Magnifying Bar Code Fields; Positioning Fields - Intermec 4400 User Manual

4400 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual

Magnifying Bar Code Fields

Bar code fields may also be magnified using the height and width commands,
but the commands do not behave the same as with human-readable fields.
For bar code fields, the height magnification is the actual dot height of the bar
code. If you choose a height magnification of h20, the height of the bar code
field will be 20 dots.
Printing narrow bar codes conserves space on each label as well as media. If
you plan to scan bar codes from a distance, you may need to magnify the bar
code widths.
The width magnification factor for bar code fields refers to the width of the
narrowest element of the bar code. The minimum bar code width is 5 mil (in
drag mode). When you specify a narrow element width of w3, the width of the
narrowest element in the symbology will be three dots wide. The spaces and
large element widths will grow according to preset ratios for each symbology.
The default height for bar code fields is 50 dots, and the default width for
narrow elements is 1 dot. You can magnify bar code fields to print up to 9999
dots high, with a narrow element of up to 9999 dots wide, but you will need
special equipment to scan a bar code that wide.

Positioning Fields

Positioning fields using downloaded commands may be the trickiest part of
designing labels. Since you cannot tell exactly how the field will look until it
prints, you may need to make several test prints before you get the field
positioned exactly right.
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Direction of media from printer
A
H R F i e l d
B
*BCFIELD*
* B C F I E L D *
C
A = 10,10
B = 10,100
D
S e c o n d H R F i e l d
C = 10,150
D = 195,10
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