Glossary Of Terms - Brady BBP 85 User Manual

Glossary of Terms

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BBP 85 Label Printer User's Manual
The following are the definitions of terms that are used in this manual.
• Alignment/Justification: Refers to how text lines are aligned in the text object. Alignment
can refer to both horizontal and vertical alignment. Justification is only used in the context
of horizontal alignment.
• Autosize: When setting label length, to automatically set the label length to fit the data
included on the label. Applicable for continuous media only. When setting text size, to
automatically set the size of the text to the largest possible size that still fits on the label.
• Barcode: A barcode is a series of black and white bars and white spaces with varying
widths. Linear barcodes are based on bars or spaces, bar height, bar position or distance
of adjacent bars. Data characters [4] follow the start and stop characters. A quiet, or no
print, zone [3] precedes and follows the barcode data.
• Barcode Check Character: Identify the barcode symbology and also enable the
scanner to read the data in the correct order.
• Barcode Start/Stop Characters [1,2]: Start/stop characters help to detect errors
during the printing process. Available options are:
- Include Check Character: On/off. Includes a check character in the barcode.
Does not apply to all symbologies.
- Readable Check Character: Displays the check character on the label if Include
Check Character is also selected. Does not apply to all symbologies.
- Readable Start/stop: Displays the start/stop character (*) on the label (does not
apply to all symbologies).
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