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1. 4 Any third party supplier of the Software Firmware may protect its rights in the Software Firmware against violation of this License 5 Jetmobile reserves the right to terminate this License upon breach In the event of a termination all copies of the Software Firmware must be returned to Jetmobile or with Jetmobile prior written consent a certificate of destruction of all copies may be provided to Jetmobile Any use of the Software Firmware in violation of the copyright laws constitutes termination of this agreement and prosecution will begin 6 This License and the Software Firmware product may be transferred to a third party provided the third party agrees to all the terms of this License and that no copies of the Software Firmware are retained by the transferring party If the software is licensed for use by the U S Government the user agrees that the Software has been developed entirely at private expense and is delivered as Commercial Computer Software as defined in DFARS 252 227 7013 or as Restricted Computer Software as defined in FAR 52 227 19 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Patents are pending Parts of the BarDIMM Pro product are Hewlett Packard Corp Stethos SystemHaus Symbol Technology RVSI Acuity CiMatrix Welch Allyn Inc DENSO Corporation and United Parcel Service Parts of the BarDIMM Box and BarDIMM Box documentation are Oberon Service Jetmobile is
2. JetMobile Barcode Printing System Add your Forms Logos and Signatures with BarDIMM Pro If you do want to dig into the benefits of having the optional or for newer printers always available Flash capabilites you need to use either the HP tool Web JetAdmin to download the forms or stethos provides the service at very little costs to add your own Forms Logos or Signatures to Jetmobile BarDIMM If you want an offer at free of charge for this service please proceed like this Generate your required forms using any kind of software Signatures should be placed as much as possible top left on the page Using an HP PCL print driver generate a printout to file For example simply mark within Word for Windows the Print to File option in the printer menu Otherwise within MS Windows do change the printer port to file in the printer settings menu Should your MS Windows System provide a Standard and an Enhanced printer driver please select always the Standard Driver Please name your file s with a length of 8 characters and the extension PRN You may test the file by sending it from a MS DOS command prompt to the printer COPY B FILENAME PRN LPT1 or any other proper printing device Please send the file or files packed e g use PKZIP by e mail to support stethos com with the number of BarDIMM s you want to change and you receive an offer within a few days free of charge Technical support For questions inputs addit
3. 30f9 24700 128 autoswitch 24671 39 CHK 24701 128A see Page 28 24672 39 encode space bevor after data 24702 128 B see Page 28 24673 39 CHK encode space b a data 24703 128 C obsolete Page 28 24680 39 extended 24704 128 C see Page 28 24681 39 extended CHK 24710 UCC 128 24675 Danish PTT 39 barcode 24720 EAN 128 24676 French Postal 39 A R 24770 ZIP 4 POSTNET 5 24690 93 24771 ZIP 4 POSTNET 9 24691 93 extended 24772 ZIP 4 POSTNET 11 23591 USPS ZEBRA 24750 CODABAR 24644 USPS 25 11 digits Tray Label 24751 CODABAR CHKmod16 24645 USPS 25 8 digits Sack Label 24785 Australia 4 State 37 CUST 24760 MSI 24786 Australia 4 State 52 FF MET 24761 MSI CHK10 24787 Australia 4 State 67 FF MET 24762 MSI CHK10 CHK10 24788 Australia 4 State FCC 45 REPLY 24763 MSI CHK11 CHK10 24790 Royal Mail 4 state Customer code 24780 Singapore 4 State 24795 Netherlands KIX postal barcode 24810 GS1 DataBar 14 RSS 14 24811 GS1 DataBar 14 RSS 14 Truncated 24812 GS1 DataBar 14 RSS 14 Stacked 24814 GS1 DataBar RSS Limited 24815 GS1 DataBar 14 RSS Expanded 26 only in newer version minimum 2 5 or 3 0 and up JetMobile Barcode Printing System Note Barcode parameters must be combined in a unique PCL font escape sequence e g lt ESC gt s4p305h24v7 2187 21b24670T Please have a look on Page 29 for complete examples Print Extended Characters and leading spaces Some of the barcodes can
4. 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 by 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 P parameter Esc s P OMR rotation 0 Horizontal OMR marks default 1 Vertical OMR marks V parameter Esc s V OMR mark length in 1 60 of inch 0 42mm Example 1 Inch OMR Mark 60v B parameter Esc s 1 2B 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 S parameter Esc s 1S OMR mark spacing in dots 1 600 inch Default value 85 1 7 inch T parameter Esc s T Typeface 24899 only in newer version minimum 2 5 or 3
5. BarSIMM 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 in the HP LaserJet 4000 and newer printer models Code 128C now needs to be moved from ID 24703 to ID 24704 The obsolete ID 24703 will not be supported on new HP LaserJet printers released after September 1997 and starting with the HP LaserJet 4000 The obsolete ID will still be supported on printers released before October 1997 for backward compatibility purpose If you are already using the BarSIMM with Code 128C we recommend you change it for the Code 128 Autoswitch ID The resulting barcodes will be the same Code 128C as BarSIMM will detect data for Code 128C If you are not using the Code 128C barcode ID no modification will affect your application 28 JetMobile Barcode Printing System PCL Escape Sequences Examples A typical ESC Sequence to select a particular barcode could be lt 27 gt s4p102h40v10 30b10 30s24670T 4p Readable text below the codes without start stop sign 102h Readable text in Univers normal 40v The code size is 40pt 40 72 2 54 cm 10 30s b The small stroke space bar is 10 dots the wide ones are 30 dots 10 600 2 54 cm 24670 Use Code 39 30f9 Normally you want to print the code at a special position in a special orientation and you certainly want to return to the last printing position Therefor you may need to send the f
6. IEANL A 13000 Barcoding a simple string Create a new document and type in This is some barcoded data 12345678 Then barcode 12345678 in Code 39 by simply highlight it and applying the 39 BDTT font to it The text font changes to a more symbolic font that can still be read data is not barcoded on screen Print the document on a printer equipped with BarDIMM version 3 65 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Note that if the printed barcode height fits always perfectly the text size on the screen as for the printed barcode width it is longer than on the screen This is due to the fact TrueType fonts are larger when they are taller something not true with barcodes higher bars does not mean larger bars Barcodes also include a lot of extra data start and stop character and sometime one or two checksum characters As some barcode symbologies also perform data compression having the exact size on screen is not possible as barcode generation occur in the printer The difference or width between the screen and the printed result is directly dependant from the BDTT font size picked for the data and from the bars widths defined when the BDTT font was created Note Never select any non Regular font style of the BDTT font Bold Italic Underline etc Only select the Regular font style Also never activate any effect Capital Shadow etc Matching the screen with printed size If you experience some formatt
7. 0 and up 32 JetMobile Barcode Printing System FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION 2 D BARCODES P parameter Esc s P 2 D Barcodes PDF417 1 to 8 1000 to 1400 Aztec 0 1 to 99 101 to 104 201 to 232 300 QRCode 0 1 2 3 4 Other 2D Codes not used defines the ECC level 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 auto matically be calculated Default ECC error correction level of 23 3 Codewords defines the ECC error correction level in layers 100 in Compact format layers 200 in Full Range format Aztec Rune format Default ECC error correction level of 5 M Low ECC High Density level L Standard ECC level M High reliability ECC level Q Ultra High reliability ECC level H 33 JetMobile Barcode Printing System V parameter Esc s 1 2 3 V Macro PDF417 PDF417 and Macro PDF417 QRCode Aztec 0 1 Codablock 1 2 3 Other 2D codes not used 2 D Barcodes Barcodes matrix height 1 Number of PDF417 per column before starting a new column default 1 2 Kept for future usage Example Up to 2 PDF blocks in height for Macro PDF417 2v PDF417 block maximum height and width 3 Maximum width in dots for PDF417 block in 600th of inch 4 Maximum height in dots for PDF417 block in 600th of inch Normal Reverse Video single line bar heig
8. 24 32 18 o0 A S Q tn S w EAN 8 50 EAN 13 62 CODE 25 29 CODE 39 29 39 Ext 29 CODE 93 93 Ext CODE 128 29 USPS Tray Lbl 50 4 USPS Sac Lbl 50 4 German Postal 72 1 French Postal 36 124 EAN 128 29 1 UCC128 29 105 CODABAR 29 Singapore 4Sta 13 5 1 Australia 4 Sta 14 2 1 Maxicode 1x1 1 Pdf 417 Auto 1 MSI PLESSEY 29 ZIP 4 9 1 W Re WwW NNO CO o a j oo Di NIN Re N o0 N o N N oo N kag gt o o N pN w x O eS Ni N N coo o0 N N OA x HDi nN e N Fixed values can not be overridden by the user inch Please note You must send another ESC Sequence for any font in order to deselect barcode printing The ESC Sequences for all the other build in fonts are listed in the PCL Font List printout 30 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Bar Code Formats Characteristics Size Barcode type Character Input Char width Compres Start Stop Check sencoded length Unit thinbar sion 3 size sums 65 2 width in thin bar optional UPC A D 11 7 N 11 1 UPC E D 11 or 6 3 5 for 11 Y for 11 14 5 for 11 1 7 for 6 11 for 6 for 11 11 11 J a x Z EAN JAN 8 EAN JAN 13 EAN Supple mental 2 or 5 CODE 39 DPU 1 to 99 16 39 DPULC 1to99 DU 16 PLC 32 extended Interleaved 2 5 D 2 to 30 Industrial 2 5 D 2 to 30 Matrix 2 5 D 1 to 30 EAN 128 DPUCL 1 to 99 Code 128 Auto D
9. a newer date code then the module The intelligent part of the module is ignored because the printer selects always the newest firmware In this case please return the module to your supplier or stethos we will update it Hint If the date code is not listed on a LJ 4 classic then take temporarily out the JetDirect card 4 Download the file DEMO PCL from the stethos web home page and copy this file to the printer for testing Don t load it into MS Windows applications If this all do work and your application still doesn t print the barcode verify again the ESC Sequence It should start with the lt ESC gt sign and end with an uppercase T The barcode data should directly follow after this termination character Another good way to start the search is to replace the lt ESC gt by any printable characters The printer must print now the sequence as readable text If not then the sequence is definitively not received by the printer Windows doesn t print the barcode Don t use any enhanced printer driver Enhanced will use PCL XL Only PCL 5 is supported by BarDIMM If you are using a Microsoft driver switch to any build in font but not COURIER Word 97 does have some problems with sending down the PRINT FIELD Be shure that you have installed all Wordpatches and that you are NOT using an Microsoft driver The newest HP drivers are located on the WEB at www hp com They are easy to find 54 JetMobile Barcode
