Lexmark 258x Printer User Manual


 
Bar Code
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USAGE NOTES
The printer must receive the Setup command ESC [ f prior to the ESC [ p
command.
The barcode prints after the printer receives the LF line feed command.
The printer may ignore this command in the following conditions:
The barcode print area exceeds the left or right margin.
The barcode print area exceeds the page margin.
Undefined data is included in the command. In this case, the command
strings defined "n1,n2" are ignored.
n1 and n2 specify:
n1, n2 show data quantity following ESC [ p n1, n2.
n1 is a low byte of command length data in hexadecimal.
n2 is a high byte of command length data in hexadecimal.
If an undefined value is found in the data string, the printer will ignore all the
received barcode data with a length defined as n1, n2.
Valid n1, n2 values are listed in the following table:
Table 2-22: Barcode Data n1, n2 values
n1 (low byte) OFF
a
a. Automatic check digit generation flag is OFF.
n1 (low byte) ON
b
b. Automatic check digit generation flag is ON.
n2 (high byte)
c
c. The value of n2 does not change based on the check digit generation flag status.
Decimal Hexadecimal Decimal Hexadecimal Decimal Hexadecimal Barcode Style
13 0D 12 0C 0 00 EAN-13
8 08 7 07 0 00 EAN-8
1 to 255 01 to FF 1 to 255 01 to FF 0 00 CODE 39
1 to 255 01 to FF 1 to 255 01 to FF 0 00 INTERLEAVED 2 of 5
12 0C 11 0B 0 00 UPC-A
10 0A 9 09 0 00 POST-NET
2 to 255 02 to FF 2 to 255 02 to FF 0 00 CODE 128