Barcode Header
Format
Function/Parameter
Barcode Header
P 2 = Barcode type;
P 3 = Height of barcode;
BH
P 4 = Width of thin bars;
P 5 = Width of thin gaps;
P 6 = Ratio width to height;
P 7 = Uni/Bidirectional printing
SMBC
Start of Barcode
RMBC
Stop Barcode
Barcode Header Parameters
Barcode Type
Parameter
P2
Type
Code 39
2 of 5 industrial
2 or 5 interleaved
Codabar (Monarch)
EAN 8
EAN 13
Code 93
Description
Barcode Type
horizontal
human readable
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
1B 5B 3B P 2 3B P 3 3B P 4 3B P 5 3B P 6 3B P 7 20 7A
1B 5B 3F 30 68
1B 5B 3F 30 6C
Horizontal, Vertical with or without readable Text
• default = 101 (Code 39 horizontal
horizontal +
text
201
202
203
204
205
not applicable
206
not applicable
207
Hex Code
Function
vertical + human
vertical
readable text
301
302
303
304
not applicable
not applicable
307
Appendix F-2
401
402
403
404
407