10. and can encode much more data than the binary mode maximum 1848 bytes versus 1108 bytes 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 There are many options for the PDF 417 symbol activated using the p b and s parameters of the font like PCL sequence Please read carefully the parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter Note Some parameters overide some other ie the size ratio and line rows definitions overide each other The last option in the escape sequence has the priority Macro PDF417 Data too long to be encoded in a PDF symbol can be encoded into a series of linked PDF417 blocks Macro PDF417 options are similar to the PDF417 barcode options plus the maximum number of PDF417 symbols per column When that maximum of blocks is reached a new colum is created on the right of the previous column and so on until all data is encoded 41 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Flash functionality optional By storing forms letterheads or any other commonly used document actually inside in your printer Flash SIMM and DIMM memory means Reduced Costs Printing is on demand so preprinting stock holding and distribution costs are reduced and inexpensive plain paper can be used for even greater savings Simple Updates Changes can be made straight away over y
11. do not leave enough room for data encoding Action Increase the columns and or rows barcode size Bar Code Formats Characteristics Usage There are many standards used to encode the information as bars BarDIMM supports most of the Barcode standards Australia Post 4 State Barcodes Effective in 1999 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 four different types of barcodes corresponding respectively to FCC values 11 45 59 and 62 BarSIMM 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 BarSIMM specific format e Standard Customer Barcode 37 CUST with only the Sorting Code DPID lt DPID gt e Replied Paid barcode DPID only lt DPID gt e Customer Barcode 2 52 FF MET DPID and 16 bars of customer information lt DPID gt lt CustomerInfo gt e Customer Barcode 3 67 FF MET DPID and 31 bars of customer information lt DPID gt lt CustomerInfo gt lt DPID gt is the Sorting Code and must be 8 digits long lt CustomerInfo gt is customer information to be encoded using the N or C table depending on the p flag in the escape sequence Please refer to the Autralia Post 4 state barcode information documents for more information ab
12. er s tle f oe 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 L 64 65 66 67 E I t taf qf fn e fa 68 69 70 71 72 73 7 5 7 7 z 7 J r J q 1 m 1 4 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 z a T F L E I l L 2 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 4 101 102 103 7 I n m q J r r 4 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 411 112 113 114 115 jj m 4 q 1 q 4 a a 116 117 118 119 i 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 19 JetMobile Barcode Printing System How BarDIMM works BarDIMM is not made of scalable fonts It is hooked to font calls within the LaserJet PCLS5 interpreter Typeface numbers from 24600 to 24800 those number are in a guaranteed exclusive range activate the intelligence All data mapped to one of those special fonts is analysed and converted into bar code directly by the firmware If you want to print special characters ASCII code lt 32 with those bar codes a Transparent Print Data PCL sequence Esc amp p X must follow immediately the font selection sequence This is the only way to know how many characters have to be printed The firmware gets from the I O port the data corresponding to the font 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 Bar code data is alphanumeric ended by CR LF FF Escape code If you want to print binary informations in the barcode please use th
13. inexpensive and highly accurate means of data entry and storage for computerised information management systems Item identification information e g inventory control work in process tracking distribution tracking and other materiel management functions is the most common type of data stored in bar code systems The BarSIMM chip is an intelligent Module adding sophisticated BAR CODE prin ting capabilities to almost all Hewlett Packard corporate laser printers and MFPs Please note that due to the different processors of the printers the modules usually need to be orderred for the designated printer The modules are in most cases not portable but updateable The full list of supported printers having the minimum printer firmware requirements is available on http www jetmobile com 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 can not send binary data to a printer BarDIMM includes the standard HP Barcode amp More cartridge fonts As a result the Jetmobile barcode printing solution can also print OCR A and OCR B characters and is then 100 backward compatible with old applications and Bar Code amp Mo
14. 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 As a result you have to call the font and send three consecutive slash characters without any space in between Here are the PCL codes to send lt 27 gt 10U lt Esc gt sOp2 5h29vbsh23591T ZIP 4 POSTNET Prints the zip code as a bar code to speed mail through the postal service 53 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Trouble shooting The printer doesn t print barcode 1 The Version of the BarDIMM module must fit to the LaserJet printer model You cannot plug for example a LJ 4 module into a 4 printer 2 Is the module correct installed Generate a SELF TEST print out and verify if the module is recognised in the SIMM DIMM slot 3 The module does update the PCL firmware date code of the printer You will find on the configuration page a newer PCL personality date code then without the installed module If you had to update your printer firmware or you plug the Dimm into a newer printer which should be supported but the module doesn t work but in the old printer it still works then mostly the reason for this is that the firmware has
15. of that requirement and there is no need to pad the data on the right Note Blank fields must keep the lt Gs gt separator 39 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Please consult the Guide to Bar Coding With UPS OnLine For customers Generating Bar Code Labels version 5 page 61 to 68 for more information 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 lt Esc gt sOp10h12vbs4099T Note if you use a character set other than PC 8 you should resend the character set selection before selecting the new font Example lt Esc gt s24800T1 1 2 152382802 840 001 gt lt Rs gt 01 lt Gs gt 961Z0000495 1 lt Gs gt UPSN lt Gs gt 06 X610 lt Gs gt 159 lt Gs gt 1234567 lt Gs gt 1 1 lt Gs gt 10 lt Gs gt Y lt Gs gt 634 ALPHA DR lt Gs gt PITTSBURGH lt Gs gt PA lt Rs gt lt Eot gt lt Esc gt sOp10h12vbs4099T 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 r
16. other sign for AEC from above list using the following ESC sequence J and enter for the ASCII value for ASC Freescape parameters on front panel menu The Freescape feature can be activated disabled on the front panel of the printer equipped with BarDIMM on printer with a front panel with display and except on LJ4000 5000 and 8000 with FW lt 4 48 Browse through the menu options until 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 Press the Item key until AEC CHAR appears Press the Value and key to toggle between possible AEC Press the Select key to validate the choice The choice will be valid for the next incoming print job Old HP Barcode amp More Fonts 44 JetMobile Barcode Printing System BarSIMM 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 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 stethos com WEB site For NT you will find the
17. system the following options are available Execute macro in its own environment Execute macro in the current environment Start to overlay macro on top of every page m Properties MACRO Execute Call C Overlay On Overlay Stop until a reset or Overlay Stop command Stop the macro overlay Here are the BDTT font names MACRO EXEC for Macro execute MACRO CALL for Macro call MACRO OVR_ON for Macro enable overlay MACRO STOPOV for Macro stop overlay 70 JetMobile Barcode Printing System To use the macro function just type the macro number to use and apply the appropriate MACRO BDTT font to it The macro number can be put in a text box for more visibility like for a signature in a text paragraph or in the header footer of the page like for letterhead nzu Seam Eee A 7 8 v deva 1300 deaa 300E t diam ssam EN t dieco 0 t d LPA5 3005 t Anal T Artai Misch T insiNanw t Batang t BatangChe BarDIMM 3 0 sample page for Windows Word EXECUTE MACRO 106 IN TEXT BOX hei inl A aka i r A jim hG Apithigec s Ocas a g 4 S5On ET IA he When the printer receives the document macro 100 will be called at the location If you do not know if you need the MACRO Call or MACRO Execute to invoke a specific macro try MACRO Call first If it does not work with your macro try Macro Execute The sequence to use depends on the data stored in the macro itself 71
18. the Windows clipboard for usage in a printing script editor Download BDTTGEN from http www stethos com e_jetcaps htm or www barsimm com 59 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Installing BDTTGEN To install BDTTGEN you must have sufficient rights to install new TrueType fonts on your system You must also have installed on your system the appropriate hp laserjet driver downloaded from the hp com WEB site or loaded from the driver CD shipped with the printer Please note that BDTTGEN cannot function properly with all drivers provided with your Windows installation CD Please use the drivers shipped with the printer or downloaded from the www hp com WEB site e Copy the BDTTGEN file to the appropriate disk drive of your machine e Double Click on it from the Windows file Explorer The installation procedure starts and installs BDTTGEN on your PC Please read carefully the BDTTGEN license agreement The Driver can be installed on an unlimited number of client PCs as long as it is used exclusively to send secured print jobs to a printer equipped with a valid license of Jetmobile BarDIMM If you agree with the license terms click on YES otherwise click on NO and please remove the program from the hard disk by invoking the program uninstall from the Windows configuration panel Printer driver requirement Some incompatibilities have appeared with printer drivers shipped with MS Windows 2000 and XP BDTTGEN will wo
