Bar Code Control - Brother HL-Series Technical Reference Manual

Revision C 16/01/96

Bar Code Control

The printer can print bar codes in the HP LaserJet 4, Diablo, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Proprinter
XL emulation modes.
P B C
RINT AR ODES OR
ESC i n ... n \
Creates bar codes or expanded characters according to the segment of parameters "n
further information about the parameters, see the following "Definition of Parameters." This
command must end with the " \ " code (5CH).
D P
EFINITION OF
This bar code command can have the following parameters in the parameter segment
Parameters are effective only within the single command sequence using the syntax ESC i
n ...
n \. They do not take effect in any subsequent bar code commands. If any parameters are not
specified, they take the default settings. The last parameter must be the bar code data start
identifier ("b" or "B") or the expanded character data start identifier ("l" or "L"). Other
parameters can be specified in any sequence. The prefix of each parameter can be either a lower-
case or upper-case character, - for example, "t0" or "T0", "s3" or "S3", etc.
(1) Bar Code Mode
n = "t0" or "T0"
n = "t1" or "T1"
n = "t3" or "T3"
n = "t4" or "T4"
n = "t5" or "T5"
n = "t6" or "T6"
n = "t9" or "T9"
n = "t12" or "T12"
n = "t13" or "T13"
n = "t14" or "T14"
n = "t130" or "T130"
n = "t131" or "T131"
n = "t132" or "T132"
n = "t133" or "T133"
n = "t134" or "T134"
This parameter selects the bar code mode as above. When n is "t5" or "T5", the bar code
mode (EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A) varies according to the number of characters in the data.
E
XPANDED
(27)(105)n ... n (92)
ARAMETERS
CODE 39 (default)
Interleaved 2 of 5
FIM (US-Post Net)
Post Net (US-Post Net)
EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A
UPC E
Codabar
Code 128 set A
Code 128 set B
Code 128 set C
ISBN (EAN)
ISBN (UPC-E)
EAN 128 set A
EAN 128 set B
EAN 128 set C
Chapter 7 "Bar Codes Control" - 2
C
HARACTERS
<1Bh><69h>n ... n <5Ch>
... n". For
(n ... n).