CognitiveTPG A799 User Manual

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Chapter 4: Programming Commands

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Revision D 12/09

A799-PG00001D

Values:

First variation: String terminated with NUL character. Length k is not specified in command string; it depends on the bar
code being printed.
m

Bar code

d1...dk

length

0

UPC-A

48–57 (ASCII numerals)

Fixed length: 11, 12

1

UPC-E

48–57

Fixed length: 11, 12

2

JAN13 (EAN)

48–57

Fixed length: 12, 13

3

JAN8 (EAN)

48–57

Fixed length: 7, 8

4

Code 39

48- 57, 65- 90 (ASCII alphabet), 32, 36, 37,

Variable length

43, 45, 46, 47 (ASCII special characters)

d1 = dk = 42 (start/stop code is supplied

by printer if necessary)

5

Interleaved 2 of 5

48–57

Variable length (even number)

6

Codabar

65–68, start code 48–57, 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58

Variable length

10

PDF 417

32–255

Variable length, maximum 1000 characters

Second variation: Length n specified at beginning of string. Except as noted, 0 < n < 256.

m

Bar code

d1...dn

length

65 UPC-A

48–57 (ASCII numerals)

Fixed length: 11, 12

66

UPC-E

48–57

Fixed length: 11, 12

67

JAN13 (EAN)

48–57

Fixed length: 12, 13

68

JAN8 (EAN)

48–57

Fixed length: 7, 8

69

CODE39

48–57, 65–90 (ASCII alphabet), 32, 36, 37,

Variable length

43, 45, 46, 47 (ASCII special characters)

d1 = dk = 42 (start/stop code is supplied

by printer if necessary)

70

Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF)

48–57

Variable length (even number)

71

CODABAR (NW-7)

65–68, start code 48- 57, 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 58 Variable length

72

Code 93

00–127

Variable length

73

Code 128

0–105 d1 = 103-105 (must be a start code)

Variable length

d2 = 0–102 (data bytes) (Stop code is provided

by the printer)

74

Code 128 auto compress

00–255

Variable length

00–FF

75

PDF 417

0–255

Variable length

00–FF

78

Code EAN 128 auto compress

0–255

Variable length

00–FF

79

PDF 417

0–255

Variable length

00–FF

0 < n < 2800

data length specified via

integer n = nH:nL 1D 6B m nL nH d1 . . . dn

The value of m selects the bar code system as described in the table.
The variable d indicates the character code to be encoded into the specified bar code system. If character code d cannot be
encoded, the printer prints the bar code data processed so far, and the following data is treated as normal data.
Exceptions

Code 93 and PDF 417 are only available in A799 native mode.

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