Bar Code Sequences; Measurements In Bar Code Mode - Printek FormsPro 4300 Owner's Manual

Printing Bar Codes
To print bar codes, the following sequences are used in bar code mode:
BAR CODE SEQUENCE
BEL
ESC ESC n
ETX
FF
LF
^BNxccc...c^G
^BN9xddddccc...c^G
^Htt
^Jttd
^Ttttd
^-
These bar code sequences are described in detail in the following sections.

Measurements in Bar Code Mode

All measurements in bar code mode are specified in tenths of an inch and/or dots.
Bar codes are printed with a graphics resolution of 144 dots per inch both horizontally
and vertically.
All references to tenths of an inch are in actuality 14/144's of an inch.
All references to dots are in actuality 1/144's of an inch. The range of dots that may
be specified is 0 to 15. This range is represented using hexadecimal convention. The
ASCII characters '0' to '9' represent 0 to 9 dots, respectively. The ASCII characters
'A' to 'F', and 'a' to 'f', represent 10 to 15 dots, respectively.
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Bar Code Sequences

FUNCTION
Sound the Bell.
Change Emulation Mode
ETX/ACK Software Handshake.
Form Feed.
Fractional Line Feed (to next line
boundary)
Horizontal Bar Code.
Variable Width Horizontal Bar Code.
Bar Code Height.
Relative Vertical Tab.
Absolute Horizontal Tab.
Bar Code Pass Terminator.