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1. 43 Ts a a ace 43 UD SEE T PET 43 IErr NonZero and Errz InvVal fd eedescue extet ete Be eso ev eoe 43 IEEE R A B tel setenta ire abs ces eee 43 FintZ00000000 cesta vce tes tees es ee 44 Err Fmt200000000 CustInfo tenen nett nenne 44 Err Custlnfo nonDigit o ae iaa iar ie eti ee aves gi e ets 44 Err CustInfo NN where NN is a value esses enne 44 Err InyCharInCustinfos iini ette odere ie fee 44 IErr 2CodabloekSiz i s iR Ree eee ee sa Nate ea GE EIER 44 26 TROUBLESHOOTING etes 4 ase va rae aso ia pe Teo aea na 45 Page 6 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 1 Introduction Barcode technology provides an easy inexpensive and highly accurate means of data entry and storage for computerized information management systems Item identification information e g inventory control work in process tracking distribution tracking and other materiel management is the most common type of data stored in bar code systems The BarDIMM boards are intelligent DIMM modules adding sophisticated BARCODE printing capabilities to Hewlett Packard corporate With BarDIMM in the HP LaserJet printer it never has been so easy and
2. 5 sovessansvessevedsessvoescetaes Deoa ee ep eds 22 16 MS WINDOWS 8 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 2020 1 02 0 7 124 4 1 7 4 4 2 0 toast tasso nue 23 17 SAP R 3 SUPPORT sesscscssvcccassesccasicccssvacdsnncesetsnsedesSessdssiecesonestessesesesseesdecesssdceeseveed sss 24 18 GENERIC ERP SUPPORT cossscceccessessssssessssecsones sessssesssnesssescoess 24 19 PCL ESCAPE SEQUENCES EXAMPLES eee eee 25 20 DEFAULT PARAMETERS sossssscssssssessscssssssssasses sssensssssssssssesees 26 21 BAR CODE FORMATS CHARACTERISTICS 517 27 UPC E AND U PO E eese 28 EAINSS dte eis e iet oct aS 28 stetit 29 ODES Rn M ERE EU 29 FRENCH POSTAL 39 BAR CODE FRANCE 2 29 EXTENDED 39 sete GR ER TP ET 30 INTERLEAVED 2 OF 5 ALSO NAMED 25 INTERLEAVED enne 30 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 5 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System INDUSTRIAL AND MATRIX 2 30 EAN 128 128 n esee nes sues 30 GERMAN 25 POSTAL BARCODE GERMANY eene nnne 31 0000 e se ensuite tenni 31 EXTENDED CODE 93 31 25 etie etit AE 3
3. Page 20 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Notes Please read chapter 21 to 23 for full information on barcode symbologies For Code 128 and EAN128 please read chapter 15 for information on FNC codes Values cannot have decimals ie 2 5 is invalid Barcode parameters must be combined in unique PCL font escape sequence ending with the T parameter e g ESC gt s4p305h24v7 21s7 21b24670T When using default parameters only the commas are required if other parameters still have to defined e g lt ESC gt 56 1 5524850 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 21 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 15 Code 128 Control Codes Code 128 has five non data special control codes called FUNCTION CODES and 2 control codes to switch from one 128 set A B or C to another one The switching control codes are used by BarDIMM to force one 128 set As an example the string 123456 can be printed with both sets A B and C Inserting a character with ASCII value 134 at the beginning of the string will force BarDIMM to use the set B of code 128 Note that both Code 128 Autoswitch and EAN 128 analyze the data and optimize the barcode length by switching automatically between sets A B and C EAN128 and UCC 128 already include the code as the first character you should not send it with the data Special control codes are inserted by passing
4. nn is the ASCII value of that character Such an error occurs for example if you include a letter in a numeric only bar code like EAN or 25 Action verify the data for the barcode Err Odd Symbologies 20f5 Interleaved with without CHK Code 128C The string you try to print in 2 of 5 Interleaved format has an odd number of digits With 25 interleaved and 128C barcodes digits are grouped by pair Note that if you use the 25 Interleaved with checksum calculation you must send an odd number of digits as the checksum digit will round it to an even number of digits Action verify the string size and send an even or odd number of digits Err Length Symbologies All Invalid length for data to be printed as a bar code Can mean data string is too short or too long Please read the tables and barcode formats characteristics pages in this manual Action Verify if the data length fit the symbology specs Err NonZero and Err InvVal Symbology UPC E There is a minimum of four zeros in a UPC E barcode and some positions must have very specific values If BarDIMM finds an unexpected value this error message is printed Action Verify if the data for the barcode fit the UPC E symbology specs Err R A B Symbology French Postal 39 A R The French registered mail barcode must start with either or RB The string supplied to BarDIMM to generate such a barcode does not start with those characters Action Verify
5. 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 19 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System s parameter 5 1 2 3 45 1 D BARCODES Space Widths 31 space width first thin width in dots 1 600 inch 2 space width second width in dots 1 600 inch 3 space width third width in dots 1 600 inch 4 space width fourth width in dots 1 600 inch Example Thin spaces 4 dots thick spaces 8 dots 4 8s Note the b parameters can be sent alone if the b and s parameters are identical It allows to send shorter PCL barcoding commands to the printer 2 D BARCODES PDF 417 Symbol format parameters 1 Symbol black white module height compared to the width 1 to 10 Unit minimum module width default 3 2 X parameter for the symbol X Y size ratio default 2 for 2 3 3 Y parameter for the symbol X Y size ratio default 3 for 2 3 4 Symbol module width 1 to 100 Unit 1 100 inch default value 10 Example square PDF minimum module width half module size 1 1 1 5s QRCode 1 Symbol set for input data 0 Use default Automatic JIS ShiftJIS 1 Numeric Oto9 2 Alphanumeric 0to9 uppercase A to Z space 3 Binary 8 bits byte data JIS 8 bit character set Latin and Kana in accordance with JISX0201 4 Kanji characters Shift JIS values 8140h to 9FFCh and E040h to EAA4h shifted from JIS X0208 Example QRCode alphanumeric data 2s OMR OMR mark spacing in dots 1 600 inch Default value 85 1 7 inch
6. Bar code data is alphanumeric ended by CR LF FF Escape code 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 11 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Transparent Print Data Mode Some bar code formats support full 128 character set from ASCII code 0 to ASCII code 127 or full binary data ASCII 0 to 255 Bar codes Extended 39 Extended 93 128A PDF417 128auto MaxiCode EAN UCC128 Data Matrix Aztec Codablock QRcode If you want to print special characters ASCII code lt 32 with those bar codes a Transparent Print Data PCL sequence lt Esc gt amp p X where lt Esc gt is replaced by ASCII char 27 decimal or by and where is replaced with the number of data bytes that follow until the next escape sequence must follow immediately the font selection sequence This is the only way to know how many characters have to be printed as bar codes Please analyze the sample Code EAN UCC 128 test files for more information 3 Data is analyzed to verify it fits in the bar code specs Correct data size 25 must have an even size EAN 8 13 and UPC have fixed lengths etc Valid data some systems like UPC E accept only specially structured data Data only Numeric or Alphanumeric allowed characters If data is invalid incorrect size or invalid characters a X is printed on bars and an error message describing the problem is systematically added below the bars preventing the user from blindly printing invalid bar c
7. Codablock F Codablock F is a 2D barcode developed by ELMICRON as an extension of CODE 128 Within its capacities it is possible to cut a given CODE 128 into several pieces and to arrange them in a multirows symbol A Codablock symbol may contain 2 to 44 rows of 1 to 61 characters up to 122 for numeric data per row and supports most features from Code 128 For more information on code 128 features please read Code 128 data in that manual For the options for the Codablock symbol please read carefully the PCL parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter QRCode QR code is a two dimensional matrix symbol developed by DENSO 8 Corporation It is available in two models Model 1 and Model 2 enhanced fai version of Model 1 BarDIMM system supports four level error correction add and a wide range of symbol sizes BarDIMM can scale the code with the definition of the small black square height width A QRCode symbol can include numeric and alphanumeric data with high compression binary Kana and Kanji data Maximum number of characters per QRCode symbol ORCode Model 1 Model 2 Numerics 1 167 7 089 Alphanumerics 707 4 296 8 bit byte char 486 2 953 Kanji characters 299 1 817 Page 38 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System OMR marks OMR marks are horizontal or vertical black solid lines found on printed mailing sh
