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Figure 4. 1.  Character dot pattern 
  
The pattern is 13 dots high and 13 dots wide. The pattern is encoded as a series of 16-bit 
words. If necessary, blank cells may be added on the right to make the width a multiple 
of 16. For this reason, the three extra columns appear on the right (see the figure above). 
Each 16-bit word is encoded with three characters, representing the most significant six 
bits, the next six bits, and the least significant four bits, respectively, as shown in  Defin-
ing Fill Patterns in  Chapter 2. 
To obtain the character codes, divi de the word into sections of six, six, and four bits and 
calculate the numerical value of  each section (referred to as x, y , and  z, respectively), 
treating it as a binary number in which th e white dots are zeros and the black dots are 
ones. Then add an  offset of 64 to the values of the six-bit  sections and 48 to the values of 
the four-bit sections. The result is the ASCII code of the character  representing that sec-
tion ( x,  y, and  z, respectively). Refer to the example of dot map and numerical derivation 
in  Defining Fill Patterns  in Chapter 2 . The procedure for the numerical derivation is 
identical to creating fill patterns for XPAT. 
Six-bit sections consisting of all black dots, as in the middle row of this symbol, are a 
special case. They encode by  using the ASCII code 127, which is the unprintable delete 
code. Character 47 (/) may therefore be used instead. 
The resolution may be specified for 300 or 600 (dpi) only in printing system models that 
support the 600-dpi resolution printing. LDFC generated 300 dpi characters may print 
when the default resolution is 300 or 600 dpi. It is not possible for 600 dpi LDFC gener-
ated characters to print at 300 dpi. 
The bit map data proceeds from le ft to right across the character pattern, then from top to 
bottom. The data can be formatted by insert ing line-feeds, but not spaces. If we assign 
this character an x-offset of 0 and a y-offs et and cell width of 500 micro dots each, and 
make it ASCII code 42 (*) of font 1000,  it creates the following LDFC command: 
!R! LDFC 1000, 42, 13, 13, 500, 0, 500, 250, 0; @’0@’0Ap0Ap0Cx00|At0//J80|At0Cx0Ap0Ap0@’0@’0;
UNIT C;
BOX 4.35, 0.75, L;
FONT 1000;
TEXT ’ * * * * * * * * ’;
EXIT; 
Symbol Set 
The page printing system can produce sets of  alphabet, numeric, and symbol characters. 
These sets, with each character assigned to a  particular code, are known as symbol sets. 
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The following figure shows all the characters included in the most common symbol set, 
HP Roman-8. 
Figure 4. 2.  Roman-8 Symbol Set 
  
