS #1 WIDTH #1, 255 PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "[ ?11~"; PRINT #1, CHR$(16); "4 "; CHR$(25); PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "[ 6w"; :REM 15CPI PRINT #1, CHR$(15); "L CP ";CHR$(15); PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "[...]

LCP Ch aracte r Set US-ASC II LCP C hara cter Set Germ an 265 Example for Different LCP Character Sizes Example 2 REM Example 2 for unse cured printing OPEN "lpt1:" FOR RANDO M AS #1 WIDTH #1, 255 PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "[ ?11~"; PRINT #1, CHR$(27); "P SCO"; CHR$(27); ""; PRINT #1, CHR$(16); "5 "; CHR[...]

266 Chapter 1 1 Data Formats of Barcode Types Example 4 Unsecured Mode, vert ical spacing wi th various en largeme nt factors Description The room i s occupied to fit the hi ghest ch aracter in one line. Characters whi ch do not mee t the 1/6 " grid* have a dditional space added to fill the roo m to the next possib le li ne. * V alue ma y chan[...]

267 A Customer Support T allyGeni com Customer Su pport Center IMPORT ANT Please h ave the fo llowing infor mation av ailable prior to calling the TallyGenicom Customer Support Center: • Model num ber • Serial num ber (loc ated on the back of th e printer) • Installe d options (i.e., inter face and host type if applicab le to the p roblem) ?[...]

268 Appendix A Corporat e Offices Corporate Offices Printroni x, Inc. 14600 Myford Road P.O. Box 1955 9 Irvine, CA 92623-95 59 Phone: ( 714) 368-23 00 Fax: (714 ) 368-2600 Printroni x, Inc. Nederland B V P.O. Box 163, Nieu weweg 283 NL-6600 A d Wijchen The Net her lands Phone: ( 31) 24 64 89489 Fax: (31) 2 4 64894 99 Printroni x Schweiz GmbH 42 Cha[...]

269 B ASCII Chart[...]

270 Appendix B[...]

271 C Logos[...]

272 Appendix C[...]

273 D Patterns[...]

274 Appendix D[...]

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276 Appendix D[...]

277 E Fonts ^~FQ Draf t[...]

278 Appendix E ^~FQ NLQ ^~FQ NLQ[...]

279 ^~FQ OC R-A & B[...]

280 Appendix E ^~FF Draft ^~FF Draf t[...]

281 ^~FF NLQ[...]

282 Appendix E ^~FF OCR-A & B ^~FF OCR-A & B[...]

283 ^~FH Dr af t[...]

284 Appendix E ^~FH NLQ ^~FH NLQ[...]

285 ^~FH OCR-A & B[...]

286 Appendix E ^~FH OCR-A & B[...]

287 F Commands T able 46: Command T a ble Command Description Inside Pass Outside Pass ^#n Comp ressed Fonts X ^@Cnn D raft Fonts X X ^@Hn D ump Mode X ^@Lnn L ines Per I nch ( LPI) X X ^[nnn D ata Field, Buffered Forms X X ^A Ignore Data Off X X ^B^-<data>^] Buffered Forma tting, V e rsion 1 X ^B{B,N,O,S,T ,Y}9x <ratio><da ta>^G [...]

288 Appendix F ^Hnn Pass Heig ht X ^IBARC,x,R<ratio> ,{N,E,B},<data>^G Barc ode S tyl e 2, V ar . Ratio X ^IBARC,x,{N,E,B},<d ata>^G Barcode S tyle 2 X ^IFONT , S,n^G<data> Default Font X ^IFORM,C... Buffered For m Create X ^IFORM,D<name>^G B uffered Form Dele te X ^IFORM,E<form name >^G<data>^G Buffered Fo[...]

289 ^O Free Format Of f X ^PN Graphic s Mode Off X ^PY Graphic s Mode On X ^Q<plot data>^G Plot Mod e X ^R Reve rse Image T oggle X ^R^- Buffered Form Re peat X ^Rnnnn^-<data>^-^Z^- V e rtical Repe at, V ersi on 1 X ^Sn NLQ f onts X ^Snntt^-<data>^-^S^- Horiz ontal Repeat, V ersion 1 X ^Thhhd H orizontal T ab X ^Uhhwwjjd<data&g[...]

290 Appendix F[...]

291 G Modplot The Modp lot option is desi gned to gi ve the us er a choice i n spacing b etween Graphics and Te xt when lea ving Gra phics or P lot mode. Modplot O N: A single LF advances the prin t postion one full lin e. This is the default setting. Modplot O FF: A sin gle LF adv ances the pr int posi tion to the next line po sition relative to t[...]