19. to test them both The printer manual describes all necessary procedures for both printouts 1 The BarDIMM Firmware functionality The only two ways to find the correct installation out is either to send down some valid ESC Sequences for barcodes You can find an excellent ASCII demo print file on our home page www stethos com The second way is to print the printers configuration page With the proper installed and working Module on older printers the PCL firmware datecode in the Personalities section must be dated newer then without the installed module On newer printers since LJ 4100 series you will find an extra IOF 250 line on the installed personalities group on the first printed configuration page 2 All BarDIMM versions since 1 8 do contain all fonts of the Bar Code amp More product The version 1 9 do provide even more fonts Those fonts ar listed on 11 JetMobile Barcode Printing System the printers PCL Font List printout However the printout of this list does not ensure the correct work of intelligent barcode part of the product It is only indicating that the SDMU is recognised by the printer If both tests are successful the BarDIMM is recognised by the HP LaserJet and operates correctly In order to get a great example print out you may also download from the internet an ASCII demo print file You will find it at chapter BarSIMM on the stethos home page Please copy this file to the printer don t use an
20. will find the answers to those kind of questions in the downloadable manual Don t print the barcode on the very top Especially when somebody tries to use an editor to get his first try print outs they intend to insert the sequences in the first line of text As the barcode is printed from the Baseline to the top of the paper you are often not really able to change the height So we strongly advise for testing not to print the barcode in the first row HP LaserJet 6P status page When the BarSIMM is plugged into the printer the status page is not printed correct This doesn t influence the rest of the printers functionality HP LaserJet 5Si PCL font list page When the BarSIMM 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 55 JetMobile Barcode Printing System 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 BarSIMM normal functionality To print a PCL font list remove temporarily the BarSIMM 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 don t do that the spaces are part of the barcode data and the barcode is m
21. 9 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 not used 35 JetMobile Barcode Printing System T parameter Esc s T Typeface Select Bar Code System 24800 Maxicode 24820 Data Matrix 24830 Aztec 24840 Codablock F 24850 PDF 417 24855 Macro PDF417 24860 QRCode Model 1 24861 QRCode Model 2 36 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Data Matrix ier Data Matrix is a high density 2 D matrix code developed by RVSI PA a Acuity CiMatrix that can encode a lot of information in a very small 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 Data 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 Please read carefully the parameters descriptions in t
22. Druck Then type in the text line below the windows behind PRINT 27 amp f1000y3x1S Please replace the 1000 with the given ID e SAP Add a Print Control to the device type with the same ESC Sequence and use it from ABAB or SAPScript 43 JetMobile Barcode Printing System FREESCAPE feature PCL codes always begin with the non printable Escape code Hex 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 IBM AS 400 computers It can prevent from using the HP PCL language and from using 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 FREESCAPE is smart enough to ignore the EAC if it is found as pure data You can also mix regular Escape Codes and Alternate Escape Codes The AEC can be one of 10 characters There is a new escape sequence to change the Alternate Escape Code lt Esc or AEC gt J Where is the ASCII code of the new AEC 34 35 36 47 92 63 2 123 125 124 I 126 Default value for the AEC is the TILDE If you can t send down the ESC sign and you don t want to use tilde as the AEC sign then select any
23. OWEVER Jetmobile 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 Jetmobile RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TEST THE READ WRITE COMPATIBILITY OF THESE BARCODES AND FONTS BEFORE IMPLEMENTING APPLICATIONS JetMobile Barcode Printing System Installing the SIMM DIMM MFC USB Board Stock SDMU Before you are going to install the SDMU check the proper firmware and hardware extention version for your printer A lot of printer versions like 4 4 Plus or 5M does need their own particular mdouls The SDMU version is printed on the product and on the shipping box Please note that for the LaserJet 5SI even the firmware version must match to the product Your HP LaserJet may have several SDMU slots on the main board The BarDIMM product 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 Protecting the SDMU Board The boards can easily be damaged by small amounts of static electricity To remove any static electricity from your body Touch the surface of the 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 about the work area to prevent generating static electricity Handle the board carefully at all the times Avoid flexi
24. PUCL 1 to 99 J x u N Ne Z Z Z Z Oo Go NIN Ke lt N A Z N A Z ioe a N aN Code 128A DPUC 1 to 99 11 Code 128B DPUL 1 to 99 22 Code 128C D 1 to 99 535 UCC128 D 1 to 99 5 5 51 5 CHK K ZIZ lt NININ ALR Nj Z 0 ee Codabar DP 1 to 30 12 Monarch Singap 4State D 6 88 600 Inch N 22 600 Inch AP 37 CUST D 8 44 600 Inch N 44 600 Inch AP 52 FF MET DUL 8 8D SUL 44 600 Inch Y N table 44 600 Inch AP 67 FF MET DUL 8 15D I0UL 44 600 Inch Y N table 44 600 Inch Hwfa l l MSI PLESSEY D 1 to 30 12 N 8 l or2 CODE 93 DPU 1 to 30 9 N 19 2 Maxicode DPLUC upto 100 N A Y N A Code words PDF 417 DPLUC up to 1848 N A Y Code words 93 EXT DPULC 1to99 DU 9 PLC 18 N 19 2 ZIP 4 D 5 9 or 11 29 600 Inch N 5 8 600 Inch 1 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 CHK N A Not Applicable 31 JetMobile Barcode Printing System FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION OMR OMR marks are horizontal or vertical black solid lines found on printed mailing sheets 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
25. Printing System Windows prints part of the barcode Try to us a fixed pitch Letter Gothic font in 6pt or smaller How to stop barcode printing Just send any other font selection sequence after the barcode message The blank problem Sometimes applications fill fields with blanks before or after the data If you use an alphanumerical code like 30f9 or Code 128 this can cause a problem We are aware of this and are trying to solve this in the next versions If the field is left hand printed and fixed length then just add lt 27 gt amp pfieldlengthX direct after the T of the selection sequence Leading blanks are always ignored unless you don t add this sequence Formatting the German Post barcode If you want to print the code with the correct outfit use 124 as the P parameter and for example the 300 for the H parameter lt 27 gt s124p300h T LENGTH error in 2of5 interleaved The number of printed digits are always even If you use a check sum then you need to send an odd number of digits if not so the number of digits must be even dividable by 2 Problems reading a narrow barcode In most lasers the toner does spread more then it should So you may either reduce the toner density or better use the B parameter to reduce the horizontal size of the bars or the S parameter to widen up the spaces How can I position the barcode Again have a look at the stethos home page for a product called sos8026 There you
26. 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 52 JetMobile Barcode Printing System UPS Maxicode Alphanumeric See page 38 UPC E Numeric 6 digits 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 which are suppressed It reduces the number of digits from 12 to 6 BarDIMM accept the Zero Suppressed version of UPC E in both version of the 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 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 Periodicals and Standard Mail flat size pieces prepared in sacks USPS Tray barcode USA only Effective July 1st 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 Carrier Route Standard Mail letter size pieces and for first class flat size pieces USPS Zebra Barcode USA only The US Post system has defined the Zebra code This is a series
27. TrueType fonts The attached software does work on all Windows versions and is responsible for all calculations The result is copied to the clipboard and can be pasted into nearly all applications The easy to handle DDE interface of the program realises data communication between your DDE capable application and the software For example it will take only view minutes to do mail merging with Word for Windows including printing data base fields in barcode format Barcodes without check digits and Interleaving are suitable in connection with the TrueType fonts without the provided software 57 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Examples Code 39 EAN 13 Addon 2 Code 128 2of5 interleaved PDF 417 Codabar UPC E Code 39 extended EAN 128 CODE39 234567 Ma 8AUtO 1234567890 1234567890 ode39 C 123456EAN128 58 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Windows Interface for BarDIMM min Version 3 x What is the BarDIMM Windows TrueType Interface The BarDIMM Windows TrueType Interface is a software generating special TrueType fonts for Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 and XP Those fonts make it easier to print Barcodes from most Windows applications when a Jetmobile BarDIMM is installed in the destination printer and the applicable driver installed on the PC just select the text to barcode apply the special TrueType font to it a
28. a registred trademark of JetCAPS International Business Strategy SAS BarDIMM and BarSIMM are registered trademarks of Jetmobile SAS All other Trademarks are the property of their respective owners This documentation is non contractual Jetmobile reserves the right to modify the product specifications at any time without prior warning JetMobile Barcode Printing System Table of Contents product specifications at any time without prior warning Table of Contents SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT Deutsche Anleitung LIMITED WARRANTY Introduction Bar Codes Readability When Printing With a New Toner Cartridge Print Density Settings Installing the SIMM DIMM MFC USB Board Stock SDMU Test the Installation PRESENTATION MS Windows Support Version 2 0 and older MS Windows Support Version 3 0 and newer Using the module options within Microsoft Word SAP Support ASCII table Hex table OCR A1 and OCR B LineDraw of Bar Codes amp More How BarDIMM works How to use BarDIMM FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION 1 D BARCODES P parameter Esc s P 1 D Barcodes H parameter Esc s H 1 D Barcodes B parameter Esc s 1 2 3 4B 1 D Barcodes T parameter Esc s T Typeface Select Bar Code System Print Extended Characters and leading spaces Code 128 Control Codes BarSIMM 1 8E modified barcode ID for Code 128C PCL Escape Sequences Examples DEFAULT PARAMETERS Bar Code Formats Characteristics Size FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION OMR P parameter Es
