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Use
4.5.3 Details of each bar code
Interleaved 2/5
• Used to transcribe numerical characters only into bar code form.
• These characters may be variables (counter, date, etc.).
• Max. 32 characters.
IMPORTANT 1) Without a check digit (
o
o o
o
) an even number of characters
must be input.
- With a check digit (
x
x x
x
) an odd number of characters must be
input.
2) It is not possible to represent alphabetic dates, postdates
and shift codes.
Code 39
• Used to transcribe alphabetic characters, numeric characters, and the following symbols:
: = . , space $ / + %
• These characters may be variables (counter, date, etc.).
• Max. 32 characters.
ITF 14, ITF 6 (high code)
• Used to transcribe numerical characters only.
• 14 obligatory characters for ITF 14.
• 6 obligatory characters for ITF 6.
IMPORTANT 1) The last character (14th character for ITF 14, 6th character for
ITF 6) is a check digit.
If it is not entered, it is calculated and positioned automatically
by the printer.
If it is entered and incorrect, the printer signals an error and
automatically replaces it with the correct value.
2) These codes can only be printed with a type G twin-jet head.
3) On a twin-jet head, an ITF code occupies both available jets
(height 54 dots).
Items not forming part of the ITF code can only be inserted in a
message before or after the bar code, not above or below it.