Brother Hl 5280dw User Manual

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Symbol and character sets list
OCR symbol sets
When you choose the OCR-A or OCR-B font, the matching symbol set is always used.
OCR A (0O)
OCR B (1O)
HP LaserJet mode
ABICOMP Brazil / Portugal (13P) ABICOMP International (14P)
Desktop (7J) Greek8 (8G)
HP German (0G) HP Spanish (1S)
ISO Latin1 (0N) ISO Latin2 (2N)
ISO Latin5 (5N) ISO Latin6 (6N)
ISO2 IRV (2U) ISO4 UK (1E)
ISO5 ASCII (0U) ISO10 Swedish (3S)
ISO11 Swedish (0S) ISO14 JIS ASCII (0K)
ISO15 Italian (0I) ISO16 Portuguese (4S)
ISO17 Spanish (2S) ISO21 German (1G)
ISO25 French (0F) ISO57 Chinese (2K)
ISO60 Norwegian1 (0D) ISO61 Norwegian2 (1D)
ISO69 French (1F) ISO84 Portuguese (5S)
ISO85 Spanish (6S) ISO8859 / 7 Latin / Greek (12N)
ISO8859 / 15 Latin (9N) ISO8859 / 15 Latin / Cyrillic (10N)
Legal (1U) Math-8 (8M)
MC Text (12J) MS Publishing (6J)
PC8 (10U) PC8 Bulgarian (13R)
PC8 D/N (11U) PC8 Greek Alternate (437G) (14G)
PC8 Latin / Greek (12G) PC8 PC Nova (27Q)
PC8 Turkish (9T) PC775 (26U)
PC850 Multilingual (12U) PC851 Greece (10G)
PC852 East Europe (17U) PC853 Latin3 (Turkish) (18U)
PC855 Cyrillic (10R) PC857 Latin5 (Turkish) (16U)
PC858 Multilingual Euro (13U) PC860 Portugal (20U)
PC861 Iceland (21U) PC863 Canadian French (23U)
PC865 Nordic (25U) PC866 Cyrillic (3R)
PC869 Greece (11G) PC1004 (9J)
Pi Font (15U) PS Math (5M)
PS Text (10J) Roman8 (8U)
 
						

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Roman9 (4U) Roman Extension (0E)
Russian-GOST (12R) Symbol (19M)
Turkish8 (8T) Ukrainian (14R)
Ventura Math (6M) Ventura Intl (13J)
Ventura US (14J) Windows 3.0 (9U)
Windows Baltic (19L) Windows Cyrillic (9R)
Windows Greek (9G) Windows Latin1 (19U)
Windows Latin2 (9E) Windows Latin5 (5T)
Wingdings (579L)
IBM mode
PC8 PC8 D/N
PC8 Turkish PC850 Multilingual
PC852 East Europe PC860 Portugal
PC863 Canadian French PC865 Nordic
Epson mode
Danish I Danish II
Dutch French I
French II German
Italian Norwegian
Japanese PC8
PC8 D/N PC8 Turkish
PC850 Multilingual PC852 East Europe
PC860 Portugal PC863 Canadian French
PC865 Nordic South African
Spanish Swedish
UK ASCII I UK ASCII II
US ASCII
HP LaserJet mode (Continued)
 
						

