Brother HL-6180DWT - Manual (Page 7)

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Quick reference for barcode control commands
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Barcode data start
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n = ‘b’ or ‘B’
Data that follows ‘b’ or ‘B’ is read in as barcode data. barcode data must end with the ‘ \ ’ code (5CH), which
also ends this command. The acceptable barcode data is determined by the barcode mode selected by ‘t’ or
‘T’.
 When CODE 39 is chosen with the parameter ‘t0’ or ‘T0’
Forty three characters ‘0’ to ‘9’, ‘A’ to ‘Z’, ‘-’, ‘ . ’, ‘ (space)’, ‘$’, ‘ / ’, ‘+’, and ‘%’ can be accepted as barcode
data. Other characters will cause a data error. The number of characters for barcodes is not limited. The
barcode data automatically starts and ends with an asterisk ‘ * ’ (start character and stop character). If the
received data has an asterisk ‘ * ’ at the beginning or end, the asterisk is regarded as a start character or
stop character.
 When Interleaved 2 of 5 is selected with the parameter ‘t1’ or ‘T1’:
Ten numerical characters ‘0’ to ‘9’ can be accepted as barcode data. Other characters cause a data error.
The number of characters for barcodes is not limited. This mode of barcodes needs even characters. If
the barcode data has odd characters, ‘0’ is automatically added to the end of the barcode data.
 When FIM (US-Post Net) is selected with the parameter ‘t3’ or ‘T3’
Characters ‘A’ to ‘D’ are valid and one digit of data can be printed. Upper-case and lower-case alphabet
characters can be accepted.
 When Post Net (US-Post Net) is selected with the parameter ‘t4’ or ‘T4’
Numbers ‘0’ to ‘9' can be data and it must end with a check digit. ‘?’ can be used instead of the check digit.
 When EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A is selected with the parameter ‘t5’ or ‘T5’
Ten numbers ‘0’ to ‘9’ can be accepted as barcode data. The number of characters for barcodes is limited
as follows:
EAN 8: Total 8 digits (7 digits + 1 check digit)
EAN 13: Total 13 digits (12 digits + 1 check digit)
UPC A: Total 12 digits (11 digits + 1 check digit)
A number of characters other than those stated above will cause a data error that results in the barcode
data being printed as normal print data. If the check digit is not correct, the machine decides the correct
check digit automatically so that the correct barcode data will be printed. When EAN13 is selected, adding
‘+’ and a two-digit or five-digit number after the data can create an add-on code.
 When UPC-E is selected with the parameter ‘t6’ or ‘T6’:
The numbers ‘0’ to ‘9’ can be accepted as barcode data.
1 ‘?’ can be used instead of a check digit.
2 Adding ‘+’ and two-digit or five-digit number after the data creates an add-on code.
Eight digits
1 2 (standard format) The first character must be ‘0’ and the data must end with a check digit.
Total eight digits = ‘0’ plus 6 digits plus 1 check digit.
Six digits
2 The first character and the last check digit are removed from the eight digit data.