Brother BT-1000 User Manual

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102 Code 39 2.1 About Code 39 Code 39 was the first alphanumeric bar code developed and is the most widely used. Also known as Code USD-3 or Code 3

112.3 Choosing the Right Font The various Code 39 fonts creates bar code symbols of different sizes and densities. Most of the fonts use a 2.5:1 wi

122.5 Code 39 Font Product Character Set ASCII Character Code 39 0 NUL %U 1 SOH $A 2 STX $B 3 ETX $C 4 EOT $D 5 ENQ $E 6 ACK $F 7

13ASCII Character Code 39 46 . . 47 / /O 48 0 0 49 1 1 50 2 2 51 3 3 52 4 4 53 5 5 54 6 6 55 7 7 56 8 8 57 9 9 58 : /Z 59 ; %F 6

14ASCII Character Code 39 95 _ %O 96 ‘ %W 97 a +A 98 b +B 99 c +C 100 d +D 101 e +E 102 f +F 103 g +G 104 h +H 105 i +I 106 j

153 Interleaved 2 of 5 3.1 About Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 is a numeric-only bar code, variable in length and bi-directional. It is a

16After printing a bar code it is necessary to select a different font in order to print something besides more bar codes. The PCL command to select

17ASCII Character Interleaved 2 of 5 73 I 40 74 J 41 75 K 42 76 L 43 77 M 44 78 N 45 79 O 46 80 P 47 81 Q 48 82 R 49 83 S 50

18ASCII Character Interleaved 2 of 5 122 z 89 161 90 162 91 163 92 164 93 165 94 166 95 167 96 168 97 169 98 170 99 171 Sta

19Both UPC-A and UPC-E allow for a supplemental two or five digit number to be appended to the main bar code symbol. The supplemental message was des

2Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 HOW TO INSTALL THE BT-1000 BROTHER BARCODE FONT UPGRADE ON BROTHER PRINTER...

204.2.2 UPC-E The UPC-E code is a compressed bar code intended for use on small items. Compression works by squeezing extra zeros out of the bar cod

214.3 PCL Escape Sequences From UNIX or DOS it is necessary to send PCL escape sequences as part of the print data to select the desired bar code f

22Codabar is unusual because some characters are wider than others. With 2-element widths defined, each character contains 4 bars and 3 spaces. The c

3Trademarks The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Macintosh is registered trademark in the United States and oth

4Chapter 1 How to install the BT-1000 Brother Barcode Font Upgrade on Brother Printer Note: In order to activate the BT-1000, you must use the PC

5f. Click the OK button to send the font activation key. The printer will receive the activation key. Wait at least 30 seconds. g. Switch the print

6Chapter 2 BT-1000 Barcode Font Solutions Manual 1 Code 128 1.1 About Code 128 Introduced in 1981, Code 128 bar codes are used extensively by th

71.3 PCL Escape Sequences To print from Unix or DOS systems you must send the appropriate PCL escape sequences to print the bar code font you requi

8ASCII value Code Set A Code Set B Code Set C 59 ; ; 2760 < < 2861 = = 2962 > > 3063 ? ? 3164 @ @ 3265 A A 336

9ASCII value Code Set A Code Set B Code Set C 108 FF l 76109 CR m 77110 SOH n 78111 SI o 79112 DLE p 80113 DC1 q 81114