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BT-1000 Brother Barcode Font
BT-1000 Brother Barcode Font
User’s Guide
User’s Guide
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 HOW TO INSTALL THE BT-1000 BROTHER BARCODE FONT UPGRADE ON BROTHER PRINTER ........................................................... 4 ® ® ® 1 WINDOWS SYSTEMS (WINDOWS 95/98/ME, WINDOWS NT 4.0 ® AND WINDOWS 2000/XP)........................................................................... 4 2 OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS ........................................................... 5 CHAPTER 2 BT-1000 BARCODE FONT SOLUTIONS MANUAL ............... 6 1 CODE
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Trademarks The Brother logo is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. Macintosh is registered trademark in the United States and other countries, and TrueType is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other terms and brand and product names mentioned in this User’s Guide a
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Chapter 1 How to install the BT-1000 Brother Barcode Font Upgrade on Brother Printer Note: In order to activate the BT-1000, you must use the PCL emulation mode. ® 1 Windows Systems ® ® ® (Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP) To activate the barcode fonts, you must send an activation key to the printer you wish to upgrade. To send the activation key, follow the steps below: ® a. You must have already installed the corresponding Windows printer driv
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f. Click the OK button to send the font activation key. The printer will receive the activation key. Wait at least 30 seconds. g. Switch the printer off and then on. h. Print, PRINT FONTS by using the control panel. You can check the newly activated fonts. 2 Other Operating Systems If you are using another operating system such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, etc, follow the steps below: a. Insert the BT-1000 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. b. Select the AddFont.bin file in th
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Chapter 2 BT-1000 Barcode Font Solutions Manual 1 Code 128 1.1 About Code 128 Introduced in 1981, Code 128 bar codes are used extensively by the shipping industry, as well as for inventory, ID, and tracking purposes. It is often selected over Code 39 when space is at a premium and because it offers a much larger selection of characters. The Code 128 standard is maintained by AIM (Automatic Identification Manufacturers). Code 128 provides a very dense numeric-only bar code, and
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1.3 PCL Escape Sequences To print from Unix or DOS systems you must send the appropriate PCL escape sequences to print the bar code font you require. Example escape sequences are shown below: Code128TT-Regular : esc(12Yesc(s1p#v0s0b28685T Code128-NarrowTT-Regular : esc(12Yesc(s1p#v0s0b28686T Code128-WideTT-Regular : esc(12Yesc(s1p#v0s0b28687T (#: point size 0.25 – 999.75) Replace the hash (#) with the relevant point size. For example, to print a bar code that is one inch (25.4 mm
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ASCII value Code Set A Code Set B Code Set C 59 ; ; 27 60 < < 28 61 = = 29 62 > > 30 63 ? ? 31 64 @ @ 32 65 A A 33 66 B B 34 67 C C 35 68 D D 36 69 E E 37 70 F F 38 71 G G 39 72 H H 40 73 I I 41 74 J J 42 75 K K 43 76 L L 44 77 M M 45 78 N N 46 79 O O 47 80 P P 48 81 Q Q 49 82 R R 50 83 S S 51 84 T T 52 85 U U 53 86 V V 54 87 W W 55 88 X X 56 89 Y Y 57 90 Z Z 58 91 [ [ 59 92 \ \ 60 93 ] ] 61 94 ^ ^ 62 95 _ _ 63 96 NUL ‘ 64 97 SOH a 65 98 STX b 66 99 ETX c 67 100 EO
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ASCII value Code Set A Code Set B Code Set C 108 FF l 76 109 CR m 77 110 SOH n 78 111 SI o 79 112 DLE p 80 113 DC1 q 81 114 DC2 r 82 115 DC3 s 83 116 DC4 t 84 117 NAK u 85 118 SYN v 86 119 ETB w 87 120 CAN x 88 121 EM y 89 122 SUB z 90 123 ESC { 91 124 FS | 92 125 GS } 93 165 RS ~ 94 166 US DEL 95 167 FNC 3 FNC 3 96 168 FNC 2 FNC 2 97 169 SHIFT SHIFT 98 170 CODE C CODE C 99 171 CODE B FNC 4 CODE B (100) 172 FNC 4 CODE A CODE A (101) 173 FNC
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2 Code 39 2.1 About Code 39 Code 39 was the first alphanumeric bar code developed and is the most widely used. Also known as Code USD-3 or Code 3/9, Code 39 is widely used in many industries and is the standard for many government bar code specifications, including the U.S. Department of Defense. Code 39 is defined in American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard MH10.8M-1983. Code 39 is often used for identification, inventory, and work-in-process tracking because the charac
