Bar Codes, Expansion - SATO E series Programming Manual

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Bar Codes, Expansion

<ESC>BWaabbb
aa =
bbb =
Example:
Placement:
Default:
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.
<ESC>A
<ESC>H0050<ESC>V0050<ESC>BT101030103
<ESC>BW04100*1234*
<ESC>Q1<ESC>Z
1. This command must be preceded by the Variable Ratio Bar Codes
<ESC>BT command.
2. The following bar codes will be affected by the Character Pitch com-
mand: Codabar, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5.
Section 2: Command Codes
Expansion factor by which the width of all bars and
spaces will be increased (01-12)
Bar height by dot (004-999 dots)
<ESC>BW02100
Immediately follows the <ESC>BT command and
precedes data to be encoded.
None
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