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... positioning 7 Human-readable text 7 One-dimensional symbologies 7 Two-dimensional symbologies 7 Compressed data formats 8 Checksum calculation 8 Visual Bar Code Designer 8 HP BarDIMM compatibility intercept 8 Supported Lexmark PCL 5 and PostScript bar codes 8 Chapter 4: PCL 5 emulation: HP 11 One-dimensional bar codes 11 Defining characteristics 11 Command structure considerations 11 Transparent print data command 12 Returning...
... positioning 7 Human-readable text 7 One-dimensional symbologies 7 Two-dimensional symbologies 7 Compressed data formats 8 Checksum calculation 8 Visual Bar Code Designer 8 HP BarDIMM compatibility intercept 8 Supported Lexmark PCL 5 and PostScript bar codes 8 Chapter 4: PCL 5 emulation: HP 11 One-dimensional bar codes 11 Defining characteristics 11 Command structure considerations 11 Transparent print data command 12 Returning...
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...error reporting • Automatic bar code data compression, checksum calculation, and character placement when required • Automatic placement of the CD to an HP LaserJet with the Forms and Bar Code Card contains: • Visual Bar Code Designer • Demonstration and test files • End User... readme file located in the root directory of special characters (prefix, start/stop, guard bars) when required The CD that comes with HP BarDIMM Pro (v3.3a), including the FREESCAPE alternate escape code feature. The incoming data is also a compatible alternative to access these items...
...error reporting • Automatic bar code data compression, checksum calculation, and character placement when required • Automatic placement of the CD to an HP LaserJet with the Forms and Bar Code Card contains: • Visual Bar Code Designer • Demonstration and test files • End User... readme file located in the root directory of special characters (prefix, start/stop, guard bars) when required The CD that comes with HP BarDIMM Pro (v3.3a), including the FREESCAPE alternate escape code feature. The incoming data is also a compatible alternative to access these items...
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... right corner of the data impractical. Overview 7 Six different fonts are available for most human-readable text. See the Esc(s#H command in the HP BarDIMM Pro products) 2 Special Lexmark advanced PCL 5 commands for bar codes Cursor positioning Cursor positioning is set as follows when printing with the Forms and Bar Code Card...
... right corner of the data impractical. Overview 7 Six different fonts are available for most human-readable text. See the Esc(s#H command in the HP BarDIMM Pro products) 2 Special Lexmark advanced PCL 5 commands for bar codes Cursor positioning Cursor positioning is set as follows when printing with the Forms and Bar Code Card...
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...and Bar Code Card meets the function of the data format. Checksum calculation Some bar code symbologies define checksum characters as a requirement of the HP BarDIMM Pro version 3.3a option. Fixed length data formats can be sent with check digit • Code 93 • Code 93 extended ...8226; Danish PTT 3 of 9 space encoding with or without checksum characters. Supported Lexmark PCL 5 and PostScript bar codes The following is automatically performed before printing the bar code. In this case, the Forms and Bar Code Card performs...
...and Bar Code Card meets the function of the data format. Checksum calculation Some bar code symbologies define checksum characters as a requirement of the HP BarDIMM Pro version 3.3a option. Fixed length data formats can be sent with check digit • Code 93 • Code 93 extended ...8226; Danish PTT 3 of 9 space encoding with or without checksum characters. Supported Lexmark PCL 5 and PostScript bar codes The following is automatically performed before printing the bar code. In this case, the Forms and Bar Code Card performs...
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...-E • UPC-E + 2 • UPC-E + 5 • USPS POSTNET 5-digit ZIP code • USPS POSTNET 9-digit ZIP with 4 code • USPS POSTNET 11-digit Delivery Point Code HP BarDIMM compatibility intercept 9
...-E • UPC-E + 2 • UPC-E + 5 • USPS POSTNET 5-digit ZIP code • USPS POSTNET 9-digit ZIP with 4 code • USPS POSTNET 11-digit Delivery Point Code HP BarDIMM compatibility intercept 9
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...Descriptor is sent, then this switch allows future Lexmark PCL 5 emulations to decide how to an HP printer, are flushed and nothing prints. Setting this command is ignored and the data is a GL/2 command. HP BarDIMM compatibility intercept 10 The first two bytes of...8226; MaxiCode • MicroPDF417 • PDF417 • QR Lexmark-unique PCL 5 command description Lexmark-unique PCL 5 definitions provide support for new bar code functionalities that have been chosen, forcing future Lexmark PCL 5 emulations to honor the HP versions of bar code data. Two new commands are then interpreted...
