Bar Code Mode ; Bar Code Style, Expanded Character Shading, Line Block Drawing & Box ; Drawing Shading - Page 320

2001/10/02 

CHAPTER 8 BAR CODE CONTROL - 5 

3. 

DEFINITION OF PARAMETERS 

This bar code command can have the following parameters in the parameter segment (n ... n).  Parameters are 
effective only within the single command sequence using the syntax 

ESC i n ... n \

.  They do not take effect in 

any subsequent bar code commands.  If any parameters are n ot specified, they take the default settings.  The 
last parameter must be the bar code data start identifier (“b” or “B”) or the expanded character data start identifier 
(“l” or “L”).  Other parameters can be specified in any sequence.  The prefix of each parameter can be either a 
lower-case or upper-case character, - for example, “t0” or “T0”, “s3” or “S3”, etc.   

3.1. 

Bar Code Mode 

n = “t0” or “T0” 

CODE 39 (default) 

n = “t1” or “T1” 

Interleaved 2 of 5 

n = “t3” or “T3”   

FIM (US-Post Net) 

n = “t4” or “T4”   

Post Net (US-Post Net) 

n = “t5” or “T5” 

EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A   

n = “t6” or “T6” 

UPC E 

n = “t9” or “T9” 

Codabar 

n = “t12” or “T12” 

Code 128 set A 

n = “t13” or “T13” 

Code 128 set B 

n = “t14” or “T14” 

Code 128 set C 

n = “t130” or “T130”   

ISBN (EAN) 

n = “t131” or “T131”   

ISBN (UPC-E) 

n = "t132" or "T132"   

EAN 128 set A 

n = "t133" or "T133"   

EAN 128 set B 

n = "t134" or "T134"   

EAN 128 set C 

This parameter selects the bar code mode as above.  When n is “t5” or “T5”, the bar code mode (EAN 8, EAN 
13, or UPC A) varies according to the number of characters in the data.   

3.2. 

Bar Code Style, Expanded Character Shading, Line Block Drawing & Box 

Drawing Shading 

Ÿ

 Bar Code Style 

n = “s0” or “S0” 

3 : 1 (default) 

n = “s1” or “S1” 

2 : 1 

n = “s3” or “S3” 

2.5 : 1 

This parameter selects the bar code style as above.  When the EAN 8, EAN 13 or UPC-A bar code mode is 
selected, this bar code style parameter is ignored.   

Ÿ

 Expanded Character shading 

“S”  0 = White 

1 = Black 

2 = Vertical stripes 

3 = Horizontal stripes 

4 = Cross hatch 

e.g.  “S” n1 n2 

n1 = Background fill pattern 

n2 = Foreground fill pattern 

If “S” is followed by only one parameter, the parameter is a foreground fill pattern.