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EasyCoder 3400e Bar Code Label Printer User’s Manual HelvC NugFont
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Bar Code Symbologies Supported
The e series printers support these bar code symbologies:
Codabar Originally developed in 1972, Codabar is a numeric symbology most
commonly used in libraries, blood banks, and air parcel express applications.
Code 2 of 5 Code 2 of 5 is a straightforward numeric symbology developed in the late
1960s. It has been used for warehouse sorting systems, photofinishing envelope
identification, and for tracking sequentially numbered airline tickets. All information is
contained in the width of the bars; the spaces do not contain information.
Code 11 Code 11 was developed in early 1977 to satisfy requirements for a very high
density, discrete numeric bar code. The most extensive application of Code 11 has been
for labeling telecommunications equipment.
Code 39 Code 39 is the first alphanumeric symbology ever developed and is the
standard non-retail bar code. It is a discrete, self-checking symbology of variable length
and is used mostly by the automobile and medical industries.
Code 93 Introduced in 1983, Code 93 was specially designed to complement Code 39.
With the correct reading equipment, the two alphanumeric codes may be interchanged
throughout a system without making any changes to software.
Code 128 Code 128 was introduced in 1981 as a very high density, alphanumeric
symbology. It is a variable length, continuous code that employs multiple element
widths.
EAN The European Article Numbering system (abbreviated as EAN) is a numeric
superset of UPC. EAN has both a version that uses 8 digits and a version that uses 13
digits. The version with 13 digits encodes the same number of bars as 12 digit UPC
Version A, but the 13th digit is encoded into a parity pattern at the left of the center
guard bar.
Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 is a high density, self-checking, continuous
numeric symbology, which has mainly been used in the distribution industry.
Interleaved 2 of 5 actually encodes two digits, one in the bars and one in the spaces.
POSTNET The Postal Numeric Encoding Technique (POSTNET) uses binary digits,
represented as full bars and half bars, to provide a numeric bar code symbology that is
easily read and decoded by optical reading systems. POSTNET provides both error
detection and correction capabilities.
HIBC 128
See the IPL Programming Reference Manual for a complete list.