Barcode Expansion - SATO CL408 Programming Reference Manual

BARCODE EXPANSION

FUNCTION
This command works together with the <ESC>BT command to specify an expansion factor
and the bar code height for the particular symbol being printed.
FORMAT <ESC>BWabbb
Place immediately following the <ESC>BT command and preceding data to be encoded.
EXAMPLE
<ESC>A
<ESC>H0050<ESC>V0050<ESC>BT101030103
<ESC>BW04100*1234*
<ESC>Q1
<ESC>Z
OUTPUT
(4-39)
NOTES This command must be preceded by the Variable Ratio Bar Codes (<ESC>BT) command.
The following bar codes will be affected by the Character Pitch command: Codabar, Code 39,
Interleaved 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5.
Refer to Appendix: Reference Tables 19 and 20 for additional information.
E/Pro Programming Reference
Unit 4: Standard Command Codes
aa = Expansion factor by which the width of all bars and spaces will be
increased (01 to 12)
bbb = Bar height by dot (004 to 999 dots)
4-64
PN: 9001096E