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Quick reference for bar code control commands
The printer can print bar codes in the HP LaserJet, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL emulation modes.
Print bar codes or expanded characters
Format: ESC i n ... n \
Creates bar codes or expanded characters according to the segment of parameters ‘n ... n’. For more 
information about parameters, see the following Definition of Parameters. This command must end with the 
‘ \ ’ code (5CH).
Definition of Parameters
This bar code command can have the following parameters in the parameter segment (n ... n). As parameters 
are effective within the single command syntax ESC i n ... n \, they do not apply in the bar code commands. 
If certain parameters are not given, they take the preset settings. The last parameter must be the bar code 
data start (‘b’ or ‘B’) or the expanded character data start (‘l’ or ‘L’). Other parameters can be given in any 
sequence. Each parameter can start with a lower-case or upper-case character, for example, ‘t0’ or ‘T0’, ‘s3’ 
or ‘S3’ and so one.
Bar code mode
This parameter selects the bar code mode as shown above. When n is ‘t5’ or ‘T5’ the bar code mode (EAN 
8, EAN 13, or UPC A) varies according to the number of characters in the data.CodeESC i
Dec27 105
Hex1B 69
n = ‘t0’ or ‘T0’ CODE 39 (default)
n = ‘t1’ or ‘T1’ Interleaved 2 of 5
n = ‘t3’ or ‘T3’ FIM (US-Post Net)
n = ‘t4’ or ‘T4’ Post Net (US-Post Net)
n = ‘t5’ or ‘T5’ EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A 
n = ‘t6’ or ‘T6’ UPC E
n = ‘t9’ or ‘T9’ Codabar
n = ‘t12’ or ‘T12’ Code 128 set A
n = ‘t13’ or ‘T13’ Code 128 set B
n = ‘t14’ or ‘T14’ Code 128 set C
n = ‘t130’ or ‘T130’ ISBN (EAN)
n = ‘t131’ or ‘T131’ ISBN (UPC-E)
n = ‘t132’ or ‘T132’ EAN 128 set A
n = ‘t133’ or ‘T133’ EAN 128 set B
n = ‘t134’ or ‘T134’ EAN 128 set C
 
						

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Bar Code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing
This parameter chooses the bar code style as above. When the EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, Code 128 or EAN 
128 bar code mode is chosen, this bar code style parameter is ignored.
Expanded Character
‘S’
0 = White
1 = Black
2 = Vertical stripes
3 = Horizontal stripes
4 = Cross hatch
For example ‘S’ n1 n2
n1 = Background fill pattern
n2 = Foreground fill pattern
If ‘S’ is followed by only one parameter, the parameter is a foreground fill pattern.
Line block drawing & box drawing
‘S’
1 = Black
2 = Vertical stripes
3 = Horizontal stripes
4 = Cross hatch
Bar Code 
n = ‘mnnn’ or ‘Mnnn’ (nnn = 0 ~ 32767)
This parameter shows the bar code width. The unit of ‘nnn’ is a percentage.n = 
‘s0’ or ‘S0’3: 1 (default)
n = 
‘s1’ or ‘S1’2: 1
n = 
‘s3’ or ‘S3’2.5: 1
 
						

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Bar code human readable line ON or OFF
This parameter shows whether the printer prints the human readable line below the bar code. Human 
readable characters are always printed with OCR-B font of 10 pitch and all the current character style 
enhancements are masked. The default setting is determined by the bar code mode selected by ‘t’ or ‘T’.
Quiet zone
n = ‘onnn’ or ‘Onnn’ (nnn = 0 ~ 32767)
Quiet zone is the space on both sides of the bar codes. Its width can be shown using the units that are set by 
the ‘u’ of ‘U’ parameter. (For the description of ‘u or ‘U parameter, see the next section.) The default setting 
of the quiet-zone width is 1 inch.
Bar code, expanded character unit, line block drawing and box drawing
This parameter shows the measurement units of X-axis offset, Y-axis offset, and bar code height.
Bar code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing offset in X-axis
n = ‘xnnn’ or ‘Xnnn’
This parameter shows the offset from the left margin in the ‘u’- or ‘U’-specified unit.
Bar code & expanded character offset in Y-axis
n = ‘ynnn’ or ‘Ynnn’
This parameter shows the downward offset from the current print position in the ‘u’- or ‘U’-specified unit.n = 
‘r0’ or ‘R0 Human readable line OFF
n = 
‘r1’ or ‘R1 Human readable line ON
Preset: Human readable line ON
(1) 
‘T5’ or ‘t5’
(2) ‘T6’ or ‘t6’
(3) ‘T130’ or ‘t130’
(4) ‘T131’ or ‘t131’
Preset: Human readable line OFF
All others
n = 
‘u0’ or ‘U0’mm (preset)
n = 
‘u1’ or ‘U1’1/10
n = 
‘u2’ or ‘U2’1/100
n = 
‘u3’ or ‘U3’1/12
n = 
‘u4’ or ‘U4’1/120
n = 
‘u5’ or ‘U5’1/10 mm
n = 
‘u6’ or ‘U6’1/300
n = 
‘u7’ or ‘U7’1/720
 