8. 100 N A N A Codewords PDF 417 DPLUC upto 1848 N A N A Codewords Data Matrix DPLUC _ up to 2335 N A N A Codewords Codablock DPLUC upto 5366 data dependant 46 1 Aztec DPLUC _ up to 3832 N A N A Codewords QRCode1 2 DPLUC _ up to 7089 N A N A Codewords KZZ KZZ 21212 Z lt 51 5 CHK 0 Z lt lt 8 19 212 2712 712 712 lt lt lt lt z lt 1 D Digits P Punctuation L Lower case letters U Upper case letters C Control characters ASCII 0 to 31 2 Checksum character not counted 3 Checksum size not counted except when indicated with CHK N A Not applicable 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 27 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 22 Bar Code Formats Characteristics Usage amp format There are many standard used to encode the information as bars BarDIMM supports most of the Barcode standards UPC A Standard in the USA for items sold to the public UPC A Il contains numeric data only and encodes 12 digits number The first one is the number system character the next 5 digits are the supplier ID the next 5 digits are the product number and the last one the required checksum character You do not need to specify the checksum digit as BarDIMM recalculate it 67890 A digit is described by 2 bars and 2 spaces and its width is calculated as 7 thin bars The number character is printed as text on the left side
9. NETS 7 2 BAR CODE READABILT EY 8 WHEN PRINTING WITH NEW TONER CARTRIDGE eee nennen enhn eterne enne 8 PRINT DENSITY SETTINGS 2 o ertet E NUS 8 3 INSTALLING THE DIMM BOARD 1 soe toast ases testen sena 9 PROTECTING THE DIMM nennen ener een nennen e 9 4 TESTING THE BARDIMM 10 B PRESENTATION 11 6 HOW BARDIMM 5 1 1 ease toes ena sense teo sese etas e teneo 11 SINCE BARDIMM 1 8E MODIFIED ID FOR CODE 128C 13 7 EREESCAPE FEATURE bebes poe vehe es ie Ren 14 8 OCR A AND OCR B FONTSS ies isses eee bi sati 15 9 HOW TO USE BARDIMM noon eo enean aaepe ani booa etas soseseesorenssonnsooesse 15 10 FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION ecce 16 ESC SHP EE S EE EE 17 H PARAMETER ESC SHH ien etie ee er tiere HER Ie RT ERU STU eek E REL 18 V PARAMETER e t ec e ren ses tin ach e Eee 18 B PARAMETER ESC SH 1 2 3 4B 0 ccccccccccsssececceessee eese eterne ener 19 S PARAMETER ESC S 1 42 13 setas asse enean aser 20 15 CODE 128 CONTROL CODES
10. address is anyway optional in the MaxiCode data If data is too long BarDIMM will not print the MaxiCode and prints an error message indicating by how many characters the length exceeds 84 Note Blank fields still must include the Gs separator After the lt Eot gt character the application must send immediately a PCL escape sequence to switch a font other than MaxiCode i e to switch to Courier font 10CPI the sequence is Esc s0pl0hl12vbs4099T Note if you use a character set other than PC 8 you should resend the character set selection before selecting the new font Example Esc 524800 1 1 2 152382802 840 001 gt lt RS gt 01 lt GS gt 96995011234 lt GS gt 84 0 lt GS gt 025 lt GS gt 1Z07000168 lt GS gt UPSN lt GS gt WX9031 lt GS gt 272 lt GS gt lt GS gt 1 1 lt GS gt 15 lt GS gt Y lt GS gt 123 lt FS gt 300 lt GS gt lt GS gt AK lt RS gt lt EOT gt lt Esc gt s0p10h12vbs4099T Page 36 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System PDF 417 The PDF417 is a high density 2D barcode created by Symbol li Mag Technology and now an ANSI AIM USA standard This barcode CM is composed of a stack of rows with small black rectangles arranged in columns The number of rows and columns can be user defined or set automatically to fit a ratio 2 3 is the most common ratio PDFA17 features built in error correction capability automatic data compression and full AS
11. by BarDIMM 1053034 EHE b345T g3454C For free text 2D Barcodes PDF417 QRCode DataMatrix Aztec encoding a paragraph is performed by creating a text box Insert Text box and to assign the 2D barcode TT font to the full text in the box That Scheme can also be used to put barcodes any where on the page independently from other texts Note that alphanumerical barcode data cannot start with a space blank Please read the BDTTGEN manual for more information on all capabilities 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 23 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 17 SAP R 3 Support BarDIMM functionality is supported standard by the SAP R 3 software SAP OSS notes are available from the http www jetcapslabs com web site OSS note 5196 lists standard R 3 barcode names and supported device types for printing barcodes PCL 5 commands for JetCAPS BarDIMM are built into the HP device types by SAP Modifications are only required for special Barcode types and sizes OSS note 45643 lists PCL 5 command details for barcode attribute selection PCL 5 commands are maintained as Print Controls in SPAD SE73 transaction lists barcode names and print controls for every device type Barcode on Print control SBPxx Barcode off regular font SBSxx A test text is built into R 3 SO10 SAPSCRIPT BARCODETEST client 000 The SAP print control for OCR A is SF400 and SF500 for OCR B Note in th
12. postal code the country code the class of service A comma must separate all those parameters The secondary message is composed of 1 the ANSI Message Header gt lt Rs gt 2 the Transportation Data Format Header 01 lt Gs gt 96 3 the Tracking Number ie 1Z00004951 lt Gs gt 4 the SCAC USPN lt Gs gt 5 the UPS Shipper Number ie 06X610 Gs 6 the Julian Day of Pickup ie 159 Gs 7 the Shipment ID ie 1234567 Gs 8 the Package n x ie 1 1 Gs Note this information is also in the primary message 9 the Package Weight ie 10 Gs 10 the Address Validation ie Y lt Gs gt 11 the Ship To Address ie 634 ALPHA DR lt Gs gt 12 the Ship To City ie PITTSBURGH lt Gs gt 13 the Ship To State ie PA 14 the End Of Format character lt Rs gt ASCII 30 15 the End Of Transmission lt Eot gt ASCII 04 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 35 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Note UPS MaxiCode expects the secondary message to be padded with fill characters to a total of 84 total characters BarDIMM takes care of that requirement and there is no need to pad the data on the right the fill character is ASCII 33 HEX 21 Note The secondary message can not be longer than 84 characters Therefore the destination address length must be truncated if required if the total length for the secondary message is greater than 84 characters That destination
13. so fast to print professional barcodes The full list of supported printers with minimum printer firmware requirement is available on http www jetcapslabs com A special version of BarDIMM is available for some discontinued LaserJet like LaserJet series 4 5 or 6 That product name is BarSIMM 1 9 Please contact your distributor for more information or check all information on our web site http www jetcapslabs com The LJ 2200 1200 3200 and 33X0 only supports BarDIMM in version 2 5 1D Barcodes only BarDIMM 3 0 supports complex high density two dimensional barcodes like PDF 417 and UPS MaxiCode Data Matrix QRCode Aztec and Codablock Two dimension means the reading is performed both horizontally and vertically as information is encoded in both directions Those barcodes are then designated as 2D Barcodes and non 2D barcodes are called 1D Barcodes Some 2D barcodes can encode up to dozen of kilobytes of data with features like data compression macro barcodes encryption and error correction algorithms BarDIMM includes the standard HP Barcode amp More cartridge SIMM fonts As a result BarDIMM can also print OCR A and OCR B characters and is then backward compatible with older applications as well as HP Barcode amp More printer drivers BarDIMM 3 0 now includes a complete set of fully scalable symbols The EURO symbol the European currency symbol Safety symbols electronic and manufacturing symbols to
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15. 1 ZIP 4 POSTNET USA ONLY senes innen nennen 31 USPS TRAY BARCODE USA eene enne eene enne rennen resin rennen nnn 31 USPS ZEBRA BARCODE USA ONLY cccesseesssseessecesee eene eene nennen 32 USPS SACK BARCODE USA eene enne nennen 32 SINGAPORE 4 STATE 32 UK ROYAL MAIL 4 STATE CUSTOMER BARCODE 04 200 2 0 32 AUSTRALIA POST 4 STATE 5 22000 0 0 00 0000 000 eene 33 UPS MAXICODEIM enceinte ie eee 34 PDE 417 deren ee 37 DATAMATRUIXCIM eis vici e te er PER erPEI 37 AZIEGCODEIM I So eS 38 ERI 38 eR ERO eder ei ve VE 38 23 EURO CURRENCY SYMBOL AND ADDITIONAL FONTS 40 EURO AND OTHER CURRENCY SYMBOLS 40 MANUFACTURING AND SAFETY 5 20 0 6 40 ELECTRONICS AND SAFETY 0002 66 41 24 ODETTE TRANSPORT LABEL 8 44 00 000 42 der had edet be
16. 39 bar code Denmark only Special 39 code used on parcel labels for shipment through LU postal service in Denmark Contains ten digits a special checksum and ends with DK BarDIMM only needs the 10 digits French postal 39 bar code France only Special 39 code used on registered letters forms MAREA coe rc Sars with then contains 8 digits a special checksum and ends with RB 0123 4512 8FR PR BarDIMM only needs RA and and the 8 digits 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 29 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Extended 39 111 Based on the standard 3 of 9 it encodes all the ASCII characters by generating two characters for each character in the string to encode Supports all ASCII codes from 0 to 126 Bar code pattern is quite large Interleaved 2 of 5 also named 25 Interleaved Numeric only code requires an even number of digits in the string to be encoded It from 2 to 30 digits Industrial and Matrix 2 of 5 Numeric only codes can have from to 30 digits Code 128 New standard for most barcode labels Code 128 is a very compact bar code for numeric and alphanumeric strings It has 3 modes 123D1 and C which encode different range of characters Code 128 auto is an exclusive BarDIMM feature that allows you to encode all the 128 ASCII characters without analyzing