In addition to a large selection of bitmap and scalable fonts, the printing system supports 
many symbol sets (also referred to as  character sets). The variety of Kyocera supported 
symbol sets can be attributed to the numerou s printer emulations. Most of those symbol 
sets are the same regarding the letters of  the alphabet, digits, and basic punctuation 
marks, but they differ considerably in their special symbols which lie in the upper half of 
the character code table, consisting of character codes 128 through 254 (hex 80 through 
FE). 
Charts for the available symbol sets in each emulation appear in  Chapter 7. 
Only the resident fonts can be assigned w ith a new symbol set. All downloaded fonts 
contain specific symbol sets. 
International Characters 
The INTL (print INTernatio naL characters) command provi des quick access to printing 
characters from a different char acter set, characters not found in the default symbol set 
(US ASCII). By simply using the INTL command with appropriate parameters for lan-
guage and country code, the Kyocera user can  access a wide variety of specific charac-
ters. 
The following sequence selects the ISO-4 U.K. symbol set for the Swiss721BM8-Roman 
font in the HP LaserJet emulation: 
!R! UNIT P; CMNT Emulation must be HPLJ; FONT 13;
INTL 3, 1; CMNT ISO-4 U.K.;
EXIT; 
The U.K. symbol set is identical to the US  ASCII character set except that it has the 
pound currency symbol (\P) in place of the number sign (#). 
It should be noted that the symbol set sel ected by INTL is specific to the currently emu-
lated printer (HP LaserJet in the above exampl e). If the current emulation is changed to 
Diablo 630 for the example above (by a SEM command, for example), the INTL com-
mand selects the Diablo U.K. symbol set instead of HP ISO-4 U.K. symbol set. 
Selecting HP Symbol Sets 
The HP LaserJet emulation has considerably more supported symbol sets than can be 
accessed through the INTL comm and. To establish a symbol set, use one of the follow-
ing commands. 
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• CSET (Change symbol SET) 
• SFNT (Select current FoNT by typeface) 
The CSET command selects a symbol set by specifying its identification code which 
closely resembles the command parameters of the HP printer control language. In the 
example below, the Windows  symbol set is selected. 
CSET 9U; 
The CSET command may be pr eceded by an FSET font selection command. Remember 
that the symbol set has the highest priority in font selection. The following example still 
selects the ISO-4 U.K. symbol  set for the Swiss742SWC-Roman font in the HP LaserJet 
emulation: 
!R! UNIT P; FSET 1p12v0s0b4148T; CMNT 4148 means Universe;
CSET 1E; CMNT ISO-4 U.K.;
EXIT; 
The SFNT command, primarily us ed to select and size a scalable font as stated previ-
ously, also provides the parameter that specifi es a symbol set for the font. It has the fol-
lowing format: 
SFNT ’ typeface’[, height [, font-number [, symbol-set , compression , angle]]]; 
In the above format, the  symbol-set parameter specifies the symbol set for the font desig-
nated by typeface. The symbol-set valu e must be given together with the compression 
and  angle  parameters. In the example below, the  symbol-set value 37 assigns the ISO-4 
U.K. symbol set to the Universe medium font. 
!R! UNIT P; SFNT ‘Universe-Md’, 12, 2000, 37, 1, 0;
CMNT 37=ISO-4 U.K.;
EXIT; 
The symbol set values are tabled in  LaserJet Symbol Sets in Chapter 7 .
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							 Chapter 5
Barcodes
This chapter is a tutorial for encoding data into linear barcode and two-dimensional bar-
codes (PDF barcodes) by using PRESCRIBE commands. The former part of this chapter 
deals with how to implement the linear barcodes, the latter part explains the PDF417. 
They are step-by-step  guide with a direct and practical approach.
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Linear Barcodes
The printing system is capable of printing a wide variety of barcodes, with human-read-
able text if desired. The user need only specify the type of barcode and the data to be 
encoded. The printing system  performs the rest of the work, including bar and space gen-
eration, symbol translation, insertion of st art and stop codes, checksum calculation, inter-
leaving, padding, zero suppres sion, and parity reversal. 
Note
The scanability of barcodes is affected by the quality of the paper and the type of scanner 
used. Parameters of the BARC command enable the width of the bars and spaces to be 
adjusted to compensate for these factors. A certain amount of  testing and experimentation 
may be needed to find the right parameter  values for a particular set of conditions. 
PRESCRIBE uses the BARC (draw BARCode ) command to execute barcodes. This 
printing system feature is described fully in this chapter. 
The BARC command uses  the following format. 
BARC  type , flag, ’ string’[, short , tall [, bar1 , bar2 , bar3 , bar4 , space1 , space2 , space3, 
space4 ]]; 
The BARC command prints  specified data in barcode form.  The cursor is located at the 
top left corner of the barcode for types 0 to 38, 40 and 41, and at the bottom left corner of 
the barcode for type 39, and does not move. 
The  type, flag , and string  parameters are always required. The other parameters are 
optional. The type parameter is a number fr om 0 to 42 designating one of the barcode 
types listed in  Numbers outside the range from 0 to 42 are regarded as type 15 (MSI bar-
code with no check digit). 
The  flag parameter specifies whether (Y or y) or  not (N or n) to print a human-readable 
text under the barcode. The text is printed in the printing system’s current font. Any 
desired font can be obtained by placing a font selection command before the BARC 
command. The flag parameter for barcodes 39 and 40 (USPS) must be N. 
The  string  parameter gives the barcode data enclosed in apostrophes or quotation marks. 
The allowable length of the st ring and the characters that can be included depend on the 
barcode type.  lists the allowed lengths and character sets. 
 also lists a default character  that is used to fill out strings shorter than the minimum 
length and which may be substituted for any illegal characters in the string. 
If the string is too long, it is truncated to the maximum allowed length. 
Examples: 
!R! UNIT I; BARC 11, N, ’123456’; EXIT; 
  
