Microcom 466 User Manual
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Bar Codes
Chapter 8
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number_of_columns<CR>
rotation<CR>
;in degrees (0, 90, 180, 270 only)
ECC_percent<CR>
;error correction parameter
ECC_level<CR>
;level of error correction
Aspect_ratio<CR>
;must be in format of, ex., 2:3
(Where "Text" is the data to be encoded in the PDF-417 bar code. It may contain carriage
returns and other control codes. It must be terminated by the characters "^[" (without quotes)
which will not be printed.)
Enter a normal label format with a field specifying a TCI of 46 and a CC of 1.
The string associated with the field described above need contain only 1 character. It may be
any printable character, and is used only as a placeholder. This character is not printed.
UCC/EAN-128, TCI=50 (TCI=51 is the text version)
UCC/EAN-128 bar codes are actually Code 128 bar codes that have a specific data format
that contains multiple data subfields. Subfields are identified by application identifiers as
specified in UCC/EAN-128 Application Identifier Standard (January 1993, revised and
reprinted July 1995).
The UCC/EAN-128 bar code field has a TCI of 50. The CGN field is ignored.
The UCC/EAN-128 text field has a TCI of 51. The CGN selects the desired resident font for
printing the text string. In other words, use the same CGN that would be used if printing the
string with a regular resident font using a TCI of 1.
Data strings can contain one or more substrings appended onto one line. Each substring can
consists of a 2-, 3-, or 4-digit Application Identifier immediately followed by a data string
meeting the formatting requirements for that Application Identifier.
The following table is a list of supported Application Identifiers and their data format
requirements. Use this legend when reading the data format requirements:
a
alphabetic character
n
numeric character
an
alphanumeric character
a3
3 alphabetic characters, fixed length
n3
3 numeric characters, fixed length
an3
3 alphanumeric characters, fixed length
a..3
variable length up to 3 alphabetic characters
n..3
variable length up to 3 numeric characters
an..3
variable length up to 3 alphanumeric characters
AI
Content
Format
00
SSCC-18
n2+n18
01
SCC-14
n2+n14
10
Batch or Lot Number
n2+an..20
11(*)
Production Date (YYMMDD)
n2+n6
13(*)
Packaging Date (YYMMDD)
n2+n6
15(*)
Sell By Date (Quality) (YYMMDD)
n2+n6
17(*)
Expiration Date (Safety) (YYMMDD)
n2+n6