Barcode Expansion - SATO GL408e Programming Reference Manual

Unit 4: Standard Command Codes

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
(4-29)
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.
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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)
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