Brother HL 6050D User Manual

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Moisture content
Moisture content is the amount of water left in the paper after manufacture. It is one of the important 
characteristics of the paper. This can change greatly depending on the storage environment, although 
usually paper contains about 5% water by weight. Because paper often absorbs water, the amount of 
water can sometimes be about 10% in a high humidity environment. When the amount of water 
increases, the characteristic of the...

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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
CodeESC i
Dec27 105
Hex1B 69
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 “  “...

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Bar Code, expanded character, line block drawing and box drawing 
n = s0 or S0 3: 1 (default)
n = s1 or S1 2: 1
n = s3 or S3 2.5: 1
This parameter selects the bar code style as above. When the EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, Code 128 or 
EAN 128 bar code mode is selected, 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...

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Bar code human readable line ON or OFF
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
This parameter shows whether or not 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...

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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
(2) UPC-E: 18 mm
(3) Others: 12 mm
Expanded characters → 2.2 mm (preset) 
Line block drawing and box drawing →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...

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■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. Because 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. 
■When FIM (US-Post Net) is selected with the parameter t3 or T3...

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■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...

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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...

B - 1   APPENDIX (FOR EUROPE AND OTHER COUNTRIES)
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Brother Numbers
IMPORTANT: For technical and operational help, you must call the country where you bought the 
printer. Calls must be made from within that country. 
Register your product
By registering your Brother product, you will be recorded as the original owner of the product.
Your registration with Brother:
■may serve as a confirmation of the purchase date of your product should you lose your receipt;
■may support an insurance claim by you in the...

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Important information: Regulations
Radio interference (220 to 240 volt model only)
This printer follows EN55022 (CISPR Publication 22)/Class B.
Before you use this product, make sure that you use the following interface cables.
1 A shielded parallel interface cable with twist ed-pair conductors and that it is marked IEEE1284 
compliant. 
2 A USB cable.
The cable must not be more than 2 meters long.
IEC 60825 specification (220 to 240 volt model only)...