29. andled as one unique barcode and a blank is added between each line data In example PDF417b This feature applies to PDF417 Data Matrix QRCode and Aztec 69 JetMobile Barcode Printing System PCL Macro usage BarDIMM can make the use of PCL macros something very easy PCL macros are pieces of pages logos signatures letterhead pictures stored inside the printer on Flash memory board or hard disk and that can be called using a number from 1 to 32767 from any PCLS data flow for inclusion in the current page Some of the many benefit of using macros are the following e Storage of sensitive signatures in the printer and not on PC where they can be copied and forwarded to anybody e Storage of the company letterhead definition in the printer to suppress the usage of preprinted letterhead The printer uses blank paper and adds automatically the letterhead when the associated macro is invoked e Storage of high volume or color images in printers Documents only make a call to the element inside the printer saving a lot of LAN bandwidth as there is no transmission over the LAN to the printer Macros can easily be developed and stored on printer storage devices for hp laserjet such as the EuroForm EuroFlash DIMM or the hp FSA hard disk On the other hand the call of PCL macros is impossible from Windows applications BarDIMM makes it very easy through the usage of the MACRO BDTT font When the BDTT font is added to the
30. ar code text parameter is provided If text is to be printed by BarDIMM together with bars P and H parameters bars heights will be automatically adapted in order not to overlap possibly embedded characters Every bar code 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 If required BarDIMM prints the code value as 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 21 JetMobile Barcode Printing System 7 8 BarDIMM centres automatically the text and support 6 typefaces Courier Letter Gothic Univers Univers Condensed CG Times and OCR B if the font is available By default BarDIMM scales automatically the font proportionally to the code width and bars height and the type of text embedding selected Automatic sizing limits the pointsize to 15 no limit for text above or under bar code Automatic centring is done for both fixed pitch and proportional fonts After bar code printing completion cursor is set after the bottom right corner of the rightmost black bar If another bar code then needs to be printed just locat
31. bles and barcode formats characteristics pages 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 47 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Err R A B Symbology French Postal 39 A R The french registered mail barcode must start either with RA or RB The string supplied to BarDIMM to generate such a barcode does not start with those characters Action Verify if the data for the barcode fits the symbology specs 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 BarSIMM 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 F F MET and 67 FF MET The 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET barcodes encode the DPID an 8 digit 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 symbol
32. c s P OMR rotation 0 Horizontal OMR marks default B parameter Esc s 1 2B OMR mark thickness in dots 1 600 inch T parameter Esc s T Typeface 24899 only in newer version minimum 2 5 or 3 0 and up FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION 2 D BARCODES P parameter Esc s P 2 D Barcodes V parameter Esc s 1 2 3 V 2 D Barcodes B parameter Esc s 1 2 3 4 B 2 D Barcodes T parameter Esc s T Typeface Select Bar Code System 4 OOO WANDA FW JetMobile Barcode Printing System Data Matrix 37 Aztec Code 37 UPS Maxicode 38 Codablock F 40 QRCode 40 PDF 417 41 Macro PDF417 41 right of the previous column and so on until all data is encoded Flash functionality optional 41 Flash functionality optional 42 FREESCAPE feature 44 Freescape parameters on front panel menu 44 Old HP Barcode amp More Fonts 44 Manufacturing and safety symbols not available in LJ 4x 45 Electronics and safety symbols not available in LJ 4x 45 Euro and other currency symbols 46 Error Messages in Bar Codes 47 Bar Code Formats Characteristics Usage 49 Australia Post 4 State Barcodes 49 Singapore 4 State barcode 52 Trouble shooting 54 Additional Products 57 Examples 58 Windows Interface for BarDIMM min Version 3 x 59 What is the BarDIMM Windows TrueType Interface 59 Installing BDTTGEN 60 Installing BDTTGEN 60 Launching BDTTGEN 61 ERP Systems SAP Oracle BAAN 64 Using BDTT fonts in Windows applications 65 Special BDTT fonts para
33. d a different BDTT font size 12 18 24 and 28 Oe M 605 bec OD ES BE sups ee aw EE er A TD BarDIMM 3 0 sample page for Windows Word Page 1 1D Barcodes in Table Come 39 Code Simi EANIS Es 12387 asame CODE39 1234574 13u Sb 7892 CODE349 12345678 123456789012 CODE39 12345678 123456789012 C m E T T S ELTE kar ET E ui tha Oi Fie O and here is the printed result Code 39 Code 25Intl WNO UABO 0 WOA OOR 0A MMN gimn m pien at awas Boms NOE 00 O O 00 1008 001 1 00 AL nN 11234567 890120 uaa 1 234567 890128 JetMobile Barcode Printing System As you can see the barcodes have the same width on every line it is the bar height that changes with the BDTT font size Applying screen font compression read Matching the screen with printed sizes and defining predefined styles you can easily enjoy WYSIWYG Be gat ou et Forme Tools Table indov tie Ose E tean O Te Bem Tretewtonn 6s e Ziy EEan Ei eia D EO A OOA eC O OTTA O O A A RE E BarDIMM 3 0 sample page for Windows Word Page 1 1D Barcodes in Table Code 39 Code 25inti EAN1I3 CObE34 12345674 123456789012 CODES 123474 14L CODES4 HEA sag ia CODE39 Iaha KEM TET EGETI Poy t Seed Ww esa wi ait i fae gt Pr eee oe with a close match between the screen and the printout Note Do not put barcodes t
34. displayed in your window sapplication like this Miccorott Word Dokument ieee eae standard UPCA 230008 10 E K ae ate T OA S eee ee a A special BarDIMM TrueType fonts also allow you to activate PCL macros in the printer equipped with BarDIMM 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 anywhere 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 15 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Using the module options within Microsoft Word MS Word has the possibility to send printer direct commands Select Insert Fields and then proceed in the right window to the filed print druck and click at it once Press the Tab and cursor right keys and enter any valid ESC Sequenze like this If you would like to display the field mark the field functions option in Tools Extras Options Note Unfortunately there is a bug in MS Word 97 If you are using a Microsoft printer driver the print field may not be sent to the printer There are two ways to solve this problem 1 Install the Windows Word Service Pack 1 or 2 install another HP driver You may have a look at HP COM o
35. e 1 Don t print human readable text 2 Print human readable text embedded 3 Print human readable text half embedded 4 Print human readable text under code 5 Print human readable text above code Specials 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 French and German postal barcodes Add 100 to print checksum character with text Add 124 to print the German Post barcode Exception For Australia 4State barcodes the p parameter specifies if the customer information is digits see also on Page 49 0 Encode customer information with N table 1 Encode customer information with C table H parameter Esc s H 1 D Barcodes Controls what font is used for the human readable caption text Format CBA numeric value where C Style 0 Use Default Bold B Size A Typeface 1 Use Regular 2 Use Italics 3 Use Bold 4 Use Bold Italic 0 Use automatic font size 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 Example text in Univers Bold Italic automatic size Esc s402H 24 JetMobile Barcode Printing System V parameter Esc s V 1 D Barcodes Short bar height in points 1 72 inch Same unit as fonts Minimum sizes apply Examp
36. e Esc amp p X Length definition sequence explaind right before 1 Once the data is received it is analysed to verify it fits in the bar code specs Correct data size for example Code 2of5 interleaved must have an even size EAN and UPC have fixed lengths Valid data some systems like UPC E accept only specially structured data Tf data can only be numeric or alphanumeric accepts only allowed characters 2 If data is invalid incorrect size or invalid characters an error message describ ing the problem is systematically printed below the bars preventing the user from blindly printing invalid bar codes Since version 1 9 the code is also Xed crossd out 3 Some code systems like Code 128C print compressed data The compressed value is not always available to the user For such codes BarDIMM verify if data is compressed If not it performs automatically the compression 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 which need it Bar codes can have up to 2 checksums MSI Plessey UCC128 If the checksum was provided with fixed length data EAN 8 13 UPC it is ignored BarDIMM then generates the shape of the bar code according to parameters in the font like PCL sequence For BarDIMM bar code
37. e 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 22 JetMobile Barcode Printing System How to use BarDIMM BarDIMM can be used e From specific developments Developers write PCL code based on BarDIMM functionality e From standard software using drivers for HP 4 Bar codes should be driven by bitmap font like drivers with one entry per size and type of bar code A scalable font driver can not be used as the horizontal width is not a factor of the height e For MS Windows and SAP support see next chapter after the ESC Sequence descriptions Please note that the lt 27 gt notation represents the ESC Sign ASCII 27 or Hex 1B If you want to make a quick test then just use the DOS Editor to enter any valid sequence To enter the Esc sign there simply type Crtl p and Esc This will result in a arrow left The stethos web home page contains a simple ASCII file which can be copied directly to the printer Don t use a Windows application to print this file As the result an overview of all major barcodes are printed This file can be loaded for more information into any ASCII Editor again you shouldn t use a Windows application 23 JetMobile Barcode Printing System FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION 1 D BARCODES P parameter Esc s P 1 D Barcodes Control if how human readable caption text is printed with bar code 0 Use default valu
38. ead carefully the PCL parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter QRCode QR code is a two dimensional matrix symbol developed by DENSO mam Corporation It is available in two models Model 1 and Model 2 mes enhanced version of Model 1 BarDIMM system supports four level error correction 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 ompression binary Kana and Kanji data Maximum number of characters per QRCode symbol 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 40 JetMobile Barcode Printing System PDF 417 The PDF417 is a high density 2D barcode created by Symbol Technology and now an ANSI AIM USA standard This barcode is composed of a stack of rows with small black i 7 rectangles arranged in colums The number of rows and columns can be user defined or set automatically to fit a ratio 2 3 is the most common ratio PDF417 features built in error correction capability automatic data compression and full ASCII character set It can encode up to 1848 characters of information per barcode based on the compression level achieved PDF 417 exists in two modes ASCII and Binary modes ASCII mode has a better data density than the binary mode maximum 106 versus 177 bytes per cm
