Printing or marking width is the width of the characters produced by the printer. This is not the width of the media on which text or images are printed.
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Devices output signals that are formatted according to an industrial fieldbus protocol such as CANbus, PROFIBUS®, or SERCOS; a networking protocol such as Ethernet; or another industrial automation protocol. PROFIBUS is a registered trademark of PROFIBUS International.
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Printers produce bar codes, an optical translation which encodes numeric or alphanumeric data in vertical bars and alternating spaces. Bar code bars vary in terms of boldness. Typically, bar codes are printed on labels and then attached to products.
Printers are designed for use with forms, special documents that contain blank spaces for the insertion of required or requested information. Often, forms often have multiple pages.
Printers are designed to print receipts in retail applications such as point-of-sale systems (POS) and kiosks. Receipt printers can also be used in gaming machines and to print barcodes.
Printers are used with checks or other financial documents. Check printers are used by financial institutions, as well as payroll and accounting departments.
Printers output identification (ID) cards on materials such as paper and plastic. Examples of ID cards include employee identification cards, health care cards, and membership cards.
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Bar code symbologies are essentially alphabets in which different widths of bars and spaces are combined to form characters and, ultimately, a message. Because there are many ways to arrange these bars and spaces, numerous symbologies are possible. Consult with a scanner manufacturer for help in choosing a bar code type, or determining which bar code you are currently using.
Bookland EAN barcodes are used internationally to identify books, video and audiocassettes, and software. A unique International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is assigned to each product.
Codabar (USD-4, NW-7, and Code 2 of 7) is a self-checking, numeric-only code. Codabar can encode the digits 0 through 9; six symbols (- : . $ / +); and the start / stop characters A, B, C, D, E, *, N, or T. Codabar is used in libraries, blood banks, the overnight package delivery industry, and a variety of other information processing applications.
Code 1 is an area-type symbology that combines a checkerboard data area with a bar code-like locator pattern. It can label very tiny components and carry large amounts of information in larger symbols. This symbology allows users to encode up to 2218 alphanumeric characters into a single symbol. Code 1 symbols can be shaped to fit in non-rectangular shapes such as the letters L, U, and T.
Code 11 is used primarily for labeling telecommunications equipment. The character set includes the digits 0 through 9 and a dash. Each character is encoded with three bars and two spaces.
Code 128 provides excellent density for all-numeric data, and good density for alphanumeric data. The Code 128 standard is maintained by Automatic Identification Manufacturers (AIM).
Code 16K has 37 alphanumeric characters or 74 numeric characters. It employs a fixed-width, variable-height (2 to 16 rows) pattern. Code 16K is derived from Code 128 symbology.
Code 39 (Code 3 of 9, USD-3) is used widely in many industries. It is also the standard for many government bar code specifications, including the U.S. Department of Defense. Code 39 is defined as American National Standards Institute (ANSI) specification MH10.8M-1983.
Code 49 was the first two-dimensional symbology that could be read by traditional scanners. This symbology can encode 49 alphanumeric characters or 81 numeric characters in 1.25 x 1.25 inches. Each row contains eight characters, with each character having 49 possible values (hence the name of the code).
Code 93 is a more compact version of Code 39. It encodes exactly the same characters as Code 39, but uses 9 bar code elements per character instead of 15.
EAN and JAN are abbreviations for European article numbering (EAN) and Japanese article numbering (JAN), respectively. EAN-13 is used worldwide for marking retail goods. It encodes 13 characters: the first two are a country code, followed by 10 data digits and a checksum. 2-digit and 5-digit supplemental bar codes may be added for a total of 14 or 17 data digits. EAN-8 is a shortened version of EAN-13. It includes a 2-digit country code, 5 data digits, and a checksum digit. 2-digit and 5-digit extension bar codes may be added.
