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Chapter 8

Bar Codes

428T Operator’s Manual - 880037-0141

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DATA STRING

CONTROL CODE

ASCII NAME

HEX VALUE

#00

Control @

NUL

00

#01

Control A

SOH

01

#02

Control B

STX

02

#03

Control C

ETX

03

#04

Control D

EOT

04

#05

Control E

ENQ

05

#06

Control F

ACK

06

#07

Control G

BEL

07

#08

Control H

BS

08

#09

Control I

HT

09

#0A

Control J

LF

0A

#0B

Control K

VT

0B

#0C

Control L

FF

0C

#0D

Control M

CR

0D

#0E

Control N

SO

0E

#0F

Control O

SI

0F

#10

Control P

DLE

10

#11

Control Q

DC1

11

#12

Control R

DC2

12

#13

Control S

DC3

13

#14

Control T

DC4

14

#15

Control U

NAK

15

#16

Control V

SYN

16

#17

Control W

ETB

17

#18

Control X

CAN

18

#19

Control Y

EM

19

#1A

Control Z

SUB

1A

#1B

Control [

ESC

1B

#1C

Control \

FS

1C

#1D

Control ]

GS

1D

#1E

Control ^

RS

1E

#1F

Control_

US

1F

##

n/a

# (pound)

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Table 8-2

MaxiCode Control Code Equivalents


8.1.15 Code 128 (Automatic Compression), TCI 40

The Code 128 bar code is a variable length, high density, alphanumeric symbology that is
extensively used worldwide. This bar code uses three subsets (A, B, and C) which allows
for the encoding of the full 128 ASCII character set along with special control codes. This
bar code uses automatic compression. The printer will automatically choose the most
efficient subset and insert the appropriate special function code listed in Table 16. It is

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