Lexmark Forms Printer 2580, Technical Reference

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Bar Code
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Barcode Control Flag
The control flag is made up of 8 bits as follows:
Setup Barcode Data
This command sets the barcode data on the current printing position.
Model Dec Hex Vertical Pitch
all barcodes except
Post-Net
a
24 wire (259X) 12 0C 1/180 inch
9 wire (248X) 30 1E 1/72 inch
Model Dec Hex long bar height short bar height
Post-Net
b
24 wire (259X) 288 120 24/180 inch 8/180 inch
9 wire (248X) 270 10E 18/144 inch 6/144 inch
a. All the input data is rounded to the multiple value shown.
b. Barcode height is fixed to the values shown.
Table 2-21: Barcode Control Flags
Bit Description Decimal Hexadecimal Effect
b1 Check Digit 0 00 No check code is generated by the printer.
The host computer should generate the
check code.
1 01 Check code is generated automatically by
the printer.
b2 Human Readable Character 0 00 Print On
1 01 Print Off
b3 EAN-13 (13th digit), UPC-A
(number system character) flag
character position 0 00 Center
1 01 Under
b4-b8 not used
Format ESC [ p n1 n2 d1 d2
Decimal 27 91 112 n1 n2 d1 d2
Hexadecimal 1B 5B 70 n1 n2 d1 d2
Table 2-20: Barcode Length (Continued)
V1, V2 value