Epson EPL N2550 User Manual

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Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts
Follow the steps below to create and print bar codes using EPSON 
BarCode Fonts. The application featured in these instructions is 
Microsoft WordPad. The actual procedure may differ slightly 
when printing from other applications.
1. Open a document in your application and enter the characters 
you want to convert into a bar code.
2. Select the characters, then select Font from the Format menu.
 

292Information about Fonts 3. Select the EPSON BarCode Font you want to use, set the font 
size, then click OK.
Note:
In Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003, you cannot use font sizes 
larger than 96 points when printing bar codes.
4. The characters you selected appear as bar code characters 
similar to those shown below.
 

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5. Select Print from the File menu, select your EPSON printer, 
then click Properties. Make the following printer driver 
settings. Your printer is a Black-and-White printer. See the 
Black-and-White Printer Driver section in the table below.
 

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*These settings are available when the Automatic check box is selected on 
the Basic Settings tab. When the Advanced check box is selected, click the 
More Settings button and set the Resolution or Print Quality to 600dpi.
6. Click OK to print the bar code.
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Note:
If there is an error in the bar code character string, such as 
inappropriate data, the bar code will be printed as it appears on the 
screen, but it cannot be read by a bar code reader.
Notes on inputting and formatting bar codes
Please note the following when inputting and formatting bar code 
characters:
❏Do not apply shading or special character formatting, such as 
bold, italic, or underline.
❏Print bar codes in black and white only.
❏When...

296Information about Fonts ❏For best results, use only the font sizes recommended in 
BarCode Font specifications on page 296 for the EPSON 
BarCode Font you are using. Bar codes in other sizes may not 
be readable with all bar code readers.
Note:
Depending on the print density, or on the quality or color of the paper, 
bar codes may not be readable with all bar code readers. Print a sample 
and make sure the bar code can be read before printing large quantities.
BarCode Font specifications
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❏Check digit
❏OCR-B
Print sample
EPSON EAN-13
❏EAN-13 is the standard 13-digit EAN bar code.
❏Because the check digit is added automatically, only 12 
characters can be input.
The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be 
input by hand:
❏Left/Right margin
❏Left/Right guard bar
❏Center bar
EPSON EAN-8
Character type Numbers (0 to 9)
Number of characters 12 characters
Font size 60 pt to 150 pt (up to 96 pt in 
Windows XP/2000/Server...

298Information about Fonts ❏Check digit
❏OCR-B
Print sample
EPSON UPC-A
❏UPC-A is the standard bar code specified by the American 
Universal Product Code (UPC Symbol Specification Manual).
❏Only regular UPC codes are supported. Supplementary codes 
are not supported.
The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be 
input by hand:
❏Left/Right margin
❏Left/Right guard bar
EPSON EAN-13
Character type Numbers (0 to 9)
Number of characters 11 characters
Font size 60 pt to 150 pt (up to 96 pt in...

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❏Center bar
❏Check digit
❏OCR-B
Print sample
EPSON UPC-E
❏UPC-E is the UPC-A zero-suppression (deletes extra zeros) 
bar code specified by the American Universal Product Code 
(UPC Symbol Specification Manual).
The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be 
input by hand:
❏Left/Right margin
❏Left/Right guard bar
EPSON UPC-A
Character type Numbers (0 to 9)
Number of characters 6 characters
Font size 60 pt to 150 pt (up to 96 pt in...

300Information about Fonts ❏Check digit
❏OCR-B
❏The numeral “0”
Print sample
EPSON Code39
❏Four Code39 fonts are available, allowing you to enable and 
disable the automatic insertion of check digits and OCR-B.
❏The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 15% or 
more of its total length, in conformance to the Code39 
standard. For this reason, it is important to keep at least one 
space between the bar code and the surrounding text to 
prevent overlapping.
❏Spaces in Code39 bar codes should...