292 Appendix G[...]

293 H Contr ol Panel Selection Printer Control Pane l: Graphics Catego ry This Appe ndix lists the Graph ics Cate gory param eters in the Configur ation Menu of y our prin ter. It in cludes changes and additio ns that w ere made to the menu. Graphic Category (Me nu Level 1) This cate gory allow s you to con figure c ertain asp ects of th e Graphic [...]

294 Appendix H Graphic Category (Menu Level 1) PY Then Parameter (M enu Level 3) This com mand de fines prin ter respon se to cha racters foll owing the ^P Y Comman d on the sa me line. PY Then Selec tions (Menu Level 3) None (De fau lt) All Term NOTE: How your pr inter re sponds to data and contro l codes th at follow a ^PY Command or a ^PN Com ma[...]

Descender (Descnd r) Paramet er (Menu L evel 2) 295 Descen der (Descndr) Para mete r (Menu Level 2) This par ameter contr ols inse rtion of th e characte r descende r gap betw een print li nes. Descndr Selections (Men u Level 2) Fixed: The d escender g ap is alw ays inserted after the line reg ardless of the setti ng of Desc ender Mode (Default s e[...]

296 Appendix H Graphic Category (Menu Level 1)[...]

297 I PY/PN Data Pr ocessing PN Then Dat a Process ing When PN Then = NONE Char acter Number 123456789 ..... Data S tream ^ P N X O X O X O .....[...]

298 Appendix I PN Then Data Processing When PN Then = ALL PN Then Dat a Process ing When PN The n = ALL Char acter Number 123456789 ..... Data S tream ^ P N X O X O X O .....[...]

299 PY Then Dat a Process ing When PY The n = NONE[...]

300 Appendix I PY Then Data Processing When PY Then = TERM PY Then Dat a Process ing When PY The n = TERM PY Then Dat a Process ing When PY The n = ALL[...]

301 J Block-Character Size Ta b l e s Block Character Size T able The foll owing table l ists the app roximate p hysical size of expande d Block Characte rs specifie d in the Alph anumerics String Creati on Command . T a ble 47: Block Charact er Size Exp ansi on Fac tor Char act er Height Char act er Wid th Exp ansion Fac tor Char acter Height Char[...]

302 Appendix J Block Character Size Table 34 3.38” 3.42” 62 6.1 8” 6.17” 35 3.50’ 3.50’ 63 6.3 0” 6.33” 36 3.62” 3.58” 64 6.4 2” 6.42” 37 3.73” 3.67” 65 6.5 3” 6.50” 38 3.85” 3.92” 66 6.6 5” 6.58” 39 3.97” 4.00” 67 6.6 5” 6.67” 40 4.08” 4.08” 68 6.7 7” 6.83” 41 4.20” 4.17” 69 6.8 8” 6.92[...]

303 90 8.98” 9.00” 102 10.15” 10.17” 91 9.10” 9.08” 103 10.27” 10.33” 92 9.22” 9.17” 104 10.38” 10.42” 93 9.33” 9.33” 105 10.50” 10.50” 94 9345” 9.42” 106 10.63” 10.58” 95 9.45” 9.42” 107 10.73” 10.67” 96 9.57” 9.58” 108 10.85” 10.83” 97 9.68” 9.67” 109 10.85” 10.92” 98 9.80” 9.83”[...]

304 Appendix J Block Character Size Table[...]

305 K Character Sets The foll owing sy mbol se ts are avai lable in the barc ode mode. The LCP symbol sets ca n only be selec ted via Escape seq uence s. The OCR-A and O CR-B fonts can be selec ted via control pa nel or by Escape sequenc es, which c orrespond to the selec ted emulat ion mode. T he codes hex.A0 u p to hex.FE correspo nd to the s ele[...]

306 Appendix K LCP Characte r Sets LCP C haracter S et s Ger man hex 01234567 dec 0 NUL 0 1 63 24 86 48 09 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 73 34 96 58 19 7 1 1 3 2 2 1 83 45 06 68 29 8 1 1 4 3 3 1 93 55 16 78 39 9 1 1 5 4 4 2 03 65 26 88 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 23 85 47 08 6 1 0 2 1 1 8 7 7 2 33 95 57 18 7 1 0 3 1 1 9 8 8 2 44 05 67 28 8 [...]

US- AS CII 307 US-ASCII hex 01234567 dec 0 NUL 0 1 63 24 86 48 09 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 73 34 96 58 19 7 1 1 3 2 2 1 83 45 06 68 29 8 1 1 4 3 3 1 93 55 16 78 39 9 1 1 5 4 4 2 03 65 26 88 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 23 85 47 08 6 1 0 2 1 1 8 7 7 2 33 95 57 18 7 1 0 3 1 1 9 8 8 2 44 05 67 28 8 1 0 4 1 2 0 9 9 2 54 15 77 38 9 1 0 5 1 2[...]

