Epson TM-C3500 Series, Technical Reference Manual

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Chapter 3 Handling
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Code128
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Spec i fy t he da t a of 2 t o 255 d igit s.
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Spec i fy e it her o n e of t he code selec ti o n charac t ers (CODE A, CODE B, CODE C) as a s t ar t code
of t he f i rs t 2 d igit s.
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A spec i al charac t er i s in d i ca t ed by comb ining ‘{‘ a n d t he n ex t charac t er.
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Whe n [A ut o Co n ver t t o M ini m i ze E nti re Symbol W i d t h] i s checked, co n vers i o n i s a ut oma ti -
cally performed so as t o m ini m i ze t he e nti re Code128 symbol w i d t h. W it h t h i s f un c ti o n , t here
i s n o n eed t o spec i fy a code se t ; barcode pr inting ca n be performed s i mply by in p utting da t a
yo u wa nt t o co n ver t int o symbols.
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Whe n [A ut o Co n ver t t o M ini m i ze E nti re Symbol W i d t h] i s un checked, a code se t m u s t be
ma nu ally spec i f i ed. Whe n code se t C i s spec i f i ed, ass u me a g e n era t ed t wo-d igit nu mber as a n
ASCII charac t er dec i mal nu mber a n d spec i fy t he correspo n d ing ASCII charac t er.
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Example: 37": Spec i fy as "%".
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"65": Spec i fy as "A".
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"979899": Spec i fy as "abc".
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Whe n t he charac t er r ig h t af t er ‘{‘ i s n o t a n y of t he follow ing , a n error occ u rs.
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The HRI charac t ers of t he spec i al charac t er are descr i bed as below.
Control
Character
ASCII
Control
Character
ASCII
Control
Character
ASCII
SHIFT {S CODE C {C FNC3 {3
CODE A {A FNC1 {1 FNC4 {4
CODE B {B FNC2 {2 ‘{’ {{
Control Character HRI Character
SHIFT Not printed
CODE A/B/C Not printed
FNC1~ 4 Space is printed
Control character (00h ~1Fh, 7Fh) Space is printed