Kanji/Katakana; Memory Expansion; Bar Code Symbologies Supported - Intermec EasyCoder 4420 User Manual

Kanji/Katakana

Memory Expansion

Bar Code Symbologies Supported

EasyCoder 4420 and 4440 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual
This option allows the printer to print Japanese characters in two Kanji
fonts and three Katakana fonts. This option also provides increased storage
capacity.
You can install a flash SIMM module into the SIMM socket on the main
PCB to hold more fonts or bitmap graphics. You can also install a DRAM
SIMM to increase the image buffering capabilities of the printer. You can
purchase either module in 8 or 16 MB sizes only.
The 4420 and 4440 printers support the following bar code symbologies.
Supported Bar Code Symbologies
Symbology Description
Codabar Originally developed in 1972, Codabar is a numeric symbology most
commonly used in libraries, blood banks, and air parcel express
applications.
Code 2 of 5 Code 2 of 5 is a straightforward numeric symbology developed in the
late 1960s. It has been used for warehouse sorting systems,
photofinishing envelope identification, and for tracking sequentially
numbered airline tickets. All information is contained in the width of
the bars; the spaces do not contain information.
Code 11 Code 11 was developed in early 1977 to satisfy requirements for a very
high density, discrete numeric bar code. The most extensive application
of Code 11 has been for labeling telecommunications equipment.
Code 39 Code 39 is the first alphanumeric symbology ever developed and is the
standard non-retail bar code. It is a discrete, self-checking symbology of
variable length and is used mostly by the automobile and medical
industries.
Code 93 Introduced in 1983, Code 93 was specially designed to complement
Code 39. With the correct reading equipment, the two alphanumeric
codes may be interchanged throughout a system without making any
changes to software.
Code 128 Code 128 was introduced in 1981 as a very high density, alphanumeric
symbology. It is a variable length, continuous code that employs
multiple element widths.
EAN The European Article Numbering system (abbreviated as EAN) is a
numeric superset of UPC. EAN has both a version that uses 8 digits
and a version that uses 13 digits. The version with 13 digits encodes
the same number of bars as 12 digit UPC Version A, but the 13th digit
is encoded into a parity pattern at the left of the center guard bar.
Interleaved Interleaved 2 of 5 is a high density, self-checking, continuous numeric
2 of 5 symbology, which has mainly been used in the distribution industry.
Interleaved 2 of 5 actually encodes two digits, one in the bars and one
in the spaces.
Appendix A — Specifications
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