Datamax-O'Neil DPL Programmer’s Manual - Manual (Page 209)

Appendix G – Bar Code Details
201
u: UPS MaxiCode, Modes 2 & 3
The printer supports MaxiCode as defined in the AIM Technical Specification. The
following examples illustrate various label format record message syntaxes for encoding
data as MaxiCode. In the following examples, special formatting is used to denote
special ASCII characters as shown:
Symbol Hexadecimal Value
R
S
1E
G
S
1D
E O
T
04 (Printer message syntax allows for E O
T
to be
substituted with or the use of both E O
T
and
.)
UPS Modes 2 & 3 Explicit
The data stream can force Mode 2 or 3 encoding by placing #2 or #3, respectively,
before the data, as shown in the example below. If this is not specified, the printer
chooses the best mode.
1u0000001200120#3[)> R
S
01 G
S
96123456 G
S
068 G
S
001 G
S
1Z12345675 G
S
UPSN G
S
12345E G
S
0
89 G
S
G
S
1/1 G
S
10.1 G
S
Y G
S
G
S
G
S
UT R
S
E O
T
This example will print encoding the MaxiCode symbol in Mode 3.
L
D11
1u0000001200120#3[)>
R
S
01 G
S
96123456 G
S
068 G
S
001 G
S
1Z12345675 G
S
UPSN G
S
12345E G
S
089 G
S
G
S
1/
1 G
S
10.1 G
S
Y G
S
G
S
G
S
UT R
S
E O
T
121100000000100Barcode u
E
Where:
#3
Forces Mode 3 encoding
[)> R
S
01 G
S
96 Message Header
123456 Maximum 9 alphanumeric ASCII, postal
code
Primary
Message
068 Country Code
001 Class
G
S
1Z1... Secondary
Message
...T R
S
E O
T
Examples
In the UPS 3.0 protocol examples that follow, Primary Message control characters G
S
will
not be encoded in the MaxiCode symbol. All characters, the Secondary Message, with
the exception of the leading G
S
, in are encoded.