b Command - 2D Bar Code - PDF417 Specific Options
The following parameters may be omitted and de
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fault values will automatically be inserted. Each pa
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rameter value (data string) must be proceeded by its
associated command prefix character.
p
6
(s) = sets error correction level
Error Correction codewords per symbol
Values: s1 - s8
If level is not specified, a level will automati
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cally be assigned as per the following table:
EC level EC Codewords Auto Select Level
02 —
1 4 0-31
2 8 32-63
3 16 64-127
4 32 128-255
5 64 256-511
6 128 512-928
7 256 —
8 512 —
p
7
(c) = selects data compression method
Values: 0 or 1, default is 0
c0 = Auto-encoding
c1 = Binary mode
Data Type Compression (Byte by Byte)
Text 2 Characters per codeword
Numeric 2.93 Characters per codeword
Binary 1.2 Bytes per codeword
p
8
(pxxx,yyy,mm) = print human readable
This parameter is a non-standard implemen
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tor of the PDF417 and is only
recommended for troubleshooting purposes.
Additional variables:
p ="p" - parameter identifier
xxx = horizontal start location
yyy = vertical start location
mm = maximum characters per line
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