39. eadsheet 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 jetmobile com Iil BDTTGEN 3 0A ale pipio Barcode Pi PDFAT 7p4823005 Propeities Bel Symbolony E pea ew Cason tent tings Placement Hal Embedded ron Cone a Sie Bald Fi Bay Wiha sting Baie g a Barcode escape sequence for ERPs i a HEX Saf al Fo t age 182873323438303054 x BE sa e om 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 After having downloaded the BDTTGEN_SETUP EXE pleaes start and install it On the first execution of the software you will be asked to accept the user licence 14 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Here is th3 short descitption of how to install a BarDIMM based TrueType font 1 Click on NEW 2 Select in the symbology pull down menu any kind of barcode 3 Change the barcode settings Pleas enote on the left hand side you will see the correct Escape Sequences for PC data streams 4 Simply click add and teh font will bis
40. f 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 Code 93 Alphanumeric Compressed version of Code 39 Code 93 Extended Alphanumeric Compressed version of Extended Code 39 Danish Postal 39 special 39 code used on parcel labels for shipment through postal service in Denmark Contains ten digits a special checksum and ends with DK BarDIMM only needs the 10 digits Datamatrix Binary See Barcode description EAN 128 Alphanumeric Variable length bar code starting with FNC1 code and based on Code 128 sets A B and C to encode the string EAN128 is used for palettes labels and EDI related barcode labels 50 JetMobile Barcode Printing System EANI3 Numeric 12 digits Standard in Europe for items sold to the public EAN 13 contains numeric data only and encodes a 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 You don t 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 The number character is printed as text on the left side or the bar code and the checksum on the right side The number character is printed as text on the left side or the bar code and the checksum on the right side A
41. he FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter Aztec Code us Aztec Code is a 2D matrix barcode symbology developed by Welch Allyn designed to combine the best characteristics of several 1st generation symbologies with special attention paid to ease of printing 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 Please read carefully the parameters descriptions in the FONT LIKE PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION chapter 37 JetMobile Barcode Printing System UPS Maxicode aah atte stag tht et The Maxicode barcode is a 2 D barcode that consists of uN Kr REN 884 hexagons surrounding a bull s eye finder pattern One ny gt e characters of information can be encoded in one square Ey T x aot bit of information is encoded by one hexagon Up to 100 boat O 3 33 inch which is the approximate fixed size of such a y oy rerh oe barcode The maxicode symbology includes built in error 5 es by Hob wit correction capability automatic data compression and full en SENS Heats ASCII characte
42. he cursor then right click the mouse A menu appears proposing to copy the string into the clipboard Once it is in the clipboard it can be pasted in an ERP printing script or in a development book TrueType fonts generated in the process are useless to the barcode printing from the ERP as those ERP do not print through Windows drivers and do not user Windows TrueType screen fonts The only useful information is the Escape Sequence 64 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Using BDTT fonts in Windows applications The Windows application should not rasterize the font otherwise the printer never receives the actual data to barcode This especially makes all graphic packages incompatible with BDTTGEN and BarDIMM The following usage example is performed under Office 2000 and Windows 2000 using the sample document available from our WEB site and after having installed some BDTTFONT for EAN13 Code 39 25 Interleaved PDF417 Examples could have been done with other applications and with data produced by dynamic calculation formulas i e from a spreadsheet or database application BDTT fonts are listed at the beginning of the font list and are easily identifiable in the font menu thanks to the barcode symbol at the beginning of their name ial F B z u Arial Courier New Arial Black T Symbol ABXSEST Ip Futura Bk IIEANLI 330008 T Times New Roman Arial Narrow leSint 130004 Ml39spac 130005 AZTEC 10
43. ht in 1 60 of inch 0 42mm same unit as fonts Maximum number of rows for the Codablock symbol Maximum number of columns for the Codablock symbol Example Lines pointsize 20 5 rows 20 20 8 10v 34 JetMobile Barcode Printing System B parameter Esc s 1 PDF 417 1 2 3 4 Data Matrix QRCode 1 Aztec 1 2 2 3 4 B 2 D Barcodes Maximum number of columns for the PDF symbol Maximum number of lines for the PDF symbol 1 and 2 are the mandatory size for the PDF symbol 0 or not specified 1 and 2 are maximum size default The PDF 417 symbol is truncated on its right side 0 The PDF 417 symbol is not truncated default Example 8 colums 10 lines mandatory size non truncated 8 10 0 Small module height in dots 1 600 inch Small module height in dots 1 600 inch Bar undercut parameter Value 0 to 1 1 dots default 0 Codablock B parameters like for 1D Barcodes Other 2D codes not used S parameter Esc s 1 2 3 4 S 2 D Barcodes PDF 417 Symbol format parameters 1 X parameter for the symbol X Y size ratio default 2 for 2 3 2 Y parameter for the symbol X Y size ratio default 3 for 2 3 3 Symbole black white module height 1 to 10 Unit minimum 4 QRCode 1 Other 2D codes module width default 3 For future use Example square PDF minimum module width 1 1 1 0 Use default Automatic JIS ShiftJIS 1 Numeric 0to9 2 Alphanumeric 0to
44. ing issues due to a longer or shorter size on the screen you can use the font compression expansion capabilities of Windows To access that menu highlight the barcoded text then right click the mouse and open the Font menu then access the Character Spacing tab 2x Font Character Spacing Text Effects Then define by how much it should be m i z rfc ae Define hov I Kerning for fonts Points and above modified you want to change the size on screen for that data Preview 12345678 This font style is imitated for display The dosest matching style will be printed 66 JetMobile Barcode Printing System We recommend you try different values by comparing the screen size to the printed size Your attempts will only affect the screen display and not the printer barcode unless the expansion is excessive When you have found the ideal compression expansion setting that makes the barcode sizes matching on screen and paper for a specific font size we recommend that you create a custom style Format Style with those settings You will subsequently be able to apply those parameters with one mouse click to barcode any data Barcoding a table Tables can be easily barcoded with BarDIMM BDTT fonts Just create a multiline multi row table in Word then apply a BDTT font to columns and or rows We did a 3 columns 5 rows table with 3 bar codes For each of the last 4 lines we have applie
45. into the user Z environment and maintain it to your needs Tip Unfortunately the print controls are defined in HEX Older HP LaserJet manuals do have at the end an ASCII HEX convertion table If you cannot get hold of one of those manuals you find one on our stethos home page The SAP print controls for OCR A is SF400 and SF500 for OCR B If you would like to get more information about efficient printing from SAP please have a look on our stethos home page There we explain the following methods 1 Save processing speed and network data traffic by using Flash HD technology 2 Use the full printer functionality and even reduce more processing and network traffic by installing the AFE driver 3 Usage of external SW to generate based upon SAP data in seconds any form If you want to know more about SAP Printing Solutions then please contact the stethos home page www stethos com 17 JetMobile Barcode Printing System ASCII table Pfft 23 fa 5s ot 7 8 9 of it 12 13 14 15 eS et SS E a ee ee ee ee e eC In order to get the ASCII value of a character the column header value must be added to the row header value Example T 4 80 84 Hex table ON RE ER CE oo for 02 ox 04 os 06 07 os 09 Toa ow oc op oe or 64 40 at 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F sof 50 51 52 53 54 55 So 57 58 59 SA 5B 5C SD SE SF pe fejei ts fo3 L
46. ional support or any other reasons please contact the following addresses stethos GmbH Tel 49 0 7031 860910 Weimarer Str 48 Fax 49 0 7031 871444 D 71065 Sindelfingen e mail support stethos com Germany If you are interested in the latest news product descriptions etc please contact via e mail or WWW e mail info stethos com WWW http www stethos com 72
47. le Bar code in pointsize 87 Esc s87V B parameter Esc s 1 2 3 4B 1 D Barcodes Bar Widths 1 bar width first thin width in dots 1 600 inch 2 bar width second width in dots 1 600 inch Only for EAN UPC and Code 128 Barcodes please extend 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 8dots Esc s4 8B S parameter Esc s 1 2 3 4 S 1 D Barcodes Space Widths 1 space width first thin width in dots 1 600 inch 2 space width second width in dots 1 600 inch Only for EAN UPC and Code 128 Barcodes please extend 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 expand 4 dots Esc s4 8 12 16S Note The s and b parameters should be specified together If thsi is not possible then please specify only the s parameter 25 JetMobile Barcode Printing System T parameter Esc s T Typeface Select Bar Code System 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 24630 EAN JAN 13 24611 UPC E 2 24631 EAN JAN 13 2 24612 UPC E 5 24632 EAN JAN 13 5 24640 25 interleaved 24650 25 industrial 24641 25 interl CHK 24651 25 indust CHK 24642 German Postal 25 Leitcode 13 24660 25 matrix 24643 German Postal 25 Identcode 11 24661 25 matrix CHK 24670 39
48. ll the EAN and UPC codes can be followed with two and five digits of supplemental information Addon 2 or 5 EANS Numeric 7 digits 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 the required checksum character You don t 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 French postal 39 barcode Special 39 code used on registered letters forms Recommends in France Starts with RA or RB then contains 8 digits a special checksum and ends with FR BarDIMM only needs RA and RB and the 8 digits German postal 25 barcode Special 25 interleaved codes used on parcel labels for shipment through postal service in Germany Two codes are used on a label The Leitcode is used to code the destination area and needs 13 digits The Identcode is used to code the tracking number and needs 11 digits Interleaved 2 of 5 Numeric Numeric only code requires an even number of digits in the string to be encoded It can have from 2 to 30 digits The stroke width relation is allowed to be between 1 2 0 and 1 3 0 51 JetMobile Barcode Printing System PDF 417 ASCII Binary See page 41 Industrial an Matrix 2 of 5 Numeric Numeric only code can have fr