...Descriptor is sent, then this switch allows future Lexmark PCL 5 emulations to decide how to an HP printer, are flushed and nothing prints. Setting this command is ignored and the data is a GL/2 command. HP BarDIMM compatibility intercept 10 The first two bytes of...8226; MaxiCode • MicroPDF417 • PDF417 • QR Lexmark-unique PCL 5 command description Lexmark-unique PCL 5 definitions provide support for new bar code functionalities that have been chosen, forcing future Lexmark PCL 5 emulations to honor the HP versions of bar code data. Two new commands are then interpreted...
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... must explicitly specify the characteristic values. Previously specified non-default values are analyzed for human-readable text. 4 PCL 5 emulation: HP This section discusses the HP commands implemented in the table "PCL 5 function parameter list" on page 15. Otherwise, PCL 5 emulation proceeds as normal. ...more information on bar code characteristic parameters and default values, see "PCL 5 function parameter list" on page 15. PCL 5 emulation: HP 11 Selects the bar widths. One-dimensional bar codes With Forms and Bar Code Card installed, font selection commands in the incoming PCL...
... must explicitly specify the characteristic values. Previously specified non-default values are analyzed for human-readable text. 4 PCL 5 emulation: HP This section discusses the HP commands implemented in the table "PCL 5 function parameter list" on page 15. Otherwise, PCL 5 emulation proceeds as normal. ...more information on bar code characteristic parameters and default values, see "PCL 5 function parameter list" on page 15. PCL 5 emulation: HP 11 Selects the bar widths. One-dimensional bar codes With Forms and Bar Code Card installed, font selection commands in the incoming PCL...
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... units are in 1/72"; #b, s units are opposite those found in Encoding Table field byte 7 of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for Australia 4-State Postal bar codes (see "PCL 5 emulation: Lexmark" on page 29). Human-readable text is specified. * = Fixed value, cannot be changed N = Numeric ...M = Mixed Post 4-State bar code descriptors Function parameters for Australian Post 4-State bar code (HP compatibility mode, using this technique: Bar Width...
... units are in 1/72"; #b, s units are opposite those found in Encoding Table field byte 7 of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for Australia 4-State Postal bar codes (see "PCL 5 emulation: Lexmark" on page 29). Human-readable text is specified. * = Fixed value, cannot be changed N = Numeric ...M = Mixed Post 4-State bar code descriptors Function parameters for Australian Post 4-State bar code (HP compatibility mode, using this technique: Bar Width...
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...by typeface number (FCC 45 not available) Specified by #p parameter (default is 1, which is C table) Function parameters for Singapore Post 4-State bar code (HP compatibility mode, using this technique: Bar Width (in 1/100 mm units): Bar Pitch (in bars per inch): Tracker Height (in 1/100 mm units): Ascender...in bars per inch. USPS Zebra code The USPS Zebra code is a series of diagonal or vertical lines placed to the right of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for Singapore 4-State Postal bar codes, the following correspondences exist when using typeface 24780) In relation to the fields of ...
...by typeface number (FCC 45 not available) Specified by #p parameter (default is 1, which is C table) Function parameters for Singapore Post 4-State bar code (HP compatibility mode, using this technique: Bar Width (in 1/100 mm units): Bar Pitch (in bars per inch): Tracker Height (in 1/100 mm units): Ascender...in bars per inch. USPS Zebra code The USPS Zebra code is a series of diagonal or vertical lines placed to the right of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for Singapore 4-State Postal bar codes, the following correspondences exist when using typeface 24780) In relation to the fields of ...
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...by the bar code engine. • Only the value for Bar Width 1 is needed for the HP BarDIMM Pro version 3.3A is: - Note: HRT is not available on other bar widths are slightly different than HP, and match the RSS-14 AIM specification values. • Each of the V parameter values is ... - Optional Defines the HRT Location. Notes: • The default V parameter observed for the design of Bar Width 1. • The S parameter does not work correctly on HP BarDIMM and Forms and Bar Code Card. Setting S1 to any value does not affect the bar code like it does with B1. Field Name...
...by the bar code engine. • Only the value for Bar Width 1 is needed for the HP BarDIMM Pro version 3.3A is: - Note: HRT is not available on other bar widths are slightly different than HP, and match the RSS-14 AIM specification values. • Each of the V parameter values is ... - Optional Defines the HRT Location. Notes: • The default V parameter observed for the design of Bar Width 1. • The S parameter does not work correctly on HP BarDIMM and Forms and Bar Code Card. Setting S1 to any value does not affect the bar code like it does with B1. Field Name...
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The HP BarDIMM version 5.0 supports the Intelligent Mail bar code. Other values not specified will be replaced with the bar code. Field Name Esc (s#T Esc (s#p Type name ...
