Zebra Technologies EPL2 - Manual (Page 37)

Using AIM Specified
MaxiCode Data
Formatting
The EPL printer can use and automatically de-
code the AIM ITS (International Technical Stan-
dards) MaxiCode data format. The printer
detects the message/start header ( [)>R
S
), field
separator ( G
S
), and the end of message marker
( R
S
E
OT
) data control strings.
The hexadecimal (ASCII) data control strings
are in the following table. See the EPL2 dump
mode character map in Appendix A.
Control String Hexadecimal Code
Message/Start Header
[ ) > RS
5B 29 3E 1E
Field Separator
GS
1D
End Of Message Marker
RS EOT
1E 04
Syntax bp
1
,p
2
,M,p
4
“[AIM MaxiCode Data]”
Example b20,400,M,m2”001,840,93065,1692,[)>R
S
01 G
S
98XXXZZFDAAF G
S
SHIP G
S
309 G
S
G
S
1/1 G
S
10 G
S
N G
S
G
S
CAMARILLO G
S
CA G
S
R
S
E
OT
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
¿
Notes:
1) This programming example represents actual data used to
format a single AIM compliant MaxiCode symbol as pro-
grammed by a major international and domestic shipping com-
pany.
2) The shipper has explicitly set the MaxiCode symbol for Mode
2. This can be omitted by the programmer and the printer will
auto-select the mode per the rules on page 3-16.
3) The shipper has used the "!" character to pad the symbol's
data. A scanner reads back all the "Data" within the quotation
marks, including the "!" characters following the End Of Mes-
sage Marker ( E
OT
).
4) All of the data fields in the Low Priority Message are not
used in the example. Some are left empty with the field delim-
iting G
S
character used as a format field holder.
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