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Brother BT-1000 manual

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    1 B B T T - - 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 B B r r o o t t h h e e r r B B a a r r c c o o d d e e F F o o n n t t U U s s e e r r ’ ’ s s G G u u i i d d e e Version 0[...]

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    2 Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 HOW TO INSTALL THE BT-1000 BROTHER BARCODE FONT UPGRADE ON BROTHER PRINTER ........................................................... 4 1 WINDOWS ® SYSTEMS (WINDOWS ® 95/98/ME, WIN DOWS NT ® 4.0 AND WINDOWS ® 2000/XP)........................................................................... 4 2 OTHER OPERATING SY[...]

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    3 Trademarks The Brother logo is a r egist er ed t rademark of Brother I ndust r ies, Ltd. Macintosh is regist er ed t rademark in t he United Stat es and ot her count ries, and TrueType is a tradem ar k of Apple Com puter, I nc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Wi ndows and Windows NT are register ed trademarks of Microsoft Cor poration in t he U. S. and ot her[...]

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    4 Chapter 1 How to install the BT-1000 Brother Barcode Font Upgrade on Brother Printer Note: In order to activate th e BT-1000, you must use the PCL emulation mode. 1 Windo ws ® Systems (Windo ws ® 95/98/Me, Windo ws NT ® 4.0 and Windows ® 2000/XP) To activate the barcode f ont s, you must send an activat ion key to t he pr inter you wish to up[...]

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    5 f. Click the OK button t o send t he f ont activation key. The pr int er will receive the activation key. Wait at least 30 seconds. g. Switch the print er off and t hen on. h. Print, PRI NT FO NTS by using t he control panel. You can check t he newly activated fonts. 2 Other Operating Systems If you are using anot her oper at ing system such as L[...]

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    6 Chapter 2 BT-1000 Barcode Font Solutions Manual 1 Code 128 1.1 About Code 128 Introduced in 1981, Code 128 bar codes ar e used ext ensively by the shipping industry, as well as f or invent or y, ID, and t r acking pur poses. It is of t en select ed over Code 39 when space is at a premium and because it of fers a m uch lar ger select ion of charac[...]

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    7 1.3 PCL Escape Sequences To print from Unix or DOS syst ems you must send the appropriate PCL escape sequences to print t he bar code f ont you require. Exam ple escape sequences ar e shown below: Code128TT-Regular : esc( 12Yesc( s1p#v0s0b28685T Code128-NarrowTT-Regular : esc(12Yesc(s1p#v0s0b28686T Code128-WideTT-Regular : esc( 12Yesc(s1p#v0s0b28[...]

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    8 ASCII value Code Set A Code Set B Code Set C 59 ; ; 27 60 < < 28 61 = = 29 62 > > 30 63 ? ? 31 64 @ @ 32 65 A A 33 66 B B 34 67 C C 35 68 D D 36 69 E E 37 70 F F 38 71 G G 39 72 H H 40 73 I I 41 74 J J 42 75 K K 43 76 L L 44 77 M M 45 78 N N 46 79 O O 47 80 P P 48 81 Q Q 49 82 R R 50 83 S S 51 84 T T 52 85 U U 53 86 V V 54 87 W W 55 8[...]

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    9 ASCII value Code Set A Code Set B Code Set C 108 FF l 76 109 CR m 77 110 SOH n 78 111 SI o 79 112 DLE p 80 113 DC1 q 81 114 DC2 r 82 115 DC3 s 83 116 D C4 t 84 117 NAK u 85 118 SYN v 86 119 ETB w 87 120 CAN x 88 121 EM y 89 122 SUB z 90 123 ESC { 91 124 FS | 92 125 GS } 93 165 RS ~ 94 166 US DEL 95 167 FNC 3 FNC 3 96 168 FNC 2 FNC 2 97 169 SHIFT [...]

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    10 2 Code 39 2.1 About Code 39 Code 39 was the first alphanum er ic bar code developed and is t he most widely used. Also known as Code USD-3 or Code 3/9, C ode 39 is widely used in m any indust r ies and is the standard f or m any government bar code specif icat ions, including the U. S. Department of Defense. Code 39 is def ined in Am er ican Nat[...]

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    11 2.3 Choosing the Right Font The various Code 39 fonts creat es bar code sym bols of differ ent sizes and densities. Most of t he f ont s use a 2.5:1 wide: nar r ow bar ratio. The Slim f onts use a 2:1 r at io f or narrower symbols and t he Wide font uses a 3: 1 r at io f or wider sym bols. Like any TrueType or Type 1 font , t he bar code fonts c[...]