308 Appendix K LCP Characte r Sets OCR-A (Code Page 437) hex 01234567 dec 0 NUL 0 1 63 24 86 48 09 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 73 34 96 58 19 7 1 1 3 2 2 1 83 45 06 68 29 8 1 1 4 3 3 1 93 55 16 78 39 9 1 1 5 4 4 2 03 65 26 88 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 23 85 47 08 6 1 0 2 1 1 8 7 7 2 33 95 57 18 7 1 0 3 1 1 9 8 8 2 44 05 67 28 8 1 0 4 1 [...]

OCR-B (Code Page 437) 309 OCR-B (Code Page 437) hex 01234567 dec 0 NUL 0 1 63 24 86 48 09 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 73 34 96 58 19 7 1 1 3 2 2 1 83 45 06 68 29 8 1 1 4 3 3 1 93 55 16 78 39 9 1 1 5 4 4 2 03 65 26 88 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 6 6 2 23 85 47 08 6 1 0 2 1 1 8 7 7 2 33 95 57 18 7 1 0 3 1 1 9 8 8 2 44 05 67 28 8 1 0 4 1 2 0 9 9 2[...]

310 Appendix K LCP Characte r Sets[...]

311 L Addendum to the Line Printer Graphics Applications Manual Post al Barcodes PDF417 2 - D Barcod e PDF417 i s a mult i-row, varia ble lengt h symbology offering h igh data c apacity and err or correcti on capab ility. Line ar scan ners, rast ering las er scanner s, or two-dime nsional im aging dev ices can s can PDF41 7. One PD F417 symbo l is [...]

312 Appendix L PDF417 2- D Barcode PDF417 In Code V ^IBARC,PDF41 7,<1-99 >,<0-9>,<dat a>^G Where: <1-99> is the nu mber of des ired data co lumns i n the barc ode. <0-9> designate s the er ror correc tion lev el. If er ror co rrec tion lev el 9 (a uto) is sel ect ed, th e er ror le vel wi ll be select ed as follows: NO[...]

PDF4 17 in PG L 313 Example: ^M1103000^T 0010^IBA RC,PDF417,2, 3,This is an exampl e^G Produc es a barcod e with bars 11 dots hi gh and 3 dots wide, contain ing 2 d ata colu mns and 16 er ror corre ction co dewords (e rror correc tion lev el 3). The encoded d ata is “T his is an e xample”. PDF417 in PGL BARCODE PDF41 7;<X< D>n;> <[...]

314 Appendix L Code 12 8A Barcode s in PGL Code 128A Barc odes in PGL The PGL g raphics e mulation n ow supports selection of Code 128A barcodes from with in a bar code comman d. Enter C 128A as t he barcode n ame. Codaba r Codes in PGL The PGL g raphics e mulation n ow supports selection of Codabar barcodes from with in a bar code comman d. Enter [...]

PDF4 17 in PG L 315 Barco de Rot ations in PGL Barcod es can now be rotated i n four differ ent orienta tions in stead of the former two o rientations . VSCAN is sti ll suppor ted to create a 90 degree counter clockwis e barcode. Th e new para meters are use in place of VSCAN to allow new rotations. Th e new para meters are CW to create a 9 0 degre[...]

316 Appendix L IS ET/USET Commands In PG L ISET/USET C ommands In PGL The PGL g raphics e mulation n ow supports the ISET an d USET com mands. The ISE T command can be us ed in NOR MAL, CREATE , and EXE CUTE modes an d is used to select s tandard or user-defined character sets. User- defined c haracter set s are created with the US ET comman d in N[...]

PDF4 17 in PG L 317 POINT Parmeter In PGL An opt ional POINT p arameter has been added to th e ALPHA c ommand. Th e structu re of this c ommand i s now the fo llowing: ALPHA R;E;Cn;Afn;L;Rot;U-cas e;D;POINT;X1;X2;X3;X4;‡text‡ STOP The POINT parameter is used to change the units of t he horizon tal and vertic al expansio n paramet ers (X3 and X [...]

318 Appendix L 20 CPI Support In PGL 20 C PI Support In PGL 20 CPI tex t can now b e selected f rom the ALP HA and D ENSITY co mmands. Use C20 in the ALPHA command and 20 in the DENSITY command. SCALE Command Modifications In PGL The SCA LE comma nd has been m odified i n the foll owing mann er: Field Function Option/Modifier Selectio ns Dot Scale [...]

