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Operator's Guide E-17
START CHARACTERS, STOP CHARACTERS, AND
GUARD BARS
You do not need to supply start and stop characters, or guard bars (for
UPC and EAN codes) with the barcode. They are automatically
appended by the printer.
SUMMARY OF REQUIRED BARCODE DATA
The table below summarizes the data the printer must receive for each
barcode symbol. A "
•
" indicates required data. An asterisk (*) indicates
optional data. A blank space indicates the data are automatically
calculated and appended, or are not applicable for that barcode style.
Barcode
Style
Start
Char.
No.
System
Char.
Country
Flag
Char.
No. of
Significant
Char.
Stop
Char.
Check
Digit
Total
No. of
Char.
Code 39
Interleaved
2 of 5
(see note)
Codabar
Styles 9-12
UPC-A
UPC-E
EAN-8
EAN-13
PostNet
•
•
••
*
*
*
10
10
8
10
*
*
*
*
•
•
•
*
*
*
12
10
8
13
*
Note
: For Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode symbols, if an even number of
characters is not sent, the printer appends a leading zero.