136 SATO RISC Printers
4. Bar Code Specifications Programming Manual
Interleaved Two of Five (I 2/5)
Command Structure:
:3 ratio: <ESC>B2bbccc (data)
2:5 ratio: <ESC>BD2bbccc (data)
1:2 ratio: <ESC>D2bbccc (data)
bb: Width of narrow element in dots (01-12)
ccc: Bar height in dots (001-600)
(data): Bar code data (numeric); must be an even number of
digits or else the printer will add a leading zero; start
and stop code are provided by the printer
Character Set:
0-9 (numeric only)
Density Table:
Input:
<ESC>H0100<ESC>V0100<ESC>B20310045676567
<ESC>H0140<ESC>V0210<ESC>XM45676567
Output:
Note: To add horizontal guard bars to the top and bottom of the
bar code, use the Line and Box command.
Printer
Resolution
Narrow/
Wide Ratio
Value of
“bb”
“X”
Dimension
(mils)
Density
(char/inch)
12 dot/mm
1 : 3 01 3.3 33.4
1 : 3 02 6.7 16.7
2 : 5 01 3.3 18.8
1 : 2 01 6.7 21.4
1 : 2 02 3.3 14.3
8 dot/mm
1 : 3 01 5.0 22.6
1 : 3 02 10.0 11.3
2 : 5 01 10.0 12.7
1 : 2 01 5.0 14.5
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