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2.3 Choosing the Right Font The various Code 39 fonts creates bar code symbols of different sizes and densities. Most of the fonts use a 2.5:1 wide: narrow bar ratio. The Slim fonts use a 2:1 ratio for narrower symbols and the Wide font uses a 3:1 ratio for wider symbols. Like any TrueType or Type 1 font, the bar code fonts can be scaled to any size. Any of the fonts formatted at 24 or 36 points will create bar codes that are 1/3 (8.5mm) or 1/2 (12.7mm) inches tall respectively. Be s
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2.5 Code 39 Font Product Character Set ASCII Character Code 39 0 NUL %U 1 SOH $A 2 STX $B 3 ETX $C 4 EOT $D 5 ENQ $E 6 ACK $F 7 BEL $G 8 BS $H 9 HT $I 10 LF $J 11 VT $K 12 FF $L 13 CR $M 14 SO $N 15 SI $O 16 DLE $P 17 DC1 $Q 18 DC2 $R 19 DC3 $S 20 DC4 $T 21 NAK $U 22 SYN $V 23 ETB $W 24 CAN $X 25 EM $Y 26 SUB $Z 27 ESC %A 28 FS %B 29 GS %C 30 RS %D 31 US %E 32 SP SP 33 ! /A 34 “ /B 35 # /C 36 $ /D 37 % /E 38 & /F 39 ‘ /
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ASCII Character Code 39 46 . . 47 / /O 48 0 0 49 1 1 50 2 2 51 3 3 52 4 4 53 5 5 54 6 6 55 7 7 56 8 8 57 9 9 58 : /Z 59 ; %F 60 < %G 61 = %H 62 > %I 63 ? %J 64 @ %V 65 A A 66 B B 67 C C 68 D D 69 E E 70 F F 71 G G 72 H H 73 I I 74 J J 75 K K 76 L L 77 M M 78 N N 79 O O 80 P P 81 Q Q 82 R R 83 S S 84 T T 85 U U 86 V V 87 W W 88 X X 89 Y Y 90 Z Z 91 [ %K 92 \ %L 93 ] %M 94 ^ %N 13
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ASCII Character Code 39 95 _ %O 96 ‘ %W 97 a +A 98 b +B 99 c +C 100 d +D 101 e +E 102 f +F 103 g +G 104 h +H 105 i +I 106 j +J 107 k +K 108 l +L 109 m +M 110 n +N 111 o +O 112 p +P 113 q +Q 114 r +R 115 s +S 116 t +T 117 u +U 118 v +V 119 w +W 120 x +X 121 y +Y 122 z +Z 123 { %P 124 | %Q 125 } %R 126 ~ %S 127 DEL %T, %X, %Y, %Z 14
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After printing a bar code it is necessary to select a different font in order to print something besides more bar codes. The PCL command to select the default font is “(3@”. To select a font other than the default font, use the PCL escape sequence show on the PCL font list. The “” shown is the ASCII escape character. It is decimal 27, hexadecimal 1B, octal 33, or binary 00011011. 3.3 I2of5 Font Product Character Set ASCII Character Interleaved 2 of 5 33 ! 0 34 “ 1 35 #
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ASCII Character Interleaved 2 of 5 73 I 40 74 J 41 75 K 42 76 L 43 77 M 44 78 N 45 79 O 46 80 P 47 81 Q 48 82 R 49 83 S 50 84 T 51 85 U 52 86 V 53 87 W 54 88 X 55 89 Y 56 90 Z 57 91 [ 58 92 \ 59 93 ] 60 94 ^ 61 95 _ 62 96 ‘ 63 97 a 64 98 b 65 99 c 66 100 d 67 101 e 68 102 f 69 103 g 70 104 h 71 105 i 72 106 j 73 107 k 74 108 l 75 109 m 76 110 n 77 111 o 78 112 p 79 113 q 80 114 r 81 115 s 82 116 t 83 117 u 8
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ASCII Character Interleaved 2 of 5 122 z 89 161 90 162 91 163 92 164 93 165 94 166 95 167 96 168 97 169 98 170 99 171 Start 172 Stop 4 UPC / EAN Code 4.1 About the UPC / EAN Code UPC Code is a collection of Type 1 and TrueType fonts that create and print UPC version A, UPC version E, EAN-8/JAN-8, EAN-13/JAN-13, Bookland (ISBN), and ® ® ISSN bar code symbols within any Microsoft Windows , Unix or Mac application. The bar code fonts in UPC Code can be used wi
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Both UPC-A and UPC-E allow for a supplemental two or five digit number to be appended to the main bar code symbol. The supplemental message was designed for use on publications and periodicals. To enter a supplemental message, it must consist of either two or five numeric digits. The supplemental is simply a small additional bar code that is added onto the right side of a standard UPC symbol. 4.2 Types of UPC Symbols 4.2.1 UPC-A UPC-A is a 12 digit, numeric symbology used in retail
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4.2.2 UPC-E The UPC-E code is a compressed bar code intended for use on small items. Compression works by squeezing extra zeros out of the bar code and then automatically re-inserting them at the scanner. Only bar codes containing zeros are candidates for the UPC-E symbol. UPC-E is also referred to as "zero suppressed". The way this works is that UPC-E compresses a normal 12-digit UPC-A code into a six-digit code by "suppressing" the number system digit, trailing zeros in the manufact