17. 4 State Barcodes Inl Established in 1998 4 State barcodes are used to allow Australia Post to sort incoming mail via barcode read from letters those barcodes are totally different from the 4 State barcode used in Singapore There are three different types of barcodes corresponding respectively to FCC values 11 59 and 62 BarDIMM only needs the DPID and Customer information and generates automatically all the other information like the FCC or Reed Solomon checksum For each type or code that data must be sent in a specific BarDIMM specific format e Standard Customer Barcode 37 CUST with only the Sorting Code lt DIPD gt e Customer Barcode 2 52 FF MET DPID and 16 bars of customer information lt DIPD gt lt CustomerInfo gt Customer information can be 8 digits or 5 alphanumeric chars long e Customer Barcode 3 67 FF MET DPID and 31 bars of customer information lt DIPD gt lt CustomerInfo gt Customer information can be 15 digits or 10 alphanumeric chars long lt DPID gt is the Sorting Code and must be 8 digits long CustomerInfo is customer information the p parameter selects the N or the C symbol set numeric or alphanumeric Example Esc s1p24787T12345678 7V 5 lt Esc gt s0p12h10v4099T For the P option for the Australia Post 4state barcode please read carefully the PCL parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs w
18. Barcodes listed with are only available in version 3 0 and up PLEASE READ THE BARCODE INFORMATION CHAPTER Page 16 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System p parameter Esc s p 1 D BARCODES Control if how human readable caption text is printed with bar code Specials Use default value Don t print human readable text Print human readable text embedded Print human readable text half embedded Print human readable text under code Print human readable text above code Add 10 to print UPC EAN JAN checksum middle left rather than bottom left of bar code Add 10 to print start amp end characters with 39 bar code text Add 20 to format text for French and German postal barcodes Add 100 to print checksum character with text Example text under code for French postal barcode 24p AUSTRALIA POST 4STATES BARCODE 0 1 Use N symbol set for Customer Information digits only Use C symbol set for Customer Information alphanumeric 2 D BARCODES PDF417 Aztec QRCode OMR OMR rotation 0 to 8 defines the ECC error correction level 1000 to 1400 defines the ECC level based on the size of the codeword relative to the data size in percent 0 to 400 The matching ECC level will automatically be calculated 0 Default ECC error correction level of 23 3 Codewords 1 to 99 defines the ECC error correction level in 96 101 to 104
19. CII and binary character sets It can encode up to 1848 characters of information per barcode based on the compression level achieved PDF 417 supports two encoding modes ASCII Letters punctuation and digits and Binary any binary value between 0 and 244 modes ASCII mode has a better data density than the binary mode maximum 106 versus 177 bytes per cm and can encode much more data than the binary mode maximum 1848 bytes versus 1108 bytes BarDIMM automatically selects the best encoding binary or ASCII for the supplied data Also note that PDF417 has extensive error correction capabilities PDF417 barcodes are read with laser scanner and CCD cameras Number of rows min max 3 90 Number of columns min max 1 30 Note that number of rows x number of columns must be less than 929 There are many options for the PDF 417 symbol activated using parameters of the font like PCL sequence Please read carefully the parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter Data Matrix ix Data Matrix is a high density 2 D matrix code developed by RVSI F Acuity CiMatrix that can encode a lot of information in a very small 4 space The Data Matrix symbology has extensive error correction capabilities using ECC200 error checking A Data Matrix symbol can store between one and 3116 numeric or 2335 alphanumeric characters and is scalable between a 1 mil square to a 14 inch square Since the overall size of the Da
20. DPID and the customer information which maximum length depends from the encoding table N or C defined with the p parameter The customer information defined in the string supplied to BarDIMM to generate such a barcode is too long the maximum size is NN for the current parameters Action Adapt the length for Customer Information data InvCharInCustInfo Symbologies Australia Post 4 State 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET The 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET barcodes encodes the DPID and the customer information which can include encode a predefined set of characters The customer information defined in the string supplied to BarDIMM includes illegal characters Action Verify the Customer Information data Err Codablock size Symbologies Codablock The number of rows and columns indicated in the escape sequence do not leave enough room for data encoding Action Increase the columns and or rows barcode size Page 44 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 26 Troubleshooting Barcode data is printed as text or the printer goes into MEMORY OVERFLOW The printer might not recognize the BarDIMM and the barcode font parameters create huge fonts that overflow memory Please read the Testing the BarDIMM chapter in this manual Barcodes are not readable Verify if the barcode reader is setup to read the symbology you are printing If you have a doubt please use the sample barcodes printed i
21. M or diskette as provided above J etCAPS does not warrant that the functions contained in this Software will meet your requirements or that the Software operation will be uninterrupted or error free Information contained in the user manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of J etCAPS IN NO EVENT WILL J etCAPS OR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PROGRAM OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM AND MANUAL IS ASSUMED BY YOU THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE LIABILITY OF J etCAPS REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WILL NOT EXCEED THE PAYMENTS MADE FOR THIS LICENSE BY YOU ANY REMEDIES SPECIFIED IN THIS LICENSE AGREEM ENT ARE EXCLUSIVE This agreement shall be constructed interpreted and governed by the laws of France Y ou agree that this is the complete and exclusive statements of this agreement which supersedes any prior agreement or other communication betw een us on this subject J CE2508199 Page 4 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Table of contents T INTRODUC TION sen visto oae sro scents ccsvsncnsscesecnsssceansezaceste eeN ossa eS roS aea PPS eR e apa e
22. PCL6 languages 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 25 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 20 Default Parameters Barcode Name ala 5 1 UPC A 74 UPC E EAN 8 N oo Height TextFlag width width width Bar width i 3 E 4 24 32 N aN m 6 95 ON N EN 95 N EAN 13 CODE 7 5 CODE 39 NID mR Go 2 N EN o2 N N oo 1 1 39 EXT CODE 93 93 EXT CODE 128 EAN 128 NJN NIN DID XN 1 Fal N N oo ER UCC 128 CODABAR MSI PLESSEY 29 ZIP 4 USPS Tray Label 50 4 USPS Sack Label 50 4 1 N DIDI DN 29 105 1 1 1 AB N o2 German Postal 25 72 124 French Postal 39 36 124 Singapore 4 State 13 5 1 UK 4 State Netherlands KIX 13 5 13 5 1 1 Australia 4 State MaxiCode 13 5 1x1 inch N A gt z Z Z PDF417 Data Matrix Auto Auto N A N A N A QRCode 1 2 Aztec Auto Auto N A N A Codablock 16 1 OMR marks 45 N A Fixed values can not be overridden by the user X Special usage might not correspond to column title N A Not Applicable Notes e Height corresponds to the h parameter TextFlag to the p parameter and the four bar wi
23. Thin bars are 10 dots wide thick bars are 30 dots wide 10 30s Thin spaces are 10 dots wide thick spaces are 30 dots wide Barcode Rotation To rotate a barcode you can use regular PCL rotation commands It is recommended you save the cursor position before activating the barcode and restore that position after the barcode Here is an example sequences should be entered without carriage return Esc amp fS Save cursor position Esc amp al1000n1000V Cursor positioning lt Esc gt amp a90P 90 rotation lt Esc gt s4p102h40v10 30b10 30s24670T Select Barcode JETCAPSBARD IMM Barcode Data Esc 10U Esc sp10hsb4099T Switch back to Courier 10cpi font lt Esc gt amp aP No more rotation lt Esc gt amp 1f15S Restore saved cursor position Other Information Permanent and secondary fonts switching can be used with barcode fonts It is highly recommended that a text font be used as primary font and barcode font as secondary font please refer to your PCL developer s guide for all information on primary and secondary fonts Complete sequences samples are available at www jetcapslabs com in the FAQ section You will also find in that FAQ some links to PCL training guides Warning If barcodes are generated using a font like sequence they are still not PCL fonts Therefore some limitation on font sequences apply No font ID can be linked to a barcode BarDIMM barcodes cannot be used from HPGL2 Postscript or
24. UPC E1 24630 EAN JAN 13 24611 UPC E 2 24631 EAN JAN 13 2 24612 UPC E 5 24632 EAN JAN 13 5 24640 25 2 of 5 interleaved 24650 25 industrial 24641 25 interleaved CHK 24651 25 indust CHK 24642 German Postal 25 Leitcode 13 24660 25 matrix 24643 German Postal 25 Leitcode 11 24661 25 matrix CHK 24670 39 3 of 9 24700 128 autoswitch 24671 39 CHK 24701 128A 24672 39 3 of 9 encode space before data 24702 128 B 24673 39 CHK encode space before data 24704 128 24680 39 extended 24703 128 C obsolete 24681 39 extended CHK 24710 UCC 128 24675 Danish PTT 39 barcode 24720 EAN 128 24676 French Postal 39 A R 24690 93 24770 ZIP 4 POSTNET 5 24691 93 extended 24771 ZIP 4 POSTNET 9 24772 ZIP 4 POSTNET 11 24644 USPS 25 11 digits Tray Label barcode 23591 USPS ZEBRA 24645 USPS 25 8 digits Sack Label barcode 24750 CODABAR 24760 MSI 24751 CODABAR CHKmod16 24761 MSI CHK10 24762 MSI CHK10 CHK10 24780 Singapore 4 State 24763 MSI CHK11 CHK10 24785 Australia 4 State 37 CUST 24786 Australia 4 State 52 FF MET 24800 UPS MaxiCode 24787 Australia 4 State 67 FF MET 24820 Data Matrix 24790 Royal Mail 4 state Customer code 24830 Aztec 24795 Netherlands KIX postal barcode 24840 Codablock F 24850 PDF 417 24860 QRCode Model 1 24899 OMR for folding inserting sealing systems 24861 QRCode Model 2 Note Barcodes in bold are only available in version 2 5 and up