!R! BARC 0, Y, ’12345678910’; EXIT; 
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The short  and tall parameters specify the short and tall bar heights in the unit designated 
by the UNIT command (d efault: inches). The short and tall parameters must be both 
specified or both omitted. If they are omitted, the default values as shown in Table 5.3. 
must be specified. 
Only barcode types 0 to 12, 35 to 38, and 39 have two bar heights. For types 13 to 34, 40, 
and 41, the bar height is determined by th e short parameter and the tall parameter is 
ignored. Even when all bars are the same  height, however, the command syntax requires 
that when a short parameter is specified, the tall parameter must be specified too. 
Examples: 
!R! UNIT I; BARC 15, N, ’1234567890’, .2, .2; EXIT; 
  
!R! UNIT I; BARC 8, Y, ’123456’, .6, .7; EXIT; 
  
When two bar heights with human-readable text  are used, in some cases the tall bars may 
overlap the text.
The  bar1  to bar4  and  space1  to space4  parameters adjust the width of the bars and 
spaces. Fine adjustment of these parameters may be needed to obtain scannable barcodes 
for a particular scanner and type of paper.  The dots unit (UNIT D;) is convenient. Bar-
code 40 (USPS FIM) ignores all these paramete rs and therefore has a constant height and 
space. 
Some barcode types have only two classes of widths ( bar1, bar2, space1, space2). Oth-
ers have three or four classes. Regardless of  the barcode type, when any width parameter 
is specified all eight  width parameters must be specified together. In the case of two 
classes of widths, dummy values must be specified for  bar3, bar4, space3, and space4 . 
The bar and space width parameters should be  specified in ascending order. The maxi-
mum specifiable value is 200 dots. 
1 ≤ bar1  ≤ bar2  ≤ bar3  ≤ bar4  ≤200 (dots)
1  ≤ space1  ≤ space2  ≤ space3  ≤ space4  ≤ 200 (dots)
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If the bar and space width parameters are omitted, the printing system uses suitable 
default values. Table 5.3. indicates the number of width classes and the default values for 
each barcode type. 
Barcode 19 (Code 39) has two width classes, which are set to 5 and 10 dots respectively 
in the example below.  Bar1 and space1  are both 5 dots, and  bar2 and space2  are 10 dots. 
Bar3, space3, bar4 , and space4  are all given dummy values of 10. 
Examples: 
!R! UNIT D;
BARC 19, Y, ’0123ABC’, 60, 60, 5, 10, 10, 10, 5, 10, 10, 10;
EXIT; 
  
The above widths are doubled in the next example. 
!R! UNIT D;
BARC 19, Y, ’0123ABC’, 60, 60, 10, 20, 20, 20, 10, 20, 20, 20;
EXIT; 
  
Barcode 36 (EAN 8 with a five-digit supplement) has four width classes, which are set to 
10, 20, 30, and 40 dots in the example below. Two bar heights are also used. 
!R! UNIT D;
BARC 36, N, ’012345678912’, 180, 220, 10, 20, 30, 40, 10, 
20, 30, 40;
EXIT; 
  
