Special Notes 1. UPC and EAN bar codes are not affected by the different types of
narrow to wide ratios. Instead, the <ESC>D command adds
descender bars to these codes where needed to meet UPC
specifications. The <ESC>BD command puts decender bars and
human readable text below the symbol.
2. The Code 128, UCC 128, MSI, and Code 93 bar codes are not
affected by the narrow to wide ratios.
3. The Codabar, Code 39, Industrial 2 of 5, and Matrix 2 of 5 bar
codes are affected by the Character Pitch command. This
command must be placed before the Bar Code command.
4. See Appendix B for more specific instructions and detailed
information regarding individual bar code symbols.
5. Because of their unique characteristics, two-dimensional symbols
are covered separately.
6. For UCC128, the FNC1 code is automatically inserted and the
Mod 10 and Mod 103 check digits are automatically calculated.
For the MSI bar code, the check digit is not automatically
calculated.
7. The <ESC>D and <ESC>BD commands are not valid for the MSI,
Code 128, Code 93, UPC-E, Bookland, UCC128 and Postnet
symbologies.
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