319 Symbols ^~FF Draft, Fon ts, 280 ^~FF N LQ, Fonts, 281 ^~FF OCR-A, Fonts, 282 ^~FF OCR-B, Fonts, 282 ^~FH Draft, Fo nts, 283 ^~FH NLQ, Fonts, 284 ^~FH OCR-A, Fonts, 28 5 ^~FH OCR-B, Fonts, 28 5 ^~FQ Draft, Fon ts, 277 ^~FQ NLQ , Fonts, 278 ^~FQ OCR-B, Fonts, 279 ^~OCR -A, Fonts, 279 Numerics 20 CPI Sup port in P GL, Line Pri nter Graph ics, 318 [...]

320 Block Charac ter control panel opt ion, 27 Block Character Fo nts, 37 10 CPI, 38 12 CPI, 39 15 CPI, 39 7.5 CPI, 37 Block Character S izes, 141 Block Char acter, char acter printin g, 27 Block Charac ter, contr ol panel option, 46 Block Charac ters block c hara cter si zes, 141 double de nsity (^D) ex amples, 143 mixing barcode/blo ck chara cter[...]

321 Code 2/5 Int erleave d, Data Form ats of Barcode Types, 237 Code 2/5 Ma trix, Data For mats of Bar code Types, 235 Code 39, 13 0 Code 39 T ype 1 Examp les, 132 Code 39 T ype 2 Examp les, 133 Code 39, PG L Barcod e Commands , 215 Code BCD Ma trix, Data F ormats of B arcode Types, 239 Code Delta Distance , Data Forma ts of Bar code Types, 251 Cod[...]

322 Data Fie ld Characters , PGL Bar codes, 211 Data Fields , Buffered Form s, 99 Data Format s of B arcode Type s, 235 CODABAR, 241 Code 11, 23 8 Code 128, 2 52 Code 2/5 I ndu stri al, 236 Code 2/5 Int erleave d, 237 code 2/5 matri x, 235 Code 39, Cod e 39, Data Forma ts of Barc ode Types, 240 Code BCD Ma trix, 239 Code Delta Distance , 251 Code E[...]

323 Form Draw ing, 55 Form Lengt h, Position ing Data, 87 Form Names, S pecial Fu nction Contr ol Char acter, 1 52 Forms, Buffe red, 99 Forms, P redefined, 10 9 Free Format, 19 control code equ ivalents, 2 0 turn off, 19 turn on, 19 Full Spac e Font M ode, 44 G German , Data Forma ts of Barco de Types, 264 German, LCP Character Set, 264 German, LCP[...]

324 Interlea ved 2/5, P GL Barcode Co mmands, 2 20 Interlea ved Two o f Five, 135 Interlea ved Two o f Five, Ba rcode, 137 Interrupt Fun ction, Po sitioning D ata, 88 Invalid Commands, Industri al Graphi cs Applic ation, 122 ISET Co mmands in P GL, 316 ISO Char acter Set Ta ble, 47 ISO Char acter Sets, 4 6 L Large Ch aracter Printing, Data Forma ts[...]

325 Patterns , 273 PDF417 i n Code V, P ostal Barco des, 312 PDF417 i n PGL, Postal Barcodes, 31 3 PGL Barcode Commands Code 128B, 216 Code 128C, 217 Code 39, 21 5 EAN 13, 21 9 EAN 8, 218 Interlea ved 2/5, 22 0 MSI, 221 output, 215 POST NET, 22 2 UPC-A, 223 UPC-E, 224 PGL Barcode s, 205 command par ameters, 205 comma nds, 215 CREA TE mo de, 205 dat[...]

326 pass heigh t, 85 pass wid th, 86 vert ical ju stificat ion, 84 Posta l Barcode s PDF417 i n Code V, 312 PDF417 i n PGL, 3 13 Posta l Barcode s, Line P rinter Grap hics, 31 1 Postn et Bar codes, 79 access ing PO STNET in CVCC, 79 AIAG ba rcodes, 80 CPI, CPI, P ostnet Ba rcodes, 79 EMBA RC, 81 height, 79 HIBCC, 81 orientat ion, 79 paramete rs in [...]

327 numeric variable s, 153 paramete r delimiter, 151 PGL modes , 155 print po sition loc ation, 1 53 printabl e data delimite r, 152 spaces , 152 Special Function Control Char acter, PG L Command S et Standards , 151 Standa rds, PGL Command Se t, 151 STARDATA, P GL Commands , 162 STEPM ASK, PGL Command s, 162 Supplie s Departm ent, 267 T Tables, B[...]

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