Oki LE850 Technical Reference

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- 37 -8.5 ^B7 PDF417 BAR CODEForma: ^B7o,h,s,c,r,to = Font rotationN : 0°R : 90°I : 180°B : 270°When omitted: Value of ^FW* The point of origin differs depending on the coordinate designated in ^FT and ^FO.h = Bar code height for individual rows (in dots)203-dpi printer: LE8401 to 80 dots300-dpi printer: LE8501 to 120 dotsWhen omitted: Value of ^BY*1 Since this is the height of the whole barcode when the number of rows is omitted, the maximumvalue is 9999 dots.*2 If the value after dot-to-mm conversion exceeds 10 mm, it is corrected to 10 mm.s = Security level0 : Error detection only1 to 8 : Correction and error detectionWhen omitted: 0c = Number of data columns to encode1 to 30When omitted: 1:2 row-to-column ratio (aspect ratio)r = Number of rows to encode3 to 90When omitted: 1:2 row-to-column ratio (aspect ratio)t = Truncate stop patternY : YesN : NoWhen omitted: Y*1 The point of origin for the rotation of 180° or 270° differs between Zebra and Oki Data.*2 When large-size data (e.g. 1850 English characters/1469-byte binary data) is sent, the bar codethat can be printed with Zebra may not be printed with Oki Data (due to the difference of theencoding system for PDF417).*3 When both parameters c and r are omitted, the numbers of columns and rows are calculated basedon the data size and the aspect ratio.*4 When either parameter c or r is omitted, the value of the omitted parameter is calculated based onthe data size and the aspect ratio for the specified value.*5 If the command is sent without setting data (only ^FS and ^XZ are set while ^FD^FS and ^FD arenot set), the barcode will not be printed.*6 The amount of data that can be contained in “No. of columns x No. of rows” for Oki Data is smallerthan that for Zebra by a few bytes. (The number of bytes varies depending on the numbers ofcolumns and rows.)If the numbers of columns and rows (other than 0) are specified and the above condition is met, barcodes are not printed with Oki Data. When the number of rows is set to ‘0’ (or omitted), it may belarger than that for Zebra.