The HP BarDIMM version 5.0 supports the Intelligent Mail bar code. Other values not specified will be replaced with the bar code. Field Name Esc (s#T Esc (s#p Type name ...
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... line bar height of B1 is actually in the bar code. Two-dimensional bar codes 24 Two-dimensional bar codes Bar code descriptor for HP BarDIMM. (See "Deviations" chapter) Requested number of rows in the Codablock F symbol. Optional Requested number of columns in the Codablock F... symbol Optional Selects bar width HP BarDIMM deviations: The HP BarDIMM Pro uses the PCL 5 height command V1 to specify the absolute height of the rows contained in 1/72". Optional for Forms...
... line bar height of B1 is actually in the bar code. Two-dimensional bar codes 24 Two-dimensional bar codes Bar code descriptor for HP BarDIMM. (See "Deviations" chapter) Requested number of rows in the Codablock F symbol. Optional Requested number of columns in the Codablock F... symbol Optional Selects bar width HP BarDIMM deviations: The HP BarDIMM Pro uses the PCL 5 height command V1 to specify the absolute height of the rows contained in 1/72". Optional for Forms...
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...88 numeric digits (i.e., repeating 0-9) produces a single Data Matrix symbol. When B1 is the same as using a value of the symbol. Notes: • HP BarDIMM specification contains only the PCL "B" parameter by itself. • The Data Matrix symbol automatically increases in their reference manual, but varying B1 or B2...larger bar codes use the PCL S "Space". The following default PCL with two rows are invalid: • Esc(s24840T-This does not work on HP; HP does not parse or use up more memory. Since the Data Matrix modules are not used. However, an 89-digit symbol will morph into a ...
...88 numeric digits (i.e., repeating 0-9) produces a single Data Matrix symbol. When B1 is the same as using a value of the symbol. Notes: • HP BarDIMM specification contains only the PCL "B" parameter by itself. • The Data Matrix symbol automatically increases in their reference manual, but varying B1 or B2...larger bar codes use the PCL S "Space". The following default PCL with two rows are invalid: • Esc(s24840T-This does not work on HP; HP does not parse or use up more memory. Since the Data Matrix modules are not used. However, an 89-digit symbol will morph into a ...
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... data. S parameter1 #1 2 Esc(s#1, #2B Optional Determines the X-value of the symbol aspect ratio. #2 1 #33 0 Optional Determines the Y-value of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for the PDF417 symbol (default). 1 = Parameters #1 and #2 can be set rows and columns. 3 The default choice (0) sets the symbol ...command to capture the encoding data. Range is truncated on its right side. 1 The intended size of rows for PDF417 (HP compatibility mode) Typeface Esc (s#T Value Default 24850T P parameter Esc(s#P 0 Optional Determines ECC level. Bar code descriptor for PDF417 Functional ...
... data. S parameter1 #1 2 Esc(s#1, #2B Optional Determines the X-value of the symbol aspect ratio. #2 1 #33 0 Optional Determines the Y-value of the Lexmark bar code descriptor for the PDF417 symbol (default). 1 = Parameters #1 and #2 can be set rows and columns. 3 The default choice (0) sets the symbol ...command to capture the encoding data. Range is truncated on its right side. 1 The intended size of rows for PDF417 (HP compatibility mode) Typeface Esc (s#T Value Default 24850T P parameter Esc(s#P 0 Optional Determines ECC level. Bar code descriptor for PDF417 Functional ...
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...bit character set • 4 = Kanji character set (shifted JIS) Bar code descriptor for MaxiCode data The data sent when using the Lexmark Transfer Bar Code Data command to print MaxiCode symbols, with the following change to rule 1: The input data must start with either a ... 0 Bar code descriptor for QR Functional parameters for data sent using this technique for printing MaxiCode symbols follows the same rules that exist for QR (HP compatibility mode) Typeface Esc (s#T P parameter Esc(s#P Default 0 B parameter 10 Esc(s#B S parameter 0 Esc(s#S 24860T Model 1 24861T Model 2 Optional...
...bit character set • 4 = Kanji character set (shifted JIS) Bar code descriptor for MaxiCode data The data sent when using the Lexmark Transfer Bar Code Data command to print MaxiCode symbols, with the following change to rule 1: The input data must start with either a ... 0 Bar code descriptor for QR Functional parameters for data sent using this technique for printing MaxiCode symbols follows the same rules that exist for QR (HP compatibility mode) Typeface Esc (s#T P parameter Esc(s#P Default 0 B parameter 10 Esc(s#B S parameter 0 Esc(s#S 24860T Model 1 24861T Model 2 Optional...