49. meters 69 PCL Macro usage 70 Add your Forms Logos and Signatures with BarDIMM Pro 72 Technical support 72 JetMobile Barcode Printing System SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IMPORTANT Please read this License carefully before using the Software contained in the Jetmobile 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 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 Deutsche Anleitung Die aktuelle deutsche Anleitung finden Sie auf unserer HomePage JetMobile Barcode Printing System LIMITED WARRANTY To the original purchaser Jetmobile warrants the memory module SIMM DIMM and diskette on which the Software Firmware is stored to be free of defects in materials and faulty workmanship for a period of ninety 90 days from the date the software is delivered If during this period a defect in these SIMM DIMM or diskette should occur you may return the SIMM DIMM or diskette with a copy of your receipt or other proof of payment to Jetmobile or to an authorised Jetmobile distributor and Jetmobile will replace the SIMM DIMM or diskette without charge Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of a defect is expressly limited to replacement of the SIMM DIMM or diskette as p
50. minates with the lt Eot gt End of transmission ASCII 04 To separate format types use lt Rs gt Field separator ASCII 30 BarSIMM expects to get both the primary and secondary messages from the application The primary message data is composed of 1 the label number the number of labels for the shipment 3 the Maxicode mode Use 2 for domestic US shipments 3 for international shipments 4 the postal code 5 the country code 6 the class of service All those parameters must be separated by a comma 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 Traking Number ie 961Z00004951 lt Gs gt 4 the SCAC USPN lt Gs gt 5 the UPS Shipper Number ie 06X610 lt Gs gt 6 the Julian Day of Pickup ie 159 lt Gs gt 7 the Shipment ID ie 1234567 lt Gs gt 8 the Package n x ie 1 1 lt Gs gt Note this information is also in the primary message 9 the Package Weight ie 10 lt Gs gt 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 Note UPS Maxicode expects the secondary message to be padded with fill characters to a minimum of 84 total characters BarSIMM takes care
51. n the internet for the latest version We strongly recommend both options If you need always the identical barcode information then we suggest to add the code information into the print filed If not then please make shure that the fonts before the print field and after the print field is small the same and most important build into the printer The best is you use a small Letter Gothic font 16 JetMobile Barcode Printing System SAP Support BarDIMM functionality is supported standard by the SAP R 3 software OSS note 5196 lists standard R 3 barcode names and supported device types for printing barcode PCL 5 commands for Jetmobile 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 Note In the 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 It would be nearly a wonder if the barcode size of the predefined print control would match to your needs We strongly recommend to copy the control
52. nd print the document Up to 20 BarDIMM special TrueType fonts can be added to a Windows system A Jetmobile BarDIMM version 3 0 or later must be inserted in the destination hp LaserJet printer for the barcodes to be produced If no BarDIMM is installed data will be printed as text with a font looking like OCR A which it is absolutely not The application should not rasterize the font otherwise raw data to barcode is not sent to the printer This makes all graphic packages incompatible with BDTTGEN Data is not displayed as barcode on the screen This allows users to verify data to barcode during edition and does not use any CPU or LAN bandwidth for the barcode itself saving time and money Data will only be converted in real time to barcode inside the printer equipped with a Jetmobile BarDIMM This also guarantees that the barcode is perfect and not altered by the printer driver or the data transmission We will speak in that manual about BDTTGEN referring to the BarDIMM TrueType Windows Interface and about BDTT fonts referring to the BarDIMM special TrueType fonts For ERPs not using the Windows printing like SAP R 3 Oracle BAAN JD Edwards and other special TrueType fonts are useless For those ERPs BDTTGEN helps by indicating the shortest escape sequence required to activate a barcode That sequence can be displayed in ASCII using the Freescape character or in Hex mode used by SAP R 3 That sequence can be copied to
53. ng it or touching its components CAUTION When removing a board from the antistatic package avoid touching the metal traces on the SDMU board Installation WARNING Hazardous voltages are present in the printer Never remove any access cover or work near exposed electrical parts while the power cord is connected Usually the BarDIMM board has to be installed exactly like a RAM SIMM DIMM board For newer USB or MFC based printers the moduls go onto the proper slots on the printers main board Do not stick the USb stick on the printers rear USb board Please follow the installation procedure detailed in the HP Printers User s Manual 10 JetMobile Barcode Printing System NOTE BarDIMM is a PCL firmware Therefore BarDIMM can not be installed in the printer together with another PCL personality as a conflict would then occur Such PCL personalities like E Form secured MICR or data compression DIMMs are proposed by third part developers publishers Please check with your supplier if those personalities are PCL personalities and can conflict with the BarDIMM Test the Installation If when booted the printer display indicates BarSIMM or BarDIMM then there is no need to do any further test The BarSIMM works fine But please note that this feature is available on a few HP LaserJet models only There are two different features build into the BarDIMM They do work totally independently so you may have
54. ode installed Barrodess symbologies Symbol Properties Del New o LA Selection Code HEX SSF c ASC Jercars poe Ent add Cancel Eurape Labs ov Barcode name f lt BDTTGEN 3 08 5 as shown in fr Windows pee a applications ont menus Del N1208 Barcode Now caption text parameters Barcode bar widths parameters Escape Sequence for non TrueType ERPs 0 f2 r Selection Code Cancel 2 bos ioaoraceoaa7a2a0e4 z BDTT font r creation About Est d x Create BDTT font Note that the parameters available differ based on the symbology For more 62 JetMobile Barcode Printing System information on the parameters please refer to the BarDIMM Installation and Programmer s Guide provided with the BarDIMM Once all parameters are set as per your wishes click on ADD to add that BDTT font to the system The barcode name appears on the left side installed barcode list Note that this name is hat will show up in the Windows applications font menu Add all the barcodes you need with a limit of 20 BDTT fonts Special notes BDTTGEN has some minor differences compared to the capabilities of the PCLcommand barcode generation 1D barcodes space widths are set equal to bar widths o Text format specials checksum char with text etc re not available o The bars height h parameter is set in Windows applications using the font size
55. ogy specs Err CustInfo nonDigit Symbologies Australia Post 4 State 52 F F MET and 67 F F 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 BarSIMM 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 F F MET and 67 F F MET The 52 FF MET and 67 FF MET barcodes encodes the DPID and the customer information which maximum length depend from the encoding table N or C defined with the p parameter The customer information defined in the string supplied to BarSIMM 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 Err InvCharInCustInfo Symbologies Australia Post 4 State 52 F F MET and 67 F F 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 BarSIMM includes illegal characters Action Verify the Customer Information data 48 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Err Codablock size Symbologies Codablock The number of rows and columns indicated in the escape sequence
56. ollowing sequences to the printer lt 27 gt amp fS Push cursor position save lt 27 gt amp a5000h2000V Positioning in 1 720 units per inch lt 27 gt amp a90P Rotate 90 degrees lt 27 gt s4p102h40v10 20b10 20s24670T Select barcode BARCODEINFORMATION Barcode information lt 27 gt 10U lt 27 gt sp10hsb4099T Select any font from PCL font list lt 27 gt amp aP Original printing direction lt 27 gt amp f1S Pop cursor position restore If you want to print the code in the current print direction please leave out the marked commands For further information of the usage of ESC Sequences please refer to our sos8026S manual which can be downloaded from our internet homepage www stethos com Permanent and secondary fonts switching can be used with barcode fonts It is highly recommended that a text font is 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 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 can not be used from HPGL2 language BarDIMM barcodes can not be used from PCL 6 29 JetMobile Barcode Printing System DEFAULT PARAMETERS Bar Code Name Heigh Text Flag Bar Width 1 Bar Width 2 Bar Width 3 Bar Width 4 UPC A 74 3 16 2 32 16 24 32 16 24 32 16
57. om 1 to 30 digits The stroke width relation is allowed to be between 1 2 0 and 1 3 0 MSI Plessey Numeric only it is used in grocery industry on labels 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 a 6 digits number and has a checksum appended to the data You must make sure you give a 6 digits number to the BarSIMM and BarSIMM will calculate and print automatically the checksum Note 4 state barcodes must be ended with a regular text font escape sequence UCC 128 Alphanumeric 19 digits fixed length bar code starting with FNC1 code and based on Code 128C to encode the string UCC 128 is used for shipping containers UPC A Numeric 11 Digits Standard in the USA for items sold to the public UPC A contains numeric data only and encodes a 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 don t 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 The number character is printed as text on the left side or the bar code and the checksum on the right side The system number can have the following values Oor 7 Regular UPC codes 2 Random weight items 3 National Drug Code and National Health
