BarDIMM Pro & BarDIMM Box – Intelligent Barcode Printing System
©2004-2006 Jetmobile
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meaning (besides the V and T parameter). The
T
parameter selects the Bar code
format.
As BarDIMM is algorithms-only, the user can apply the scaling independently in the X
and Y axis for the 1D barcodes. In the past with standard scalable fonts, bigger size meant
larger bars, resulting in a too-wide and unreadable code, and small size meant thinner bars
resulting also in unreadable codes. Some barcodes are standardized and can not be resized.
Some 2D barcodes can be resized by columns/rows or by defining a ratio.
The bar code can be of any height, in the 3 to 960 point size range (1 point size = 1/72
inch).
The current cursor position is the location of the bottom left corner of the leftmost black
bar, whatever bar code text parameter is provided.
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.
6.
If required, BarDIMM prints the code value as centered text with the bars, either
under, half-embedded in, full embedded in, or above the bars. Checksum and flag
characters are automatically placed in the right place for some systems (EAN 8/13 and
UPC), according to the international standards. Automatic sizing limits the embedded
text point size to 15 (no limit for text above or under bar code).
7.
After bar code printing completion, cursor is set after the bottom right corner of the
rightmost black bar.
8.
If another bar code then needs to be printed, just locate the cursor to a new position and
send the barcode data. The Bar code font-like PCL sequence does not need to be sent
again.
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