Kyocera TASKalfa 6501i PCL Barcode Flash 3.0 User's Manual Rev 3.2.03.2013 - Page 4

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Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 6 1.1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL 6 1.2 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL 7 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE APPLICATION 8 1.4 ITEMS PROVIDED AS STANDARD 9 1.5 ABOUT PCL BARCODE FLASH 10 1.5.1 Overview 10 1.5.2 Terminology 10 1.6 THE MAIN FEATURES OF PCL BARCODE FLASH 12 1.7 SUPPORTED BARCODES 12 1.7.1 Linear codes (one-dimensional codes 12 1.7.2 Matrix codes (two-dimensional codes 13 1.8 SUPPORTED DEVICES 14 1.9 EMULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS SUPPORTED 20 1.10 BARCODE COMPATIBILITY 20 2 INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING 21 2.1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 21 2.2 ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE SOFTWARE (TYPE A ONLY 25 2.3 STATUS PAGE AND TEST PRINTS (TYPE A AND TYPE B/C 26 2.4 STARTUP PARTITION (TYPE A ONLY 27 3 PROGRAMMING 28 3.1 GENERAL 28 3.2 CONTROL WITH PCL 29 3.2.1 Stop characters 29 3.2.2 Stopping Barcode mode 30 3.2.3 Rules for base data 31 3.2.4 Quiet zones 31 3.2.5 Positioning of the cursor 31 3.2.6 Further parameters and options 32 3.2.7 Alternative Escape characters 36 3.3 BARCODES AND MATRIX CODES WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETERS 38 3.3.1 Datamatrix 38 3.3.2 Datamatrix mode for printing from SAP 43 3.3.3 QR Code 45 3.3.4 MaxiCode 51 3.3.5 PDF417 57 3.3.6 Australia 4-state barcodes 62 3.4 ERROR MESSAGES 65 3.5 EXAMPLES AND INSTRUCTIONS ON USE 68 3.6 BARCODE TYPES 69 3.6.1 UPC-A 69 3.6.2 UPC-A + a 2 digit extension 70 3.6.3 UPC-E 71 3.6.4 UPC-E + a 2 digit extension 72 3.6.5 EAN/JAN-8 73 3.6.6 EAN/JAN-8 + a 2 digit extension 74 4

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Contents
1 INTRODUCTION
..........................................................................................
6
1.1
A
BOUT THIS MANUAL
.................................................................................
6
1.2
H
OW TO USE THIS MANUAL
.........................................................................
7
1.3
P
URPOSE OF THE APPLICATION
..................................................................
8
1.4
I
TEMS PROVIDED AS STANDARD
..................................................................
9
1.5
A
BOUT
PCL
B
ARCODE
F
LASH
..................................................................
10
1.5.1 Overview
........................................................................................
10
1.5.2 Terminology
...................................................................................
10
1.6
T
HE MAIN FEATURES OF
PCL
B
ARCODE
F
LASH
..........................................
12
1.7
S
UPPORTED
B
ARCODES
..........................................................................
12
1.7.1 Linear codes (one-dimensional codes)
..........................................
12
1.7.2 Matrix codes (two-dimensional codes)
...........................................
13
1.8
S
UPPORTED
D
EVICES
..............................................................................
14
1.9
E
MULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS SUPPORTED
............................................
20
1.10
B
ARCODE COMPATIBILITY
.......................................................................
20
2 INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING
..................................................
21
2.1
H
ARDWARE INSTALLATION
........................................................................
21
2.2
A
CTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING THE SOFTWARE
(T
YPE
A
ONLY
)
..................
25
2.3
S
TATUS PAGE AND TEST PRINTS
(T
YPE
A
AND
T
YPE
B/C)
...........................
26
2.4
S
TARTUP PARTITION
(T
YPE
A
ONLY
)
.........................................................
27
3 PROGRAMMING
........................................................................................
28
3.1
G
ENERAL
...............................................................................................
28
3.2
C
ONTROL WITH
PCL
...............................................................................
29
3.2.1 Stop characters
..............................................................................
29
3.2.2 Stopping Barcode mode
................................................................
30
3.2.3 Rules for base data
........................................................................
31
3.2.4 Quiet zones
....................................................................................
31
3.2.5 Positioning of the cursor
................................................................
31
3.2.6 Further parameters and options
.....................................................
32
3.2.7 Alternative Escape characters
.......................................................
36
3.3
B
ARCODES AND
M
ATRIX CODES WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETERS
..................
38
3.3.1 Datamatrix
.....................................................................................
38
3.3.2 Datamatrix mode for printing from SAP
.........................................
43
3.3.3 QR Code
........................................................................................
45
3.3.4 MaxiCode
.......................................................................................
51
3.3.5 PDF417
..........................................................................................
57
3.3.6 Australia 4-state barcodes
.............................................................
62
3.4
E
RROR MESSAGES
..................................................................................
65
3.5
E
XAMPLES AND INSTRUCTIONS ON USE
.....................................................
68
3.6
B
ARCODE
T
YPES
....................................................................................
69
3.6.1 UPC-A
............................................................................................
69
3.6.2 UPC-A + a 2 digit extension
...........................................................
70
3.6.3 UPC-E
............................................................................................
71
3.6.4 UPC-E + a 2 digit extension
...........................................................
72
3.6.5 EAN/JAN-8
....................................................................................
73
3.6.6 EAN/JAN-8 + a 2 digit extension
....................................................
74