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TM-T88
III
series
Specification
(STANDARD)
B
②
Special characters are defined by combining two characters "{" and one character. The
ASCII character "{" is defined by transmitting "{" twice consecutively.
Transmit
data
Specific character
ASCII
Hex
Decimal
SHIFT {S
7B,
53
123,83
CODE A
{A
7B, 41
123, 65
CODE B
{B
7B, 42
123, 66
CODE C
{C
7B, 43
123, 67
FNC1
{1
7B, 31
123, 49
FNC2
{2
7B, 32
123, 50
FNC3
{3
7B, 33
123, 51
FNC4
{4
7B, 34
123, 52
"{"
{{
7B, 7B
123, 123
[Example]
Example data for printing "No. 123456"
In this example, the printer first prints "No." using CODE B, then prints the following numbers
using CODE C.
GS k
73 10 123 66 78 111 46 123 67 12 34 56
•
If the top of the bar code data is not the code set selection character, the printer stops
command processing and processes the following data as normal data.
•
If combination of "{" and the following character does not apply any special character, the
printer stops command processing and processes the following data as normal data.
•
If the printer receives characters that cannot be used in the special code set, the printer stops
command processing and processes the following data as normal data.
•
The printer does not print HRI characters that correspond to the shift characters or code set
selection characters.
•
HRI character for the function character is space.
•
HRI characters for the control character (<00>H to <1F>H and <7F>H) are space.
<Others>
Be sure to keep spaces on both right and left sides of a bar code. (Spaces are different
depending on the types of the bar code.)
[Reference]
GS H
,
GS f
,
GS h
,
GS w
, Appendix J