Barcode 39 (USPS POSTNET) prints a POST NET barcode on a mail piece. The United 
States Postal Service (USPS) utilizes PO STNET (POSTal Numeric Encoding Technique) 
to process bulk mail and business reply envelopes quickly and efficiently. 
Though this barcode accepts any values within the range specified on the previous page, 
we recommend that all parameters except  type, flag, and string  not  be specified as the 
scanability of the barcode is most eff ective with the default values. Also the flag  parame-
ter for this barcode must be N (do not print human-readable text). See the figure on 8. for 
POSTNET barcode location. 
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Barcode 41 (USPS FIM) prints a Facing Identification Mark pattern which may be 
printed on the envelope adjacent to the stamp. The combin ation of a FIM and the POST-
NET (barcode 39) barcode enables faster processing by the USPS. 
When generating a FIM pattern, all parameters except  type, flag, and string  are ignored. 
The flag parameter must be N. Characters perm itted for the string parameter are ‘A’, ‘B’, 
‘C’, and ‘D’ only, and each represents one of  four different FIM patterns. For example, 
Courtesy Replay Mail and stamped reply mail require the FIM-A pattern, while Business 
Reply Mail and unstamped (prepaid) return mail require the FIM-C pattern. Also see the 
figure on 8 for FIM location. 
Barcode 43 (Customer) has four bar heights. Only the shortest and tallest bar heights are 
specifiable, the heights for the intermediate two bars being adjusted automatically. Any 
values entered for bar and space widths are  ignored and defaulted to 1.68 points respec-
tively. The rules for the order of  specifiable bar and space widths, bar1 ≤bar2 ≤bar3 ≤bar4 
and space1 ≤space2 ≤space3 ≤space4, must be adhered to, however.  
Table 5.1.  Barcode Types (Sheet 1 of 2)
No. Type 
0UPC A 
1 UPC A with two-digit supplement 
2 UPC A with five-digit supplement 
3UPC D-1 
4UPC D-2 
5UPC D-3 
6UPC D-4 
7UPC D-5 
8UPC E 
9 UPC E with two-digit supplement 
10 UPC E with five-digit supplement 
11 EAN-8 
12 EAN-13 
13 DUN-14 (Distribution Unit Number, EAN) 
14 DUN-16 (Distribution Unit Number, EAN) 
15 MSI with no check digit 
16 MSI with single mod-10 check digit 
17 MSI mod-10 followed by mod-10 check digit 
18 MSI mod-11 followed by mod-10 check digit 
19 Code 39 with no check digit (USD-3) 
20 Code 39 with mod-43 check digit (USD-3) 
21 Interleaved two of five (USD-1) with no check digit (See No. 41.)
22 Identicon two of five with no checksum 
23 Code 128 (USD-6) manual code change 
24 Code 128 (USD-6) automatic code change 
25 Code 11 with only ’c’ checksum (USD-8) 
26 Code 11 with both ’c’ and ’k’ checksums (USD-8) 
27 Code 93 with both ’c’ and ’k’ checksums (USD-7) 
28 CODABAR with no check digits (USD-4) 
29 Matrix two of five with no checksum 
30 Datalogic two of five with no checksum 
31 Industrial two of five with no checksum 
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32 Ames with no checksum 
33 Delta distance ’a’ (IBM) with no checksum 
34 Delta distance ’a’ (IBM) with checksum 
35 EAN 8 with two-digit supplement 
36 EAN 8 with five-digit supplement 
37 EAN 13 with two-digit supplement 
38 EAN 13 with five-digit supplement 
39 POSTNET (USPS) 
40 FIM (USPS) 
41 Interleaved two of five (USD-1) with checksum
42 UCC/EAN 128
43 Customer
44 Wide gap CODABAR
Table 5.2.  Length, Character Set, and Default  (Sheet 1 of 2) Type Length Character set Default 
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 11
13
16
13
18
22
25
29
6
8
11
7
12
13
15
1-14
1-14
1-14
1-14 0123456789
0
19
20 1–40
1–40 $%+-./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 
and space
Space 
21
22 2–26
1–25 0123456789
0
23
24 1–40
2–40 All printable characters (ASCII codes 32 to 126)
Space
25
26 1–45
1–45 -0123456789
Space
27 1–50 All printable characters (ASCII codes 32 to 126) Space
28 3–32 $+-./0123456789:abcdetn* –
Table 5.1.  Barcode Types (Sheet 2 of 2)
No. Type 
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