AMT Datasouth PAL - Manual (Page 53)

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_barcode: Interleave 2 of 5
_barcode: Interleave 2 of 5
DataStr [CtrlDict] /I2of5 _barcode
This symbology conforms to the USS-I 2/5 specification.
Applicable Control Dictionary Entries
See appendix A., Bar Code Considerations for a discussion of the relationship between the CTM
and default values.
/CheckDigit
/CD Boolean. true instructs PAL to automatically calculate a check
digit based on the algorithm suggested in the USS-I2/5
specification. false instructs PAL to not calculate the check
digit. Default value = false.
/Height
/H Integer or fixed-point. Specifies the height, in current user
coordinates, of the bar code. This is the height of the bar codes
bars and does not include the human readable text, if any. The
resulting overall bar code image may be taller than Height. This
value should be at least 0.25 inches (6.35 mm) or 15% of the bar
code symbol length, whichever is greater. Default value = 36.0
(0.5" / 12.7 mm with default CTM).
/HRAbove
/HRA Boolean. true instructs PAL to draw the human readable text
above the bar code. false instructs PAL to draw the human
readable text below the bar code. If HRShow is false, this entry
is ignored. Default value = false.
/HRShow
/HR Boolean. true instructs PAL to draw the human readable text
along with the bar code. false instructs PAL to not draw the
human readable text. Default value = true.
/NarrowWidth
/XWidth
/NW
/X Integer or fixed-point. Specifies the width, in current user unts,
of the narrow bars. This is generally referred to as the X
dimension. Default value = 0.72 (1/100" / 0.254 mm with
default CTM).
/WideRatio
/Ratio
/WR
/R Integer or fixed-point. Specifies the ratio of the wide bars to the
narrow bars. The value specifies a multiplier which PAL applies
to the narrow bar width in order to establish the width of the
wide bars. Default value = 3.0.
Usage Notes
Valid characters for Interleaved 2-of-5 bar codes are the digits 0 through 9. Any other characters
will cause the string to be rejected with a rangecheck error.
Interleaved 2-of-5 gets its name from the fact that two digits are encoded in one bar code character,
one in the bars and one in the spaces. For this reason, digits must always be specified in pairs. If an
odd number of digits is specified, PAL furnishes a leading zero. Thus, the string 123 would be
encoded as 01 23.