25. Using the BarDIMM Barcodes Printing System for MS Windows and ERPs BarDIMM V3 1C Patent pending Eu ro Installation and Programmer s Guide Edition 44 July 2003 Font Included 1994 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 1994 2003 JetCAPS Europe Parts of the BarDIMM product are Hewlett Packard Corp Stethos SystemHaus Symbol Technology 5 Acuity CiMatrix Welch Allyn Inc MO DENSO Corporation and United Parcel Service JetCAPS is a registred trademark of International Business Strategy SA BarDIMM and BarSIMM are registered trademarks of JetCAPS Europe SA All other Trademarks are the property of their respective owners All rights Reserved Patent Pending This documentation is non contractual JetCAPS Europe reserves the right to modify the product specifications at any time without prior warning JetCAPS Europe S A 25 bis Avenue Pierre Grenier F 92517 BOULOGNE Cedex FRANCE WEB http www jetcapslabs com Fax 33 0 1 46 94 00 83 Page 2 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System JetCAPS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT Please read this License carefully before using the Software contained in the J etCAPS BarSIMM and BarDIMM hereinafter referred to as SOFTWARE The right to use this Software is granted only if the Customer agrees to the terms of this License If
26. adable or simply not there This does not affect at all the printing with OCR A and OCR B fonts which are included in the BarDIMM and are fully usable HP LaserJet 5Si PCL font list page When the BarDIMM is plugged into the HP LaserJet 5Si printer with firmware 7 X the PCL font list crashes the printer with a 79 ERROR message The problem is due to the printer firmware revision level and has been fixed on 5Si with firmware 8 X and 9 X This does not affect the printer or BarDIMM normal functionality To print a PCL font list remove temporarily the BarDIMM from the printer 39 barcode is much longer than it should be typically as wide as the page When you position horizontally the cursor using blanks to put the barcode at the right place you must send the barcode selection sequence after sending the space characters to move horizontally If you do not do that the spaces are part of the barcode data and the barcode is much wider than expected usually across the page If you can only send the barcode selection sequence at the beginning of the line use the special 39 symbologies with no starting spaces IDs 24670 and 24671 This symbology will not include the starting spaces in the barcode data Barcodes in PCL5 Macros Barcodes calling sequences cannot be inserted in PCL5 macros but barcode sequence plus barcode data can be inserted in PCL macros If an application needs to send multiple times the same barcode it can include it in a PCL ma
27. age 40 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Electronics and safety symbols Escape sequence Esc 10Q Esc slp lt size gt vs3b10400T where size is the symbol size in points 1 72th inch 11213 4 5 6 7 819 12 13114115 2 e piv sssssgasawx Those symbols are from the font library of Elsner und Flake Fontinform GmbH Hamburg 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 41 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 24 Odette Transport Label macros BarDIMM contains the VDA 4902 Odette label used in the automobile industry That lable is included as PCL5 macros callable from any application using their number f Under Windows using the Macro BarDIMM special TTF font f Under SAP R 3 Oracle and other ERPs using PCL5 commands To print one empty labels on the page send the following sequence at the beginning of the page amp a0hOV amp fs 611 y3x1s Install the Macro Exec TTF font and enter the macro number using it To print 2 empty labels on the page send the following sequence at the beginning of the page amp llE amp amp 15 amp 0 4100 56 5 15 Notes must be replaced by 3 digits macro number read table below in the sequences is the Freescape character Replace it with its new value if it has b
28. als and Standard Mail flat size pieces prepared in sacks Singapore 4 State barcode The Singapore Postal Service is promoting the use of a 4 State barcode to speed mail sorting This 4 State barcode encodes 6 digits number and has li checksum appended to the data You must make sure you give a 6 digits number to the BarDIMM and BarDIMM will calculate and print automatically the checksum Note that 4 state barcodes must be ended with a regular text font escape sequence Netherlands KIX barcode The Dutch Postal Service is promoting the use of a 4 State barcode to speed mail sorting This 4 State barcode encodes a 5 to 12 MN i characters string and has a checksum appended to the data You must make sure you give a valid string to the BarDIMM Note that KIX barcode must be ended with a regular text font escape sequence UK Royal Mail 4 State customer barcode The Postal Service is promoting the use of a 4 State barcode to speed mail sorting This 4 State barcode encodes a variable number of digits and letters and has a checksum appended to the data You must make sure you give the correct digits and letters to the BarDIMM and BarDIMM will calculate and print automatically the checksum Note that 4 state barcodes must be ended with a regular text font escape sequence Page 32 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Australia Post
29. antistatic package before removing the board from its package When handling the board frequently touch bare metal on the printer or the antistatic bag or wear an antistatic wrist strap Avoid moving around the work area to prevent static electricity to be generated Do not touch the BarDIMM components and handle the DIMM carefully at all times CAUTION When removing a board from the antistatic bag do not touch the metal traces on the board WARNING Hazardous voltages are present in the printer Never remove any access cover or work near exposed electrical parts while power is connected BarDIMM has to be installed exactly like a RAM SIMM DIMM board Please refer to your HP LaserJet user manual for the SIMM DIMM modules installation procedure If your printer is equipped with a control panel once the BarDIMM is installed you must configure the FREESCAPE character as detailed in Chapter 7 NOTE Your BarDIMM comes with a special sticker in the box A in English German French or Dutch This sticker must be Information applied on the printer next to the power switch for maintenance This makes sure that maintenance will move the BarDIMM BarDIMM installed to a replacement unit should your printer be replaced www bardimm com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 9 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 4 Testing the BarDIMM There are two different features built in the BarDIMM fonts and firm
30. cro and invoke it the required number of occurrences For more information on the PCL language and macros please consult the FAQ section of the www jetcaplabs com web site For the latest FAQ please consult http www jetcapslabs com for more information with full text search engine Page 46 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Please check frequently the BarDIMM WEB site http www jetcapslabs com for latest information frequently asked questions drivers and support BarDIMM 3 1C Registration Form To receive more information about new versions of BarDIMM please fill out that card and return it by fax or mail to the address on the back What system is using BarDIMM barcoding or Freescape features PC SAP R 3 UNIX Mainframe Other Where do you put barcodes LaserJet model Your name company address Your eMail 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 47 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 1994 2003 JetCAPS Europe All rights Reserved JetCAPS Europe S A Fax 33 0 1 46 94 00 83 WEB http www jetcapslabs com Please complete this card and return it by fax or in an envelope to Page 48 JetCAPS Europe S A 25 bis Avenue Pierre Grenier F 92517 BOULOGNE Cedex FRANCE Fax 33 0 1 46 94 00 83 dsl www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs
31. de system has default options activated when parameters are not provided The user does not need to provide all parameters As an example if the height is omitted the default size is used Every code has its specific default values based on international standards 6 If required BarDIMM prints the code value as centered text with the bars either under half embedded in full embedded in or above the bars Checksum and flag characters are automatically placed in the right place for some systems EAN 8 13 and UPC according to the international standards Automatic sizing limits the embedded text point size to 15 no limit for text above or under bar code 7 After bar code printing completion cursor is set after the bottom right corner of the rightmost black bar 8 If another bar code then needs to be printed just locate the cursor to a new position and send the barcode data The Bar code font like PCL sequence does not need to be sent again Since BarDIMM 1 8E modified ID for Code 128C BarDIMM 1 8E and next versions have a minor modification compared to previous versions Code 128C used to have an ID of 24703 Due to a new font numbering system starting with the HP LaserJet 4000 Code 128C needed to be moved from ID 24703 to ID 24704 The obsolete ID 24703 will not be supported on HP LaserJet printers released after September 1997 and starting with the HP LaserJet 4000 The obsolete ID will still be supported on printers releas
