Paxar 9430R User Manual

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2-10 Creating and Printing Formats

Command Summary

Command

Description

ESC-'z'-<bctype>-

<length>-<height>-

<data>

Prints a bar code without human-readable
data.

ESC-'Z'-<bctype>-

<length>-<height>-

<data>

Prints a bar code with human-readable data.

<bctype> The type of bar code to print (values are the

ASCII representation, not hex).

'1'

Code 39

'2'

Code 128 (UCC/EAN-128)

'3'

Interleaved 2 of 5

'4'

UPC/EAN/JAN

'5'

Codabar

<length> The data length, specified in hex (01 – FF).

This value is dependent on the bar code you
choose with <bctype>. See “Specifying
Particular Bar Codes.”

<height> The bar code height, specified in hex, in

increments of .125 mm. <height> can be no
smaller than 14. For example, 14 = 2.5 mm,
15 = 2.625 mm, etc.

For UPC/EAN/JAN bar codes, the height you
specify includes a 1.25 mm drop bar pattern
after the bar code.

(data) The data for the bar code. It must equal

<length>. See “Specifying Particular Bar
Codes” for data restrictions, which vary by bar
code.

Example:

ESC-'Z'-'3'-08 hex-

50 hex-'12345678'

Prints an Interleaved 2 of 5 bar code, 10 mm
high, containing 12345678 as the data.

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