How To Print An Rss-14 Barcode - Microcom 424 Operator's Manual

Chapter 8
8.1.22.7

How to Print an RSS-14 Barcode

There are two steps to printing an RSS-14 barcode:
1) Send the ^D114 command and the 7 setup parameters
2) Send a label format that calls the RSS-14 barcode TCI #35.
These are the 7 RSS-14 parameters that MUST follow the ^D114 command:
1) Type of RSS-14 barcode
2) Multiplier
3) Segments per row
4) X undercut
5) Y undercut
6) Separator Height
7) Data to be encoded
Valid values for parameters
Type of RSS-14 barcode:
1) 0 = RSS-14 (this is the Standard RSS-14 barcode)
2) 1 = RSS-14 Truncated
3) 2 = RSS-14 Stacked
4) 3 = RSS-14 Stacked Omnidirectional
5) 4 = RSS-14 Limited
6) 5 = RSS-14 Expanded
Multiplier:
1 to 100. This specifies how big to make the symbol. Multiplies both X & Y.
Segments per ROW:
2 to 22. EVEN number ONLY!
X Undercut:
0 to (MULTIPLIER-1)
Y Undercut:
0 to (MULTIPLIER-1)
Separator Height:
MULTIPLIER < = Separator Height < = 2 * MULTIPLIER.
Specifies the vertical separation between the linear data and the 2D data.
Data:
Always 13 digits for the linear data unless using RSS Expanded which can be up to
74 numeric or 41 alphabetic characters.
The "pipe" character ( | ) is used to separate the linear data from the 2D data.
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