32. dths to the b parameter Height is in 1 60 of inch and bar widths are in 1 600 of inch Spaces default values are the same as for bars Page 26 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 21 Bar Code Formats Characteristics Size Barcode type Characters Input Char width Compression Start Stop Checksums encoded length Unit thin bar 9 size i 2 width in thin bar optional UPC A D 11 7 N 11 1 UPC E D llor6 3 5 11 Y forll 14 5 forll 1 for 11 7 for 6 11 for 6 EAN JAN 8 D 7 7 11 1 EAN JAN 13 D 12 7 11 Supplemental D 2or5 9 13 2 or 5 for EAN UPC CODE 39 DPU 1 to 99 16 39 EXT DPULC 1to99 DU 16 PLC 32 Interleaved 2 5 D 2 to 100 9 Industrial 2 5 D 2 to 100 14 Matrix 2 5 D 1 to 99 10 EAN 128 DPUCL 1to99 data dependant Code 128 Auto DPUCL 1to99 data dependant Code 128A DPUC 1 to 99 11 Code 128B DPUL 1 to 99 11 Code 128C D 1 to 99 5 5 UCC128 D 1 to 99 5 5 Codabar DP 1 to 99 12 Monarch MSI PLESSEY D 1 to 99 12 CODE 93 DPU 1 to 99 9 93 EXT DPULC 11099 DU 9 PLC 18 ZIP 4 D 5 9 or 11 29 600 Inch 5 8 600 Inch Singap 4State D 6 88 600 Inch 22 600 Inch UK 4State DU 7 8 0r9 88 600 Inch 22 600 Inch NL KIX DU 5to12 88 600 Inch 22 600 Inch AP 37 CUST D 8 44 600 Inch 44 600 Inch 52 FF MET DUL 8 8D 5UL 44 600 Inch Y N table 44 600 Inch 67 FF MET DUL 8 15D 10UL 44 600 Inch Y N table 44 600 Inch Singap ZIP 4 D 5 9 11 29 600 Inch 5 8 600 Inch 1 MaxiCode DPLUC upto
33. e early release of the device type there were a few errors in the escape sequences It is then recommended to verify the escape sequence syntax in R 3 SAP has pre defined a list of size and parameters for barcodes If those don t match your needs we recommend you purchase the AFE SAPSCRIPT toolbox for SAP R 3 available from your local JetCAPS partner see http www jetcaps com or modify the controls copy the controls into the user Z environment and modify them based on your needs Note all print controls are defined in R 3 using Hexadecimal values 1B for lt Esc gt For more information on using BarDIMM with SAP R 3 please consult the www jetcapslabs com web site FAQ section 18 Generic ERP Support Other ERPs Oracle JD Edwards BAAN Peoplesoft can use BarDIMM 3 0 features by including BarDIMM Escape sequences in output scripts using the Freescape char if necessary or by using the BarDIMM TrueType fonts for Windows based applications Page 24 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 19 PCL Escape Sequences Examples A valid PCL escape sequence to select a barcode is like the following Esc s4p102h40v10 30610 30s24670T 24670T Symbology code 39 not encoding spaces before after data 4p Readable text below bars without start stop chars 102h Caption text in Univers Regular 40v Bars height 40 points 40 72 0 555 inches 40 2 54 72 1 41 cm 10 30b
34. ed before October 1997 for backward compatibility purpose If you are already using the BarDIMM with Code 128C we recommend you change it for the Code 128 Autoswitch ID The resulting barcodes will be the same Code 128C as BarDIMM will detect data for Code 128C If you are not using the old Code 128C barcode ID that modification will not affect your application 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 13 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 7 FREESCAPE feature PCL codes always begin with the non printable Escape code Hexa 1B Dec 27 Some systems can not use or send binary data to a device Binary means any character other than a letter punctuation or a digit Such systems include Mainframes where printers are connected to terminals and AS 400 That can be a problem to use the HP PCL language and to use Barcodes With the FREESCAPE feature the Escape code has a synonym a user defined Escape Code or Alternate Escape Code AEC That character acts exactly like the standard Escape Code when found at the beginning of a regular PCL sequence Default value for the AEC is the TILDA Freescape is smart enough to ignore the EAC if it is found as pure data You can mix regular Escape Codes and Alternate Escape Codes The AEC can be one of 10 characters Note The freescape Escape sequence setting is only valid for the current job There is a new PCL sequence to change the Alternate Escape code lt Esc or AEC gt J W
35. een changed to another value through the lt Esc gt J escape sequence or from the printer front panel V3 German V3 English V3 French V3 Italian V3 Spanish V4 english V4 German 300 301 302 303 304 311 312 The 9 safety symbol is available in the safety symbol font read previous chapter Page 42 wees JetCAPS Europe Labs www AES com www bardimm com 2 Paint of deliveryis 0 00 8 Delivery note Order complement A P 10934213A5 ity 924353423 BrakesCorp TruckTown 5 Weight net Q 00 00 TII BDJC4079020 12 Supplier N ii 44MB711 01 01 20 4 Modification 16 M01 010544 inning mark 221 Example of Odette label macro with data barcodes and security symbol added www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 25 Main Error Messages in Bar Codes BarDIMM features a built in debugging system for your bar codes When an error condition occurs a X is printed on top of the bars and the following error messages appear automatically under the bars Most error messages are self explicit Here are the main error messages Err Char nn Symbologies All An invalid character was entered in the string to be printed as a bar code
36. eets The mail processing machines check for these lines on every page fed in the system The tracking of these marks triggers mechanical processes like the folding of all pages that should be inserted together in an envelope BarDIMM can generate OMR marks used by insertion folding Sealing systems found in mailrooms Using BarDIMM makes it easy to put those marks in ERP Unix DOS or Windows documents There is no standard for OMR marks specifications vary per machine and per OMR scanning software please refer to your mailroom system brochures for your own OMR marks requirements But BarDIMM can be parametered to fit any specification Marks width spacing and length can be defined using the b s and v parameters Note Some system use thicker marks for start stop some use only one type for all marks Usage Only 3 characters can be used in data for OMR 0 1 and 2 1 Regular mark thickness defined the 1 parameter for b 2 Heavy mark thickness defined by the 2 parameter for b 0 Mark skipped Marks are defined in the data from top to bottom 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 39 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 23 Euro Currency Symbol and Additional Fonts BarDIMM features the old HP Barcode amp More cartridge C2053A fonts and some scalable logos that can be used together with barcodes on labels and other documents Euro symbols manufacturing electronics and safety s
37. em EAN 13 JUNI ll 12345 Standard in Europe for items sold to the public EAN 13 01125456 1789012 1 contains numeric data only and encodes 13 digits number The first two are the country code the next 6 digits are the supplier ID the next 4 digits are the product number and the last one the required checksum character that split varies from country to country You do not need to specify the checksum digit as BarDIMM recalculated it If the checksum is sent as a 13th digit it is ignored and recalculated A digit is described by 2 bars and 2 spaces and its width is calculated as 7 thin bars The number character is printed as text on the left side or the bar code and the checksum on the right side All the EAN and UPC codes can be followed with two or five digits of supplemental information If the checksum is sent as the 13th digit it is ignored and recalculated Code 39 The real name is 3 of 9 bar code It is probably the most Ill commonly used bar code as it encodes not only digits but also upper case letters and punctuation Spaces are encoded as bars Text is encoded between start and stop characters which are automatically generated by BarDIMM BarDIMM features two flavors of 39 barcode call with and without starting blanks IDs 24670 and 24671 do not encode the space characters starting and ending the data to barcode IDs 24672 and 24673 do encode the starting spaces Danish Postal
38. es si 5 9 1 1 2 2 4 80 opa 96 1 Ja e c aj e f a n i j k 1 m n o 112 15 2100111 This table shows the OCR A character set The Barcode amp More OCR B font character table is the same 9 How to use BarDIMM Barcodes are activated using a font like escape sequence generated from specific developments where developers write code that generate PCL code with BarDIMM functionality from standard ERP software which feature a BarDIMM driver like SAP R 3 Oracle Peoplesoft BAAN Please read the SAP R 3 and Windows chapters in that manual for more information OSS notes are available from the www jetcapslabs com WEB site from MS Windows Please read the Windows support chapter later in that manual please make sure you read carefully the chapter Bar Code Formats Characteristics Usage and Format at the end of the manual to understand fully the particularities of the barcode you need to generate 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 15 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 10 FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION T parameter Esc s T Typeface Controls what bar code system to use 24600 UPC A 24620 EAN JAN 8 24601 UPC A 2 24621 EAN JAN 8 2 24602 UPC A 5 24622 EAN JAN 8 5 24610 UPC E UPC E0 amp