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    12 2.5 Code 39 Font Product Character Set ASCII Character Code 39 0 NUL %U 1 SOH $A 2 STX $B 3 ETX $C 4 EOT $D 5 ENQ $E 6 ACK $F 7 BEL $G 8 BS $H 9 HT $I 10 LF $J 11 VT $K 12 FF $L 13 CR $M 14 SO $N 15 SI $O 16 DLE $P 17 DC1 $Q 18 DC2 $R 19 DC3 $S 20 DC4 $T 21 NAK $U 22 SYN $V 23 ETB $W 24 CAN $X 25 EM $Y 26 SUB $Z 27 ESC %A 28 FS %B 29 GS %C 30 RS[...]

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    13 ASCII Character Code 39 46 . . 47 / /O 48 0 0 49 1 1 50 2 2 51 3 3 52 4 4 53 5 5 54 6 6 55 7 7 56 8 8 57 9 9 58 : /Z 59 ; %F 60 < %G 61 = %H 62 > %I 63 ? %J 64 @ %V 65 A A 66 B B 67 C C 68 D D 69 E E 70 F F 71 G G 72 H H 73 I I 74 J J 75 K K 76 L L 77 M M 78 N N 79 O O 80 P P 81 Q Q 82 R R 83 S S 84 T T 85 U U 86 V V 87 W W 88 X X 89 Y Y 9[...]

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    14 ASCII Character Code 39 95 _ %O 96 ‘ %W 97 a +A 98 b +B 99 c +C 100 d +D 101 e +E 102 f +F 103 g +G 104 h +H 105 i +I 106 j +J 107 k +K 108 l +L 109 m +M 110 n +N 111 o +O 112 p +P 113 q +Q 114 r +R 115 s +S 116 t +T 117 u +U 118 v +V 119 w +W 120 x +X 121 y +Y 122 z +Z 123 { %P 124 | %Q 125 } %R 126 ~ %S 127 DEL %T, %X, %Y, %Z[...]

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    15 3 Interleaved 2 of 5 3.1 About Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 is a num er ic- only bar code, variable in length and bi- d ir ect ional. It is a high-density code that can hold up to 18 digits per inch (25.4mm) when pri nted using a 7.5 mil X dimension. I t is a general-purpose code whose only r estriction is that ther e m ust be an even n[...]

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    16 After pr int ing a bar code it is necessary to select a dif f erent f ont in or der to print something besides mor e bar codes. The PCL com mand to select t he default f ont is “<esc>(3@”. To select a font ot her than t he def ault f ont , use the PCL escape sequence show on the PCL font list . The “<esc>” shown is t he ASCI [...]

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    17 ASCII Character Interleaved 2 of 5 73 I 40 74 J 41 75 K 42 76 L 43 77 M 44 78 N 45 79 O 46 80 P 47 81 Q 48 82 R 49 83 S 50 84 T 51 85 U 52 86 V 53 87 W 54 88 X 55 89 Y 56 90 Z 57 91 [ 58 92 59 93 ] 60 94 ^ 61 95 _ 62 96 ‘ 63 97 a 64 98 b 65 99 c 66 100 d 67 101 e 68 102 f 69 103 g 70 104 h 71 105 i 72 106 j 73 107 k 74 108 l 75 109 m 76 110 [...]

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    18 ASCII Character Interleaved 2 of 5 122 z 89 161 90 162 91 163 92 164 93 165 94 166 95 167 96 168 97 169 98 170 99 171 Start 172 Stop 4 UPC / EAN Code 4.1 About the UPC / EAN Code UPC Code is a collection of Type 1 and TrueType f ont s that cr eat e and pr int UPC version A, UPC ver sion E, EAN-8/J AN- 8 , EAN- 13/JAN-13, Bookland ( ISBN), and IS[...]

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    19 Both UPC-A and UPC-E allow f or a supplement al t wo or five digit num ber to be appended to the main bar code sym bol. The supplem ental message was designed for use on publications and per iodicals. To ent er a supplemental m essage, it m ust consist of either t wo or five numer ic digit s . The supplem ent al is simply a small additional bar [...]

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    20 4.2.2 UPC-E The UPC-E code is a compressed bar code int ended f or use on small it em s. Compression works by squeezing extr a zeros out of t he bar code and then automatically r e- insert ing them at t he scanner . Only bar codes containing zer os are candidates for t he UPC- E symbol. UPC-E is also refer r ed to as "zer o suppr essed"[...]

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    21 4.3 PCL Escape Sequences From UNIX or DO S it is necessary to send PCL escape sequences as par t of the print data t o select t he desired bar code font . The PCL escape sequences for t he fonts are shown on t he PCL f ont list. I nst r uctions on how to pr int t he PCL font list ar e given in your printer m anual. Font Name PCL Escape Sequence [...]

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    22 Codabar is unusual because some charact er s ar e wider than other s. With 2- elem ent widths defined, each char act er cont ains 4 bars and 3 spaces. The charact er is followed by a single narrow space t o separ at e it fr om t he next character. Each pattern begins and ends wit h one of 4 start / st op character s A- D. Codabar defines diff er[...]