58. oo close from the table lines otherwise those lines will fool the barcode readers and make the barcodes unreadable Note 1D barcodes can also be used in text boxes but you have to keep data line long or have a line spacing compatible with the barcode height for each line 68 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Special BDTT fonts parameters Some barcodes have special options that are not available outside of Windows 2D Barcode Tex Box mode BarDIMM can handle in different ways the text included in a 2D barcode text box e One barcode per line e One barcode for all the lines in the text box o With a CR Carriage return ASCII 13 character added between data of box lines o No CR but a blank ASCII 32 added between data of box lines That setting is defined in the BDTT font properties Text Box Mode No One barcode with all lines data CR between CR between lines Does of date a line of data C No CR between lines One barcode per One barcode with all lines data blank char between lines of data b The BDTT font name in the Windows application font menu reflect that option e No suffix is added when there is one barcode per line of data In example PDF417 e The p suffix is added to the barcode name when the all box data is handled as one unique barcode and CR is added between each line data In example PDF417p e The b suffix is added to the barcode name when the all box data is h
59. ot 165 seer 08 08 Loa TB Loc eD Lor bor In orer to convert for example an ESC String into ist HEX values proceed like this 1 Look up in the ASCII table for the characters ASCII value 2 Look up in the HEX table for the Hex representation of the ASCII value Example lt 27 gt sp10hsb4099T gt OB 28 72 70 31 30 68 72 62 34 030 39 39 54 If your input field for ESC sequences doesn t offer the needed length then simply split the sequence into two ESC sequences like lt 27 gt sp10H and lt 27 gt ssb4099T Note You will find more PCL sequences and the full ASCII and Hex tables at our stethos home page www stethos com Click for german language the floppy and load the first PDF file 18 JetMobile Barcode Printing System OCR A1 and OCR B lt 27 gt 00 lt 27 gt sp10h12vsb104T OCR A of Bar Codes amp More lt 27 gt 10 lt 27 gt sp10h12vsb110T OCR B of Bar Codes amp More Po es as T e 9 fio fit 12 13 14115 OCR B of the Bar Codes amp More does print the same characters except lt 95 gt lt 96 gt and lt 126 gt look according the ASCII symbol set The SAP print controls for OCR A is SF400 and SF500 for OCR B LineDraw of Bar Codes amp More ESC Sequence lt 27 gt OB lt 27 gt sp10h12vsbOT I es ra I l Il 32 33 34 35 36 Sf 38 39 40 41 42 43 L F d T a F T 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Bt 52 53 54 55 T 1 4
60. our network so there are no delays no reprinting and no redistribution costs No Mistakes All your stationery is stored in Flash SIMM or DIMM so the right form is in the printer the right way round ready to use and it stays there even when the power is turned off High Security Each document can be password protected so only authorised people can change a document Smarter Image Documents and their contents are printed at the same time so they look more consistent and attractive And because all your stationery and corporate documents are stored electronically they print out with the same high quality time after time after time The included software provides password protection to ensure stored fonts forms and letterheads can only be changed by those with the appropriate access codes This prevents tampering with standard corporate documentation and helps prevent unauthorised use of restricted stationery or forms The intuitive classifying system built into the management software also allows groups of forms to be set up for particular departments and nominated printers to be designated to hold the right stationery Bi directional communications support allows the contents of every Flash SIMM or DIMM on the network to be read remotely allowing comprehensive status information to centrally gathered for easy administration and effective revision control The file types used improve communications with UNIX servers and mainframes and sophis
61. out N and C tables or please consult http www barsimm com Example lt Esc gt s0p24787T12345678 7V 5 lt Esc gt sOp12h10v4099T Note 4 state barcode data must be ended with a regular text font escape sequence Codabar Monarch Encodes digits and punctuation characters Used mostly for blood labelling 49 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Codablock Alphanumeric A special 2 dimensinal version of code 128 Code 128 Alphanumeric New standard for most barcode labels Code 128 is a very compact bar code for numeric and alpha numeric strings It has 3 modes A B 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 by analysing the string to encode then use the required Code 128 modes BarDIMM switches dynamically between A B and C sets to provide the most compact code Code 128 Auto is fully compliant with the new European standard for palette labels which uses Code 128 mode B and C within the same code Code 39 Alphanumeric The real name is 3 of 9 bar code It is probably the most 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 The stroke width relation is allowed to be between 1 2 0 and 1 3 0 Code 39 Extended Alphanumeric Based on the standard 3 o
62. print the full ASCII table from 1 to 127 In regular mode some of the characters below 33 may cause the BarDIMM to print the code up to this character and maybe even start after the character with a new barcode definition In order to avoid this you can add after the full Esc Sequence for the code lt 27 gt amp p X The numeric value does define the length of the message information in Bytes Our demo file on our home page does give an example for the Code 128 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 analyse the data and optimise the barcode length by switching automatically between sets A B and C EAN128 and UCC 128 already include the FNC1 code as the first character you should not send it with the data Special control codes are inserted by passing the following special decimal characters in the bar code 133 CODE A 129 FNC 1 134 CODE B 130 FNC 2 135 CODE C 131 FNC 3 128 SHIFT 27 JetMobile Barcode Printing System BarSIMM 1 8E modified barcode ID for Code 128C
63. r 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 Maxicode data is a 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 BarSIMM does not expect data in the same order Please read the next paragraph for information on the data order Note Always use uppercase characters for the Maxicode data Optional Destination Postal code _ Sor 9 Alpha Numeric chars R Destination Country code digits R Class of service 3 digits 3digis R Tracking number 10or11 Alpha Numeric chars R Standard Carrier Alpha Code UPSN__ R Shipper number 6 Alpha Numeric chars R Day of pickup digits R Shipment ID number 1 30 Alpha Numeric chars O Itemxofnintotl 1 3 3digis R Weight db O l3digts R Address validation Y N YoN R Destination address 1 35 Alpha Numeric chars O R 1 20 Alpha Numeric chars 2 alpha chars LIST OF MAXICODE INFORMATION FIELDS 38 JetMobile Barcode Printing System The different fields are separated with the lt Gs gt Group separator ASCII 29 The barcode data ter
64. rDIMM 2 0 supports complex high density two dimensional barcodes like Symbol Technology s PDF 417 and UPS Maxicode Some 2D barcodes can encode up to dozen of kilobytes of data with features like data compression macro barcodes encryption and error correction algorithms Each of these formats can be declined in any height from 1mm to 33 cm with 1 72 inch increments bar widths can be defined in 1 600 inch units code value can be 12 JetMobile Barcode Printing System printed as text together with code in many different embeddings with 20 different scalable fonts As a result you can generate million kinds of bar code formats from the module NOTE In this manual the escape code is indicated as lt Esc gt Those five characters must not be entered as individial symbols but must be replace with the unique character of ASCII value 27 13 JetMobile Barcode Printing System MS Windows Support Version 2 0 and older The first version of a Windows driver addon tool is now available on the stethos HomePage See Barcodes BarSIMM and ther at the very end of the text in the download area Once you have unpacked the generator please have a very close look to the applied PDF manual especially for the last technical part Never use the enhanced PCL 6 or Postscript printer driver BarDIMM is a PCL 5e extension MS Windows Support Version 3 0 and newer You may use BarDIMM 3 0 functionality from your word processor spr
65. re printer drivers JetMobile Barcode Printing System Bar Codes Readability The special consideration discussed in this section may pertain to all the bar codes or in some cases to a specific bar code which is 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 start 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 colour 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 H
66. re a specific driver at the product sos8026 which has the same symbols implemented Manufacturing and safety symbols not available in LJ 4x Escape sequence lt Esc gt 10Q lt Esc gt slp lt size gt vsb10400T where lt size gt is the symbol size in points 1 72th inch Po ea as 6 17 8 9 fio it 12 13 14 15 sf eje gE 80 fS ojat Amam lw 96 elele eolo Mins a Ava ssa searaieee Special multi characters symbols Green point lt Esc gt 10Q lt Esc gt s1p20vsb10400TE with text lt Esc gt 10Q lt Esc gt s1p20vsb10400TDE withgrey arrows lt Esc gt 10Q lt Esc gt s1p20vsb10400Td lt Esc gt c15G lt Esc gt v2Te lt Esc gt vT Recycling logo lt Esc gt 10Q lt Esc gt s1p20vsb10400T ghij lt 8 gt 123 Electronics and safety symbols not available in LJ 4x Escape sequence lt Esc gt 10Q lt Esc gt slp lt size gt vs3b10400T fo fii 2 3 fats io 7 s 9 fifi i 13 a 32 1S moose 8 BIN JN eS SMO ola GS gt WO e EEEIEE AlAlAlAjAlalAllAlajajx al we fas w alea j ee E A E Those symbols are from the font library of Elsner und Flake Fontinform GmbH Hamburg 45 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Euro and other currency symbols Escape sequence lt Esc gt 10Q lt Esc gt s1p lt size gt vsb10452T where lt size gt is the symbol size in points 1 72
67. rk better if your Windows 2000 XP system is equipped with the hp laserjet driver shipped with the printer If you have lost the CD provided in the printer box please download it from the www hp com web site 60 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Launching BDTTGEN To run BDTTGEN call it using the RUN gt Programs gt BARDIM_MICRDIMM gt BDTTGEN button You are advised to close all opened applications before continuing As BDTTGEN allows you to add and remove TrueType fonts from your system some conflict can occur if those fonts are used by some opened applications BDTTGEN offers the possibility to display the user license agreement If you do agree with it click on Button to add a BDTT font The main window shows up PSBDTIGES 3 08 pInetaled B ercodes Lafa Installed BDTT fonts Escape Sequence for non TrueType ERPs Information on BDTTGEN version Button to exit and WEB support BDTTGEN Number of Link to the JetCAPS Labs WEB site for FAQ and support 61 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Creating a BDTT font To add a BDTT font click on NEW The BTTT font Properties frame activates and the symbology list prompts for a barcode symbology Click on the name to open the list of all currently supported barcode symbologies Scroll the list until you find the barcode family you want hyBDTTGEN 3 04 Txj Barc
