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PA/4000 User’s Manual
Section 7, Fonts and Bar Codes
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Bar Code L
Identifies an I 2 of 5 bar code with modulo 10 checksum (UPC shipping container
symbology) that does the special human readable formatting for and adds bearer bars
to the top and bottom of bars when encoding 13 digits. The ASCII range for the
numeric codes is 48-57. Code I 2 of 5’s normal wide to narrow bar ratio of 5:2. Font d
and L also print different forms of the I 2 of 5 bar code. There must be a maximum of 8
bar codes per label.
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Bar Code M
Identifies the 2 digit addendum code for UPC fonts. It is a numeric-only bar code with
a fixed length of 3 characters. Two characters supplied by the host or application
software, the third digit checksum supplied by printer. If the third digit is sent by the
host, the printer will check that character against the calculated checksum and will print
the bar code as all zero if they do not match. Addendum
codes for this font are described by fonts M and N. The normal ratios that the printer
can print are 1:1, 2:2, 3:3, 4:4, 6:6 and 8:8. These ratios actually specify size of elements
since UPC type bar codes are element based and not ratio based. It must be placed after
the UPC/EAN code manually. This code should be placed 9 moduli away from the end
of preceding bar codes.
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