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User guide Emulations
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US Postnet barcode
Postnet is a special US-American type of barcode. It is printed in
character size. Numeric values from 0 to 9 are printable.
After activating this barcode type, numeric characters from 0 (hex.
30) to 9 (hex. 39) are interpreted as barcode figures. All other char-
acters terminate the Barcode mode. Exception: the TAB function
(hex. 09) is allowed within Barcode mode. The Postnet sequence is
accessible in every emulation. The printer can print barcode in HS
(180 dpi) and HQ (360 dpi).
The character (e.g. CR = carriage return, hex. 0D), which termi-
nates the barcode is not printed or carried out.
US Postnet barcode does not require a barcode bracket.
Example: ASCII
ESC[1 SP p 12345 CR
HEX
1B 5B 31 20 70 31 32 33 34 35 0D
The numbers 1 to 5 are printed as Postnet stripes.
Royal Mail Customer
barcode
The Royal Mail Customer barcode is a special Mail type barcode. It
is printed in character size. Numeric values from 0 to 9 and alpha-
numeric values from A to Z are printable.
After activating this barcode type, numeric characters from 0 (hex.
30) to 9 (hex. 39) and alphanumeric values from A (hex. 41) to Z
(hex. 5A) are interpreted as barcode figures. Lower cases from a
(hex. 61) to z (hex. 7a) are automatically converted to capital char-
acters. Control characters from hex. 0 (dec. 0) to hex.1F (dec. 31)
terminates this barcode mode. All other characters are ignored. Ex-
ception: the TAB function (hex. 09) is allowed within Barcode mode.
The Royal Mail Customer sequence is accessible in MTPL emula-
tion. The printer prints barcode in LQ.
The character (e.g. CR = carriage return, hex. 0D), which termi-
nates the barcode is not printed or carried out.
Royal Mail Customer barcode does not require a barcode
bracket.
Example: ASCII ESC [ 1 SP k SO36XY1A CR
HEX 1b 5b 31 20 6b 53 4f 33 36 58 59 31 41 0D
The characters “SO36XY1A” are printed as Royal Mail Customer
stripes.