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...codes Support of new bar code functionality requires new Lexmark-unique PCL 5 definitions that have been chosen, forcing future Forms and Bar Code Card PCL 5 emulations to honor the HP versions of these commands and to an HP printer, are set to the specifications in the last... bytes of bar code data to be encoded according to appropriate defaults. The remaining bytes are optional. 5 PCL 5 emulation: Lexmark This section discusses the Lexmark-specific commands implemented in a bar code context. Bar code descriptor ESC&x#W[descriptor data] This escape sequence is flushed. The number ...
...codes Support of new bar code functionality requires new Lexmark-unique PCL 5 definitions that have been chosen, forcing future Forms and Bar Code Card PCL 5 emulations to honor the HP versions of these commands and to an HP printer, are set to the specifications in the last... bytes of bar code data to be encoded according to appropriate defaults. The remaining bytes are optional. 5 PCL 5 emulation: Lexmark This section discusses the Lexmark-specific commands implemented in a bar code context. Bar code descriptor ESC&x#W[descriptor data] This escape sequence is flushed. The number ...
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...; 115 (dec) or 00 73 (hex) specifies HIBC 128 SLS symbology 0 or 4 (dec) Optional 00 or 04 (hex) Corresponds to the HP #p parameter 0 (dec) 00 (hex) Optional Corresponds to the HP #h parameter 2 (dec) 02 (hex) Optional Specifies the font style used for HRT Note: Default font style for OCRB is Regular only...
...; 115 (dec) or 00 73 (hex) specifies HIBC 128 SLS symbology 0 or 4 (dec) Optional 00 or 04 (hex) Corresponds to the HP #p parameter 0 (dec) 00 (hex) Optional Corresponds to the HP #h parameter 2 (dec) 02 (hex) Optional Specifies the font style used for HRT Note: Default font style for OCRB is Regular only...
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... (dec) 0=Default (1/600" units) 1=1/300" units 2=1/600" units 3=1/1200" units 5-27 (dec) 5-27 (dec) Default value Description 240 (dec) 00 F0 (hex) Optional Corresponds to HP #v parameter in the specified Bar Height units Note: Values that go beyond the defined range are appropriately clipped and set to the minimum and maximum...
... (dec) 0=Default (1/600" units) 1=1/300" units 2=1/600" units 3=1/1200" units 5-27 (dec) 5-27 (dec) Default value Description 240 (dec) 00 F0 (hex) Optional Corresponds to HP #v parameter in the specified Bar Height units Note: Values that go beyond the defined range are appropriately clipped and set to the minimum and maximum...
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... Specifies the font style used for HRT Note: Default font style for bar height dimensions 756 (dec) 02 F4 (hex) Optional Corresponds to HP #v parameter in the specified Bar Height Units Note: Values that go beyond the defined range are appropriately clipped and set to the minimum value....hex) Required Specifies ITF-14 symbology 0 or 1 (dec) Optional 00 or 01 (hex) Corresponds to the HP #p parameter 0 (dec) 00 (hex) 2 (dec) 02 (hex) 2 (dec) 02 (hex) Optional Corresponds to the HP #h parameter Note: When the value given is not within the defined range, the value is set to default...
... Specifies the font style used for HRT Note: Default font style for bar height dimensions 756 (dec) 02 F4 (hex) Optional Corresponds to HP #v parameter in the specified Bar Height Units Note: Values that go beyond the defined range are appropriately clipped and set to the minimum value....hex) Required Specifies ITF-14 symbology 0 or 1 (dec) Optional 00 or 01 (hex) Corresponds to the HP #p parameter 0 (dec) 00 (hex) 2 (dec) 02 (hex) 2 (dec) 02 (hex) Optional Corresponds to the HP #h parameter Note: When the value given is not within the defined range, the value is set to default...
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Dependent on the module height range of the linear component. Composite bar codes 62 Corresponds to HP #v parameter Module Width (of int the linear component) Dependent on the default module width of the linear component. Required 24600T specifies UPC-A ...the B parameter. PCL specifications for composite bar codes Field Name Type Range Default (if not specified) Definition Symbology ID int - - Corresponds to the HP #b parameter The dimensions of the composite bar code may be varied in only two directions. • The module height of the linear component is ...
Dependent on the module height range of the linear component. Composite bar codes 62 Corresponds to HP #v parameter Module Width (of int the linear component) Dependent on the default module width of the linear component. Required 24600T specifies UPC-A ...the B parameter. PCL specifications for composite bar codes Field Name Type Range Default (if not specified) Definition Symbology ID int - - Corresponds to the HP #b parameter The dimensions of the composite bar code may be varied in only two directions. • The module height of the linear component is ...