						

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Bar code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing height
n = ‘hnnn’, ‘Hnnn’, ‘dnnn’, or ‘Dnnn’
1 EAN13, EAN8, UPC-A, ISBN (EAN13, EAN8, UPC-A), ISBN (UPC-E): 22 mm
2UPC-E: 18mm
3 Others: 12 mm
Expanded characters i 2.2 mm (preset)
Line block drawing and box drawing i 1 dot
This parameter shows the height of bar codes or expanded characters as shown above. It can start with ‘h’, 
‘H’, ‘d’, or ‘D’. The height of bar codes is shown in the ‘u’- or ‘U’-specified unit. The default setting of the bar 
code height (12 mm, 18 mm or 22 mm) is determined by the bar code mode selected by ‘t’ or ‘T’.
Expanded character width, line block drawing and box drawing
n = ‘wnnn’ or ‘Wnnn’
Expanded character i 1.2 mm
Line block drawing and box drawing i 1 dot
This parameter shows the width of expanded characters as shown above.
Expanded character rotation
Bar code data start
n = ‘b’ or ‘B’
Data that follows ‘b’ or ‘B’ is read in as bar code data. Bar code data must end with the ‘ \ ’ code (5CH), which 
also ends this command. The acceptable bar code data is determined by the bar code mode selected by ‘t’ 
or ‘T’.
„When CODE 39 is chosen with the parameter ‘t0’ or ‘T0’
Forty three characters ‘0’ to ‘9’, ‘A’ to ‘Z’, ‘-’, ‘ . ’, ‘ (space)’, ‘$’, ‘ / ’, ‘+’, and ‘%’ can be accepted as bar code 
data. Other characters will cause a data error. The number of characters for bar codes is not limited. The 
bar code data automatically starts and ends with an asterisk ‘ * ’ (start character and stop character). If the 
received data has an asterisk ‘ * ’ at the beginning or end, the asterisk is regarded as a start character or 
stop character.
„When Interleaved 2 of 5 is selected with the parameter ‘t1’ or ‘T1’:
Ten numerical characters ‘0’ to ‘9’ can be accepted as bar code data. Other characters cause a data error. 
The number of characters for bar codes is not limited. This mode of bar codes needs even characters. If 
the bar code data has odd characters, ‘0’ is automatically added to the end of the bar code data. n = 
‘a0’ or ‘A0’‘Upright (preset)
n = 
‘a1’ or ‘A1’‘Rotated 90 degrees
n = 
‘a2’ or ‘A2’‘Upside down, rotated 180 degrees
n = 
‘a3’ or ‘A3’‘Rotated 270 degrees
 
						

