TransAct Technologies ITHERM 280 User Manual
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Programming Codes
iTherm
®
280 Programmer’s Guide
Page 148
Rev C
28-07764
Function
Set bar code justification, human readable interpretation (HRI)
character print mode, and print direction
ASCII
[ESC] [EM] J <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 19H 4AH <n>
Decimal
<27> <25> <74> <n>
IPCL
&%BJ <m
1
> <m
2
>
EPOS
none
The power on default is center justified with HRI characters not printed.
Description The [ESC] [EM] J <n> command selects the operation of the bar code
justification, HRI characters, and print direction.
Where n bits n
IPCL 76543210
------xx
Justified
0
00
------00
Left
1
01
------01
Center
2
02
------10
Right
--xx----
HRI characters
0
00
--00----
Not printed
16
16
--01----
Printed above the bar code
32
32
--10----
Printed below the bar code
48
48
--11----
Printed above and below the bar code
-x------
Vertical print mode. (Page mode may
work better)
0
00
-0------
Bar code printed in horizontal
direction (default)
64
64
-100----
Bar code printed in vertical direction
Note 1: The [ESC] [EM] J <n> command only affects bar code printing.
Note 2: HRI is not available in vertical print mode. You may print normal
barcodes in page mode, which will provide for HRI and significantly longer
barcodes.