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Chapter 4 Designing Labels Using LDS
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CC CHARACTER COUNT
The number of characters that will be used in a field. If the number of characters in the
selected text string is more than the quantity specified by CC, then the remainder of the
text string is ignored. If the text string has less than the number of characters specified
by this parameter, then only those characters defined by the text string are printed. For
example, the text string - MICROCOM - would be 8 characters long.
TCI TEXT CONVERSION IDENTIFIER
The selected text string will be printed according to this chart. The values below define
which method is used:
1 Text
2 Text Surrounded by Asterisks (Code 3 of 9)
3 Text with UPC-A/UPC-E Checksum Digit Printed
7 Graphic Image (ROM and RAM)
12 UPC-A Bar code
13 UPC-E Bar code (SEND 11 DIGITS)
14 UPC-E Bar code (SEND 7 DIGITS)
15 Interleaved 2 of 5 Bar code
16 Code 3 of 9 Bar code
20 EAN-13 Bar code
21 EAN-8 Bar code
24 MSI 1 (Plessey)
25 MSI 2 (Plessey)
26 MSI 3 (Plessey)
*28 Text with MSI Checksum Added - Type 1
*29 Text with MSI Checksum Added - Type 2
*32 Text with UPC-A Checksum and Extended Bars Added
*33 Text with UPC-A With Extended Bars Added
40 Code 128 bar code
42 Codabar bar code
43 Code 93 bar code
44 AS-10 bar code
* Refer to section 7.1.1 on how to use these TCI's
Example: For the text string - 1234567
A TCI of one would print it as an ASCII string
A TCI of 42 would print it as a Codabar bar code