39. have purchased is compatible with your printer a label on the board should indicate the compatibility Please then contact your distributor please read below There is one version of BarDIMM for every HP LaserJet printer model and the BarDIMM board is not cross printers compatible Make sure you have specified the model with your BarDIMM order LaserJet models are not compatibles together ie a BarDIMM for LJ4100 can not work in a LaserJet 9000mfp One other possibility is that your printer was manufactured after your version of BarDIMM for LJ series 4000 5000 8000 2100 In that case and if you own such a model of LaserJet please fax a printer auto test to your distributor if your printer is very recent less than 3 months and if the BarDIMM compatible with that printer model does not work Your distributor can then update your BarDIMM to fix the problem Page 10 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 5 Presentation The BarDIMM chip is an intelligent DIMM adding sophisticated BARCODE printing capabilities to Hewlett Packard corporate The only real fonts it includes are the fonts of the now discontinued Barcode amp More font cartridge from HP which have been included for backward compatibility purpose the scalable logos and the scalable OCR B ASCII set as stand alone font and font for barcode text BarDIMM also features the unique FREESCAPE capability BarDIMM supports more tha
40. here is the ASCII decimal value of the new AEC 34 35 36 47 92 63 123 1 125 124 D 126 and 27 Indicating 27 disables Freescape Freescape parameters on front panel menu The Freescape feature can be activated disabled parametered for all jobs on the front panel of the printer equipped with BarDIMM on printer with a front panel with display and except LJ4000 5000 and 8000 with FW 4 48 Browse through the menu options until BAR MICR MENU appears To activate deactivate Freescape Press the Item key until FREESCAPE ON or FREESCAPE OFF appears Press the Value key to toggle between ON and OFF Press the Select key to validate the choice When Freescape is deactivated only the regular Escape code Hexa 1B Dec 27 can be used to start PCL commands To change the Freescape AEC character should be performed at installation time Press the Item key until AEC CHAR appears Press the Value and key to toggle between possible AEC By default pick TILDA Press the Select key to validate the choice Note The choice will be valid for the next incoming print job Page 14 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 8 OCR A and OCR B fonts PCL Escape sequences to call those fixed size fonts OCR A Esc 0O Esc sp10h12vsb104T OCR B Esc 10 lt Esc gt sp10h12vsb110T 011121345 5 71 8 919112 3 14 15 Op
41. ic only it is used on labels for grocery industry ZIP 4 Postnet USA only Prints the zip code as a bar code to speed mail through the postal service US Post system USPS Tray barcode USA only Used since 1997 bar coded tray labels with a special 25 interleaved barcode are required for automation rate mailings of First Class Regular Periodicals and Regular and Enhanced 1234567890 Carrier Route Standard Mail letter size pieces and for First Class flat size pieces 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 31 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System USPS Zebra Barcode USA only The US Post system has defined the Zebra code This is a series of diagonal lines to the right of the barcode that serves solely as a visual indication that a tray contains bar coded mail The code must not appear on tray labels for non bar coded mail This standard is applicable starting July 1997 Due to its simplicity the Zebra code is implemented in BarDIMM as a font with just one diagonal thick bar coded in the slash character ASCII value 47 Therefore you have to call the font and send three consecutive slash characters without any space in between Here are the PCL codes to send Esc 10U Esc s0p2 50h29vsb23591T USPS Sack barcode USA only Effective July 1st 1997 bar coded sack labels with a special 25 interleaved barcode are required for automation rate Regular Periodic
42. if the data for the barcode fits the symbology specs 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 43 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Err Fmt 00000000 Symbology Australia Post 4 State 37 CUST The 37 CUST barcode encodes the DPID an 8 digits number The DPID string supplied to BarDIMM to generate such a barcode is not made of 8 digits Action Verify the length of the DPID string Err Fmt 00000000 lt CustInfo gt Symbologies Australia Post 4 State 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET The 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET barcodes encode the DPID an 8 digits number and the customer information which can be encoded using the N table if it only includes digits Either the DPID string is not made of 8 digits or there is no customer information defined in the string or the comma separator is missing Action Verify if the data for the barcode fits the symbology specs Err CustInfo nonDigit Symbologies Australia Post 4 State 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET The 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET barcodes encode the DPID and the customer information which can be encoded using the N table if it only includes digits The customer information defined in the string supplied to BarDIMM to generate such a barcode includes at least one non digit character Action Verify the Customer Information data for the barcode Err CustInfo gt NN where NN is a value Symbologies Australia Post 4 State 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET The 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET barcodes encodes the
43. include in labels printing BarDIMM also features the Freescape system With Freescape the Escape code can have a synonym a user defined Escape Code or Alternate Escape Code AEC That character acts exactly like the standard Escape Code when found at the beginning of a regular PCL sequence and can be a printable character This functionality does allow all systems to use PCL and BarDIMM even if they cannot send binary data to a printer 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 7 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 2 Bar Code Readability The special consideration discussed in this section may pertain to all the bar codes or in some cases to a specific bar code generated by the BarDIMM product When Printing With a New Toner Cartridge On some printers a slight degradation of image quality may occur immediately after replacing the EP cartridge To assure that the bar code images are printed with sufficient quality for later reading with electronic devices follow theses instructions 1 Be certain that the storage and care instruction that are supported with the EP cartridge were followed before installing the new EP cartridge in your printer 2 Be sure to change the EP cartridge when necessary Carefully follow the installation instructions especially those relating to proper agitation of the cartridge before you install the EP cartridge Print Density Settings When printing bar codes it is recommended that you sta
44. layers 100 in Compact format 201 to 232 layers 200 in Full Range format 300 Aztec Rune format 0 Default ECC error correction level of 596 M 1 Low ECC High Density level L 2 Standard ECC level M 3 High reliability ECC level Q 4 Ultra High reliability ECC level H 0 Horizontal OMR marks default 1 Vertical OMR marks 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 17 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System h parameter Esc s h 1 D BARCODES Controls what font is used for the human readable caption text Format CBA numeric value where A Typeface 0 Use Courier to print text default 1 Use Letter Gothic to print text 2 Use Univers to print text 3 Use Univers Condensed to print text 4 Use CG Times to print text 5 Use OCR B to print text great with UPC EAN B Size 0 Use automatic font size 1 Reserved for future use C Style 0 Use Default Bold 1 Use Regular 2 Use Italics 3 Use Bold 4 Use Bold Italic Example text in Univers Bold Italic automatic size 402h v parameter Esc s v 1 D BARCODES Short bar height in 1 60 of inch 0 42mm Minimum sizes apply Example Bar code in size 1 inch 25 4 mm 60v 2 D BARCODES ORCode Aztec 0 Normal 1 Reverse Video Codablock barcode size 1 single line bar height in 1 60 of inch 0 42mm same unit as fonts 2 Maximum number of rows for the Codablock symbol 3 Maximum number of columns for the Codablock symbol Example Lines p
45. n 50 bar code formats symbologies in its version 3 0 from the most passive to the most complex system 2D interleaved triple checksum etc Each of these formats can be declined in any height from 1 254 inch to 13 inches 1mm to 33 cm with 1 72 inch increment bar widths can be defined in 1 600 inch units code value can be printed as text together with code in many different embeddings with 20 different scalable fonts As a result you can generate million different kind of bar code formats from BarDIMM BarDIMM is not made of scalable fonts It is hooked to font calls within the LaserJet 5 interpreter Typeface numbers from 24580 to 24900 activate the BarDIMM intelligence All data mapped to one of those special fonts is analyzed and converted into bar code directly by the firmware For backward compatibility BarDIMM also contains the HP Barcode amp More bitmap barcode fonts supported by many applications NOTE In this manual the escape code is indicated as Esc Those five characters must not be entered as individual symbols but must be replace with the unique character of ASCII value 27 6 How BarDIMM works 1 A typeface in the BarDIMM range 24580 24900 is activated with a classical combined PCL font call sequence lt Esc gt s p h v bi s T where are parameters 2 The end of bar code data is determined according to the bar code type Bar code data is numeric only ended by space CR LF FF Escape code
