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UBI EasyCoder 301 Direct Protocol – Programmer's Guide Ed. 1
Chapter 4 Label Design
As standard, UBI Direct Protocol supports 37 of the most common
bar code symbologies. Each bar code (optionally including its hu-
man readable interpretation) makes up a bar code field.
In addition to the general formatting commands,
PRPOS
,
ALIGN
and
DIR
(see chapter 4.2), a bar code field can specify the follow-
ing properties:
• Bar Code Type
• Height (height of bar pattern)
• Ratio (wide bars/narrow bars)
• Magnification (bar pattern)
• Bar Code Interpretation On/Off
• Bar Code Interpretation Font
• Bar Code Interpretation Font Size
• Bar Code Interpretation Font Slant
Select a Bar Code Type
The type of bar code is specified by a
BARTYPE
command con-
taining an abbreviation of the bar code name. The abbreviation must
be entered exactly as listed below.
BARTYPE | BT "<bar code name abbreviation>"
<bar code name...> the designation of the bar code type accord-
ing to the list below; it must be enclosed by
double quotation marks.
Default:
"INT2OF5"
Reset to default by:
PRINTFEED|PF
Bar Code
Abbreviation
Codabar
"CODABAR"
Code 11
"CODE11"
Code 16K
"CODE16K"
Code 39
"CODE39"
Code 39 full ASCII
"CODE39A"
Code 39 w. checksum
"CODE39C"
Code 49
"CODE49"
Code 93
"CODE93"
Code 128
"CODE128"
DUN-14/16
"DUN"
EAN-8
"EAN8"
EAN-13
"EAN13"
EAN-128
"EAN128"
Five-Character Supplemental Code
"ADDON5"
Industrial 2 of 5
"C2OF5IND"
Industrial 2 of 5 w. checksum
"C2OF5INDC"
4. Bar Code Field
Note:
Complex bar codes, such as PDF
417 and MaxiCode, must be
specified by means of an extended
version of the
BARSET
com-
mand, see chapter 9.1.