68. rovided above Jetmobile does not warrant that the functions contained in this Software will meet your requirements or that the Software Firmware 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 Jetmobile IN NO EVENT WILL Jetmobile OR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN IN VOLVED 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 CONSE QUENTIAL 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 This agreement shall be constructed interpreted and governed by the laws of France You agree that this is the complete and exclusive statements of this agreement which supersedes any prior agreement or other communication between us on this subject c 1996 2001 Jetmobile Europe sale and technical support all rights reserves Germany Jetmobile SAS stethos GmbH 89 rue du Gouv General Eboue Weimarer Str 48 F 92130 Issy Les Mx D 71065 Sindelfingen FRANCE GERMANY Tel 33 1 46 94 00 83 Tel 49 0 7031 860910 Fax 49 0 07031 871444 http www stethos com eMail info stethos com JetMobile Barcode Printing System Introduction Bar code technology provides an easy
69. s PCL font parameters 20 JetMobile Barcode Printing System 5 6 don t have the standard meaning besides the V and T parameter The parameter definition for 1D Barcodes P parameter Controls if how text is printed with bars H parameter Controls what font to use for that text V parameter Bar code vertical size in points like fonts 1 point size 1 72 inch S parameter White bars widths has up to 4 values separated by commas B parameter Black bars widths has up to 4 values separated by commas T parameter Bar code format number The parameter definition for PDF 417 Barcodes P parameter Defines the ECC level S parameter Defines the symbol size ratio and modules aspect B parameter Defines the rows columns count defines if row col are used as limits and if PDF is to be truncated T parameter Bar code format number As BARSIMM 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 pointsize range The current cursor position is the location of the bottom left corner of the leftmost black bar whatever b
70. setting PDF417 o ECC is only available based on its level 0 to 8 o Size can not be set by maximum or mandatory number of row cols o Symbol can not be truncated on the right side Aztec o Available ECC levels are 0 default 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 and 90 o The Aztec Rune format is not available o The bar undercut parameter is not available o Reverse video is not available QRCode o Reverse video is not available o Kanji is not available 63 JetMobile Barcode Printing System ERP Systems SAP Oracle BAAN ERP systems cannot use TrueType fonts BDTTGEN is only useful as it builds automatically the PCL Escape sequence required to activate the barcode with all the required options The PCL sequence for a barcode is built in real time in the Selection Escape Sequence for ERPs while the barcode options are set That sequence can subsequently be copied to the clipboard for inclusion in an ERP printing script The sequence can be displayed in ASCII using the Freescape default char to replace the Escape character Selection Code C HEX asc s3p402h8 16b8 16s24720T or the sequence can be displayed in Hexadecimal values using the Escape character for SAP R 3 or other ERPs requiring Hexadecimal values m Selection Code AS E 1B2873337034303268382C31 3662382C3 Just click on HEX Hexadecimal or ASC ASCII to toggle between the two displays Selected the required sequence using t
71. stethos Jetmobile BarDIMM Pro Printing system for MS Windows Unix AS 400 Mainfraime amp ERPs Version 1 9 to 4 1 Installation and user manual Oktober 2008 For a complete list of supported HP LaserJet printers visit www stethos com e_jetmobile htm stethos GmbH Tel 49 0 7031 860910 Weimarer Str 48 Fax 49 0 07031 871444 D 71065 Sindelfingen OHhttp www stethos com Deutschland eMail 1 Hinfo stethos com JetMobile Barcode Printing System SOFTWARE LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT This Software is copyrighted and all rights reserved by Jetmobile Europe S A hereinafter referred to as Jetmobile In return for the payment of a one time license fee which was included in the purchase price of the Jetmobile SIMM DIMM product Jetmobile grants you a non exclusive right to use the Software Firmware subject to the following terms and conditions No title or ownership of the Software Firmware is conferred with the License 1 The Software Firmware may be used without time limit on one printer 2 The Software Firmware may not be duplicated or copied 3 The Software Firmware may not be duplicated transmitted transcribed disassembled decompiled decrypted or reverse engineered unless Jetmobile s prior written consent is either obtained or required by law Upon request the user will provide Jetmobile with reasonably detailed information regarding any disassembly decompilation decryption or reverse engineering
72. th inch AG S0 cl sl hl J l U el eU 4 46 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Error Messages in Bar Codes 49 42 Error on LJ 4100 and 900 Series This is an error wich pops up when someboy acceses the printers WEB interface with an Internet Explorer Solution Set the Explorer to English BarDIMM features a built in debugging system for your bar codes When an error condition occurs the barcode is Xed and the following error messages appear automatically underneath Err Char nn Symbologies All An invalid character was entered in the string to be printed as a bar code nn is the ASCII value of that character Such an error occurs for example if you include a letter in a numeric only barcode like EAN or 25 Action Verify the data for the barcode Err Odd Symbologies 2of5 Interleaved with without CHK The string you tried to print in 2 of 5 Interleaved format has an odd number of digits With 25 interleaved barcode 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 barcode Can mean data string is too short or too long Please read the ta
73. ticated data compression algorithms maximise the use of the available space so you can store more forms and further reduce network traffic The management software also includes automatic conversion of scanned TIFF BMP and PCX files to bitmapped fonts or macros used to create logos and signatures The product is shipped with a short 2 pages manual which will teach you in about 30 minutes how the flash functionality works The forms can be used with for example in windows and in SAP The pain of writing SAPScript Forms are nearly opsoleted by simply adding one Print Control which activates the previously stored form 42 JetMobile Barcode Printing System The Flash option is available for the same printers as we do support BasSIMM DIMM The LJ 4x 5xand 6P comes standard with 0 75 MB extra flash the LJ 4050 4100 5000 8000 8100 8150 and 9000 with 2 75 MB extra flashable memory The remaining part of this page gives you a short introduction of how to use Flash How to download a form font etc into a printer with installed flash memory e Generate the form letterhead or logo using this 2 alternatives Generate or scan a TIFF BMP or PCX file use Word Excel etc digitize the form and print it into a file e Start Forms and Font Manager F amp FM select the proper printer model e Click on the PCL folder icona nd select into dirctory with your source files e Drag the source file names from the left to the right
74. uch 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 For other problems please use our free of charge technical support See last page for communication details 56 JetMobile Barcode Printing System Additional Products Bar code reader Further information to the following products are available via Internet The URL Address of stethos is listed on the back page KeyWand Universal pen from HP with automatic code recognition The product is ready to read direct after connecting it to the keyboard The very detailed manual explains how up to 10 additional characters can be sent before and after the message CCD Scanner Contact or distance scanner with reading width of 6 8 and more cm Laser scanner Distance scanner beginning of about 15 cm up to several meters with high scanning frequency Portable Systems All above named readers are available for portable systems HP LaserJet Hardware Flash SIMM DIMM The HP Flash SIMM DIMM realises the permanent storage of forms graphics and fonts in the printer All in this documentation described barcodes and fonts are available in consumption with a Flash SIMM DIMM as softfonts Windows Software Barcodes for Windows Special MS Windows solution based on
75. window add an unique ID which sould be larger then 100 e If you are using a signature for example you may click on A and make it movable This means it will be printed at the acual cursor porition e Click the download button and program the flash or store the programming data stream to a file and distribute it to all printers with build in Flash boards Test is the form font or signature successfully loaded e A font will be automatically listed in the PCL font listing use the printer menue to get it printed out e Select in F amp FM program the Option Menue Documentation Print Status Page e Copy the provides file STATUS PJL to all printers How to select the stored item e Using F amp FM Mark in the right windows the items you want to print on one page Select the Run Command and there test the selected items e Using MS DOS Call the DOS Editor EDIT Then enter the given ESC sequence for example to call a macro once on the actual page lt 27 gt amp fs1000y3x1S and then add a lt 12 gt for FormFeed The lt 27 gt and lt 12 gt can be entred like this Press Strg p nothing happens press the Alt key and keep it pressed until you entered the number on the right num pad Please replace the 1000 with the given ID e Using Word for Windows Check for in the About box that you have for Word 97 minimum the Service Releases 1 installed SR1 The select the menu Insert Field and in the right windows mark PRINT
76. y word processor If those tests fail verify if the BarDIMM you have purchased is compatible with your printer a label on the board should indicate the compatibility 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 Therefor you may print on actual printers the File Directory You will find the main list of all supported printers in the firmware directory Note sometimes a printers is not listed for examples the LJ 4200 is the dsame firmware as 4300 or 4250 and 4350 Anyway the missing firmware versions can be loaded and supplied by stethos on request PRESENTATION The BarDIMM chip is an intelligent SIMM DIMM adding sophisticated BAR CODE printing capabilities to Hewlett Packard corporate printers All 4 5 and 6 series except all L models The only real fonts it includes are the fonts of the now discontinued Bar Code amp More font cartridge from HP which have been included for backward compatibility purpose and the scalable OCR B ASCII set as stand alone font and font for barcode text Since Version 1 6 BarDIMM does feature the unique FREESCAPE capability With FREESCAPE you can use an alternate Escape code read last paragraph BarDIMM supports more than 48 bar_code formats in its version 1 9 from the most passive to the most complex system interleaved triple checksum etc Ba

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