46. n the Bar Code Formats Characteristics Usage and format chapter inside that manual If your reader can not read those barcodes it is either defective or the symbology is not read Please refer to your barcode scanner on symbologies activation and scanner usage How to stop barcode printing in a page Always send any other font selection sequence after the barcode data Do not forget to send the character symbol set selection PCL command eg Esc 10U for PC 850 Under Windows no barcode is printed Do not use any enhanced PCL XL or PostScript HP LaserJet printer driver BarDIMM supports only PCL 5 printer language Formatting the German Post barcode To print the code with the correct layout use 124 for the p parameter and 300 for the h parameter Esc s124p300n24642T Error message with 2of5 interleaved barcode The number of encoded digits must be even multiple of 2 If you use a checksum then you need to send an odd number of digits the calculated checksum will add one character making the total data length an even number Narrow barcodes are sometime not readable Please read the Bar Code Readability chapter at the beginning of that manual In all laser printers very thin lines do not have a perfectly clean edge due to the toner particle shape that is not square The result is that narrow black bars are wider than blank spaces of the same width The solution is to tune the width by using the B and S
47. odes 4 Some formats require what is called a checksum A checksum is a value result of a complex calculation on the code data That value is added to the end of the data and used by the code reader to proof the reading BarDIMM calculates automatically the checksum s of bar codes that need it Bar codes can have up to two checksums MSI Plessey UCC128 If the checksum was provided with fixed length data EAN 8 13 UPC it is ignored 5 BarDIMM generates the bar code according to parameters in the font like PCL sequence For BarDIMM bar codes PCL font parameters are don t have the standard meaning besides the V and T parameter The T parameter selects the Bar code format As BarDIMM is algorithms only the user can apply the scaling independently in the X and Y axis for the 1D barcodes In the past with standard scalable fonts bigger size meant larger bars resulting in a too wide and unreadable code and small size meant thinner bars resulting also in unreadable codes Some barcodes are standardized and can not be resized Some 2D barcodes can be resized by columns rows or by defining a ratio The bar code can be of any height in the 3 to 960 point size range 1 point size 1 72 inch The current cursor position is the location of the bottom left corner of the leftmost black bar whatever bar code text parameter is provided Page 12 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Every bar co
48. ointsize 20 5 rows 20 20 8 10v OMR OMR mark length in 1 60 of inch 0 42mm Example 1 inch long OMR mark 60v Page 18 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System b parameter Esc s 1 2 3 4b 1 D BARCODES Bar Widths 31 bar width first thin width in dots 1 600 inch 32 bar width second width in dots 1 600 inch 3 bar width third width in dots 1 600 inch 4 bar width fourth width in dots 1 600 inch Example Thin bars 4 dots thick bars 8 dots 4 8b 2 D BARCODES PDF 417 Symbol format parameters 1 Maximum number of rows for the PDF symbol 2 Maximum number of columns for the PDF symbol 3 1 1 and 2 are the mandatory size for the PDF symbol 0 or not specified 1 and 2 are maximum size default 4 1 The PDF 417 symbol is truncated on its right side 0 The PDF 417 symbol is not truncated default Example 8 columns 10 lines mandatory size non truncated 8 10 0b Data Matrix QRCode Symbol format parameters 1 Small module height in dots 1 600 inch Aztec Symbol format parameters 31 Small module height in dots 1 600 inch 2 Bar undercut parameter Value 0 to 1 1 dots default 0 Codablock B parameters like for 1D Barcodes OMR OMR mark thickness in dots 1 600 inch 1 regular mark thickness in dots 1 600 inch 2 heavy mark thickness in dots 1 600 inch Example 1 010 inch for thin mark and 1 020 inch for thick mark 6 12b
49. or the bar code and the checksum on the right side The system number can have the following values 0 or 7 Regular UPC codes 2 Random weight items 3 National Drug Code and National Health Related Items Code 4 For use without code format restriction and with checksum for non food items 5 For use on coupons 1 6 8 9 Reserved UPC E UPC E0 and UPC E1 Ideal for small packages because of its data compression It contains the same information as the UPC A except that there are minimum 4 zeros 0 001200 5 which are suppressed It reduces the number of digits from 12 to 6 BarDIMM accept the Zero Suppressed version of UPC E in both versions of data compressed and uncompressed If data comes uncompressed BarDIMM will perform automatically the compression A digit is described by 2 bars and 2 spaces and its width is calculated as 7 thin bars Note that caption text below the barcode can be activated to verify checksum calculation EAN 8 i rae uM Used in Europe for items sold to the public EAN 8 contains numeric data only and encodes a 8 digits number The first two are the country code the next 5 digits are the product number and the last one required checksum character You do not need to specify the checksum digit as BarDIMM recalculates it A digit is described by 2 bars and 2 spaces and its width is calculated as 7 thin bars Page 28 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing Syst
50. parameters to reduce the horizontal width of the thin black bars or the S parameter to widen the thin white bars Barcodes on the very top of the page are not printed correctly As barcodes are printed at the current cursor position from the baseline to the top of the page they may not be printed correctly wrong height or caption text in the middle of the barcode if there is not enough room on top of that current cursor position Make sure you set the cursor in a vertical position compatible with the barcode height 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 45 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System On a LaserJet 4100 equipped with BarDIMM when the printer web page is accessed the printer crashes with a 49 4274 ERROR message or the embedded web server disappears This problem happens with the hp LaserJet 4100 when the embedded web server the internal web page of the printer is configured in any language other than english To fix the problem turn off the printer remove the BarDIMM start the printer access the printer web page using your browser and set the language to ENGLISH You can now reinstall the BarDIMM as indicated in the user manual When a PCL Font List is generated from the front panel of a hp LaserJet 4100 OCR A and OCR B fonts of the BarDIMM do not appear in the font list This problem happens with the hp LaserJet 4100 font list The OCR A and OCR B fonts are listed but the name bellow their representation is not re
51. rt at the mid range of the printer density dial or front panel value 3 Run several bar code samples and check them for readability Then if necessary adjust the printer s density setting accordingly The color and type of paper that you are using can also affect the readability of printed bar codes You should closely monitor this type of printing The fonts and bar code algorithms available in the BarDIMM product have been found to be highly readable HOWEVER JETCAPS LABS DOES NOT WARRANT AND HAS NOT TESTED THAT THE BAR CODES OCR A AND OCR B CONTAINED OR GENERATED BY BARDIMM ARE READABLE BY ALL READING DEVICES JETCAPS LABS RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TEST THE READ WRITE COMPATIBILITY OF THESE BARCODES AND FONTS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING APPLICATIONS Page 8 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 3 Installing the DIMM Board Please verify that the BarDIMM you are installing is compatible with your printer model Your HP LaserJet has three or four DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module slots The BarDIMM DIMM can be installed in any of these slots Because the slots are close together we recommend installing them from right to left or top to down depending on the printer starting with the slot 1 and ending with slot 3 or 4 Protecting the DIMM Board DIMM boards can easily be damaged by small amounts of static electricity To remove any static electricity from your body touch the surface of the
52. t paragraph for information on the data order Note Always use uppercase characters for the MaxiCode data Field name Description Required Optional Destination Postal code 5 or 9 Alpha Numeric chars Destination Country code Class of service 3 digits Tracking number 10 or 11 Alpha Numeric chars OR OR E R E Standard Carrier Alpha Code Ss R R ER 0 Shipper number 6 Alpha Numeric chars Day of pick up Shipment ID number 1 30 Alpha Numeric chars Page 34 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 1 3 1 3 digits Weight Ib 1 3 digits Rel Address validation Y N R 35 Alpha Numeric chars O 1 20 Alpha Numeric chars R 2 alpha chars WES EN LIST OF MAXICODE INFORMATION FIELDS The different fields are separated with the Gs Group Separator ASCII 29 HEX 1D The barcode data terminates with the Eot End of transmission ASCII 04 HEX 04 To separate format types use Rs Field separator ASCII 30 HEX 1E To separate primary and secondary address numbers use Fs Address field separator ASCII 28 HEX 1C BarDIMM expects to get both the primary and secondary messages from the application separated by a comma The primary message data is composed of the label number the number of labels for the shipment the MaxiCode mode Use 2 for domestic US shipments 3 for international shipments the
