Ithaca ITHERM 280, Programmer'S Manual

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# #
Function
Set bar code justification, human readable interpretation (HRI)
character print mode, and print direction
ASCII [ESC] [EM] J <n>
Hexadecimal 1BH 19H 4AH <n>
Decimal <27> <25> <74> <n>
IPCL &%BJ <m
1
> <m
2
>
EPOS none
The power on default is center justified with HRI characters not printed.
Description The [ESC] [EM] J <n> command selects the operation of the bar code
justification, HRI characters, and print direction.
Where n bits n IPCL
76543210
------xx
Justified
0 00
------00
Left
1 01
------01
Center
2 02
------10
Right
--xx----
HRI characters
0 00
--00----
Not printed
16 16
--01----
Printed above the bar code
32 32
--10----
Printed below the bar code
48 48
--11----
Printed above and below the bar code
-x------
Vertical print mode. (Page mode may
work better)
0 00
-0------
Bar code printed in horizontal
direction (default)
64 64
-100----
Bar code printed in vertical direction
Note 1: The [ESC] [EM] J <n> command only affects bar code printing.
Note 2: HRI is not available in vertical print mode. You may print normal
barcodes in page mode, which will provide for HRI and significantly longer
barcodes.