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„When FIM (US-Post Net) is selected with the parameter ‘t3’ or ‘T3’
Characters ‘A’ to ‘D’ are valid and one digit of data can be printed. Upper-case and lower-case alphabet 
characters can be accepted.
„When Post Net (US-Post Net) is selected with the parameter ‘t4’ or ‘T4’
Numbers ‘0’ to ‘9 can be data and it must end with a check digit. ‘?’ can be used instead of the check digit.
„When EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A is selected with the parameter ‘t5’ or ‘T5’
Ten numbers ‘0’ to ‘9’ can be accepted as bar code data. The number of characters for bar codes is limited 
as follows:
EAN 8: Total 8 digits (7 digits + 1 check digit)
EAN 13: Total 13 digits (12 digits + 1 check digit)
UPC A: Total 12 digits (11 digits + 1 check digit)
A number of characters other than those stated above will cause a data error that results in the bar code 
data being printed as normal print data. If the check digit is not correct, the printer decides the correct 
check digit automatically so that the correct bar code data will be printed. When EAN13 is selected, adding 
‘+’ and a two-digit or five-digit number after the data can create an add-on code.
„When UPC-E is selected with the parameter ‘t6’ or ‘T6’:
The numbers ‘0’ to ‘9’ can be accepted as bar code data.
1‘?’ can be used instead of a check digit.
2Adding ‘+’ and two-digit or five-digit number after the data creates an add-on code.
„When Codebar is chosen with the parameter ‘t9’ or ‘T9’
Characters ‘0’ to ‘9’, ‘-’, ‘ . ’, ‘$’, ‘/’, ‘+’, ‘ : ’ can be printed. Characters ‘A’ to ‘D’ can be printed as a start-
stop code, which can be upper case or lower case. If there is no start-stop code, errors will happen. A 
check digit cannot be added and using ‘?’ causes errors.
„When Code 128 Set A, Set B, or Set C is selected with the parameter ‘t12’ or ‘T12’, ‘t13’ or ‘T13’, or ‘t14’ 
or ‘T14’
Code 128 sets A, B and C can be individually selected. Set A shows characters Hex 00 to 5F. Set B 
includes characters Hex 20 to 7F. Set C includes the pairs 00 to 99. Switching is allowed between the code 
sets by sending %A, %B, or %C. FNC 1, 2, 3, and 4 are produced with %1, %2, %3, and %4. The SHIFT 
code, %S, allows temporary switching (for one character only) from set A to set B and vice versa. The ‘%’ 
character can be encoded by sending it twice.
„When ISBN (EAN) is selected with the parameter ‘t130’ or ‘T130’
The same rules apply as for ‘t5’ or ‘T5’.
„When ISBN (UPC-E) is selected with the parameter ‘t131’ or ‘T131’:
The same rules apply as for ‘t6’ or ‘T6’. Eight digits
 1 2(standard format) The first character must be ‘0’ and the data must end with a check digit.
Total eight digits = 
‘0’ plus 6 digits plus 1 check digit.
Six digits
 2The first character and the last check digit are removed from the eight digit data. 
 
						

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„When EAN 128 set A, set B or set C is selected with the parameter ‘t132’ or ‘T132’, ‘t133’ or ‘T133’ or ‘t134’ 
or ‘T134’
The same rules apply as for ‘t12’ or ‘T12’, ‘t13’ or ‘T13’, or ‘t14’ or ‘T14’.
Box drawing
ESC i ... E (or e)
‘E’ or ‘e’ is a terminator.
Line block drawing
ESC i ... V (or v)
‘V’ or ‘v’ is a terminator.
Expanded character data start
n = ‘l’ or ‘L’
Data that follows ‘l’ or ‘L’ is read as expanded character data (or labeling data). Expanded character data must 
end with the ‘ \ ’ code (5CH), which also ends this command.
Example Program Listings
WIDTH LPT1:,255
CODE 39
LPRINT CHR$(27);it0r1s0o0x00y00bCODE39?\;
Interleaved 2 of 5
LPRINT CHR$(27);it1r1s0o0x00y20b123456?\;
FIM
LPRINT CHR$(27);it3r1o0x00y40bA\;
Post Net
LPRINT CHR$(27);it4r1o0x00y60b1234567890?\;
EAN-8
LPRINT CHR$(27);it5r1o0x00y70b1234567?\;
UPC-A
LPRINT CHR$(27);it5r1o0x50y70b12345678901?\;
EAN-13
LPRINT CHR$(27);it5r1o0x100y70b123456789012?\;
UPC-E
LPRINT CHR$(27);it6r1o0x150y70b0123456?\;
Codabar
LPRINT CHR$(27);it9r1s0o0x00y100bA123456A\;
Code 128 set A
LPRINT CHR$(27);it12r1o0x00y120bCODE128A12345?\;
 
						

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Code 128 set B
LPRINT CHR$(27);it13r1o0x00y140bCODE128B12345?\;
Code 128 set C
LPRINT CHR$(27);it14r1o0x00y160b;CHR$(1);CHR$(2);?\;
ISBN(EAN)
LPRINTCHR$(27);it130r1o0x00y180b123456789012?+12345\;
EAN 128 set A
LPRINT CHR$(27);it132r1o0x00y210b1234567890?\;
LPRINT CHR$(12)
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