53. ta Matrix symbol is infinitely scaleable the Data Matrix symbols can be read at virtually any distance given the right combination of Data Matrix size and reading equipment BarDIMM can scale the code with the definition of the small black square height width BarDIMM will automatically optimize the encoding binary text digits by analyzing the data on the data For the options for the Data Matrix symbol please read carefully the PCL parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 37 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System Aztec Code Aztec Code is a 2D matrix barcode symbology developed by Welch Allyn designed to combine the best characteristics of several 15 n generation symbologies with special attention paid to ease of printing 18 ease of finding in any orientation allowance for field distortion high data security with user selected redundancy and efficient storage over the range from small to large data messages The smallest Aztec Code symbol encodes 13 numeric or 12 alphabetic characters while the largest Aztec Code symbol encodes 3832 numeric or 3067 alphabetic characters or 1914 bytes of binary data BarDIMM can scale the code with the definition of the small black square height width For the options for the Aztec Code symbol please read carefully the PCL parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter
54. the following special decimal characters in the bar code 128 SHIFT 129 FNC 1 130 FNC 2 131 FNC 3 132 FNC 4 133 CODE A 134 CODE B 135 CODE C Page 22 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 16 MS Windows Support You may use BarDIMM 3 0 functionality from your word processor spreadsheet or other Windows 3 1 95 98 ME NT XP based applications using BarDIMM special TrueType fonts generator BDTTGEN BDTTGEN is available at no cost from our WEB site http www jetcapslabs com BDTTGEN generates special Windows TrueType fonts that fit your Windows barcode printing needs BDTTGEN also installs and manages those TrueType fonts in your system Those fonts just need to be used in documents to generate at print time high resolution and readability barcodes Barcodes are not visible on the screen as data might need to be visually verified before printing A special BarDIMM TrueType fonts also allow you to activate PCL macros in the printer equipped with BarDIMM hee TIU CER lit View Insert Format Tools Table Window Help 3 B BC 3 8 EN 6 Bartl 312405 ET Verdana P Trebuchet MS Tahoma P Book Antiqua T Futura Bk Letter Gothic MT JECA MS Gothic Courier New Arial m T Internati eee SQUE T xO Sint 31405 Document with barcodes generated
55. the string to encode and use the required Code 128 modes BarDIMM analyzes data and switches dynamically between sets A B and C to provide the most compact code Code 128 Auto is fully compliant with the new worldwide standard for pallet labels which uses Code 128 mode B and C within the same pattern ECR labels standard To include special characters like FNC codes or SHIFT please read the Code 128 Control Codes chapter in that manual EAN 128 and UCC 128 Variable length bar code starting with FNCI code and based on Code 128 sets and C to encode the string EAN 128 is used for pallets labels and EDI related barcode labels BarDIMM adds automatically the FNC1 code at the beginning and the checksums at the end Page 30 www jetcapslabs com 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs BarDIMM Barcode Printing System German 25 Postal Barcode Germany only Those special 25 interleaved codes are used on parcel HALE E LAM for shipment through the postal service in 01234 567 890 12 8 Germany T wo codes are used on a label The Leitcode is used to encode the destination area and requires 13 digits The Identcode is used to encode the tracking number and requires 11 digits Codabar Monarch Encodes digits and punctuation characters Used mostly for THAI nnns Code 93 COMPFEssed version of Code 39 Extended Code 93 Compressed version of Extended Code 39 MSI Plessey WANA Numer
56. ware They work totally independently so you may have to test them both Fonts The BarDIMM contains the HP Barcode amp More fonts From the front panel of the printer if there is any generate a PCL Font List If OCR B or 23590 font names appear in the font list the BarDIMM fonts are recognized by the printer This indicates the hardware DIMM is recognized by the printer but does not mean firmware is recognized Firmware The two following operations must be performed From the front panel of the printer generate a Printer Auto Test A page is printed on which the list of Personalities appears e LJ Series 4000 5000 8000 FW lt 4 48 2100 A date next to PCL should have been updated to a recent date maximum 18 months before purchase date of the BarDIMM Removing the SIM or DIMM sets the date to an older value e Other printers the BarDIMM application is listed on the left part of the page A test file is provided with the BarDIMM Send it to the printer to test if BarDIMM is working correctly If a MEMORY OVERFLOW error message appear on the front panel or if error LEDs blink on some printers or if text replaces the barcodes the BarDIMM is not recognized and the printer can get out of memory trying to map barcode parameters to the default text font If both tests are successful the BarDIMM is recognized by the HP LaserJet and operates correctly If those two tests fail verify if the BarDIMM you
57. ww jetcapslabs com Page 33 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 2D BARCODES INFORMATION o encode data including an Escape character 27 decimal 1B exadecimal data must be enclosed in a transparent mode sequence please read Transparent Print Data Mode paragraph on page 12 UPS MaxiCode eng The MaxiCode barcode is a 2D barcode that consists of 884 hexagons Nd de T Oat encoded by one hexagon Up to 100 characters of information can be 1 encoded in one square inch which is the approximate fixed size of such a barcode The MaxiCode symbology includes built in error correction capability automatic data compression and full ASCII character set MaxiCode has been created by UPS and endorsed by AIM Uniform Symbology Specification MaxiCode as a multi purpose EDI ready two dimensional barcode UPS uses MaxiCode to encode all information about the parcels to provide a faster and better service to its clients HM A 3 Visa surrounding a bull s eye finder pattern One bit of information is Please consult the latest Guide to Bar Coding With UPS OnLine For customers Generating Bar Code Labels section for format information MaxiCode data is a string made of a header the ANSI message and an End Of Transmission code Hereunder is the detailed information found in the ANSI message for the UPS MaxiCode Please note that BarDIMM does not expect data in the same order Please read the nex
58. ymbols Barcode amp More fonts and special logos are accessible through fonts using standard PCL 5 font commands To use those fonts from Windows 3 X 95 a PCM file for the PCL driver is available from the www BarDIMM com WEB site The Euro symbols font is available on all HP LaserJet models but the Manufacturing and Safety Symbols and Electronics and Safety Symbols scalable logo fonts are not available in BarDIMM for HP LaserJet 4 4Plus ASi 4P 4V and 4Si for technical reasons Euro and other currency symbols Escape sequence Esc 10Q Esc slp lt size gt vsb10452T where lt size gt is the symbol size in points 1 72th inch EE i p Tp es ves oc jejeje ejejejejeje e ee Manufacturing and safety symbols Escape sequence Esc 10Q Esc slp lt size gt vsb10400T where size 15 the symbol size in points 1 72th inch HA ree SPESE 96 Special multi characters symbols Green point lt Esc gt 100 lt Esc gt slp20vsb10400TE with text lt Esc gt 100 lt Esc gt slp20vsb10400TDE with gray arrows lt Esc gt 100 lt Esc gt slp20vsb10400Td Esc cl5G Esc v2Te Esc vT Recycling logo Esc 10Q Esc s1p20vsb10400Tghij 8 123 P
59. you do not agree to the terms of this License you may return the unused Software product for a refund HOWEVER INSTALLATION AND USE OF THIS SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR FULL ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SOFTWARE LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT This Software is copyrighted and all rights reserved by J etCAPS Europe S A hereinafter referred to as J etCAPS In return for the payment of a one time license fee which was included in the purchase price of the J etCAPS SIMM DIMM product J etCAPS grants you a non exclusive right to use the Software subject to the following terms and conditions No title or ownership of the Software is conferred with the License 1 The Software may be used without time limit on one printer 2 The Software may not be duplicated or copied 3 The Software may not be duplicated transmitted transcribed disassembled decompiled decrypted or reverse engineered unless J etCAPS s prior written consent is either obtained or required by law Upon request the user will provide J etCAPS with reasonably detailed information regarding any disassembly decompilation decryption or reverse engineering 4 Any third party supplier of the Software may protect its rights in the Software against violation of this License 2003 JetCAPS Europe Labs www jetcapslabs com Page 3 BarDIMM Barcode Printing System 5 J etCAPS reserves the right to terminate this License upon breach In the event of a termination all copies of

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