Industrial 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5, and Standard 2 of 5 are numeric-only barcodes that have long been used. Unlike Interleaved 2 of 5, all of the information is encoded in the bars; the spaces are fixed-width and are used only to separate the bars. The code is self-checking and does not include a checksum.
Logistics applications of automated marking and reading symbols (LOGMARS) is a special application of Code 39 used by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). LOGMARS is governed by U.S. military standard MIL-STD-1189B, which defines acceptable ranges for a number of variables, include density, ratio, bar height, and size of the human-readable interpretation line. The Modulus 43 check digit, optional with Code 39, is defined and recommended in this specification.
MaxiCode is a fixed-size, two-dimensional matrix bar code that can encode all 256 ASCII characters. It contains 866 hexagons arranged around a central bulls-eye finder. MaxiCode can be read quickly from most directions. United Parcel Service (UPS) uses MaxiCode in automated sorting operations.
The Plessey bar code is a pulse-width, modulated, non-self checking code. Each character consists of eight elements: four bars and four spaces. The character set includes the digits 0 through 9 and the upper case letters A through F. Plessey bar codes are used primarily in libraries. The MSI Plessey bar code is a variant of the Plessey barcode that is used primarily in store shelf labeling. A Modulo 10 checksum is appended to the end of the code.
PDF-417 is a 2D bar code that can store up to about 1,800 printable ASCII characters or 1,100 binary characters per symbol. The symbol is rectangular; the shape of the symbol can be adjusted to some extent by setting the width and allowing the height to grow with the data. There is no theoretical limit on the amount of data that can be stored in a group of PDF-417 symbols.
PLANET bar codes track both inbound and outbound letter mail. They complement the existing POSTNET bar codes and are required by the U. S. Postal Service (USPS) for the CONFIRM service.
The POSTNET bar code is used by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to sort mail automatically. The POSTNET code consists of evenly-spaced bars of two different heights. Each character is represented by five bars: two tall and three short. The character set includes the digits 0 through 9. The code begins and ends with a tall bar (frame bar), and may contain a 5-digit ZIP code, a 9-digit ZIP+4 code, or an 11-digit delivery point (DP) code. A Modulo 10 check digit is inserted after the ZIP code and before the ending frame-bar.
Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC) code uses Code 128 to uniquely identify each issue of a journal. SISAC codes include the journal's ISSN number, date of publication, and volume number.
Telepen is a European code capable of encoding the full ASCII set. It uses a compressed numeric-mode, enabling numeric data to be encoded at twice the density of the standard mode. Telepen is a wide-narrow symbology with a fixed 3:1 wide:narrow ratio.
UPC-A is used for marking products that are sold at retail to the public. The bar code identifies the manufacturer and specific product so point-of-sale (POS) cash register systems can automatically look up the price. UPC-E is a variation of the UPC-A symbol that is used for number system 0. By suppressing zeroes, UPC-E codes can be printed in a very small space and are used for labeling small items. The Uniform Code Council of Dayton, Ohio controls the UPC-A Code and the assignment of manufacturer ID numbers in the United States.
VeriCode and DataMatrix help computers access specific files of information. The symbol itself can also contain that information. Each square in the symbol is a data cell. Algorithms contained in the cell identify the information that has been encoded. More than 2000 ASCII characters may be encoded in a symbol. VeriCode and DataMatrix are very popular with applications that require very tiny symbol sizes.
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Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is a European Union (EU) directive that requires all manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipment sold in Europe to demonstrate that their products contain only minimal levels of the following hazardous substances: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl and polybrominated diphenyl ether. RoHS will become effective on July 1, 2006.
Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment (WEEE) is a European Union (EU) directive that is designed to encourage the reuse, recycling and recovery of electrical and electronic equipment. WEEE establishes criteria and requirements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of this equipment. It also makes producers responsible for financing these activities. For their part, retailers and distributors must provide a way for consumers to return used or obsolete equipment without charge. WEEE became effective on August 1, 2005.
The printer has a cutter to separate media from continuous forms or rolls.
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