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Chapter 8

Bar Codes

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consume half as much space as they would using Subsets A or B. If TCI 40 is selected, the
printer will automatically decide which subset is most efficient and insert the appropriate shift
character. It is also possible to manually change the subset by using TCI=41. Please note that
the correct rules must be followed to prevent and incorrect bar code.

Code 128 Special Function Access

#

Value

CODE A

CODE B

CODE C

#0

96

FNC3

FNC3

-----

#1

97

FNC2

FNC2

-----

#2

98

SHIFT

SHIFT

-----

#3

99

CODE C

CODE C

-----

#4

100

CODE B

FNC4

CODE B

#5

101

FNC4

CODE A

CODE A

#6

102

FNC1

FNC1

FNC1

#7

103

START

-----

-----

#8

104

-----

START

-----

#9

105

-----

-----

START

#M or #m

77

CR

-----

-----

##

3

#

#

-----

Table 11

Codabar (Rationalized Codabar), TCI=42
The Codabar bar code is typically used to identify air shipping containers, library items and
blood information. It can encode the characters 0 through 9, -$:.+ABCD and four different
start/stop characters.

Code 93, TCI=43
Code 93 is a high density, full alphanumeric, variable length, bar code. Through the use of
reserved shift characters, it can encode all of the first 128 ASCII characters.

AS-10, TCI=44
AS-10 is not widely used. It is variable length and encodes the numeric values 1234567890
only.

PDF-417, TCI=46
PDF-417 is a two dimensional bar code.

Enter the following command before the label format:
:Text^[
number_of_rows<CR>

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