Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto BT-1000 del fabbricante Brother
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2 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, WIN DOWS NT ® 4.0 AND WINDOWS ® 2000/XP).
3 Trademarks The Brother logo is a r egist er ed t rademark of Brother I ndust r ies, Ltd. Macintosh is regist er ed t rademark in t he United Stat es and ot her count ries, and TrueType is a tradem ar k of Apple Com puter, I nc. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Wi ndows and Windows NT are register ed trademarks of Microsoft Cor poration in t he U.
4 Chapter 1 How to install the BT-1000 Brother Barcode Font Upgrade on Brother Printer Note: In order to activate th e BT-1000, you must use the PCL emulation mode.
5 f. Click the OK button t o send t he f ont activation key. The pr int er will receive the activation key. Wait at least 30 seconds. g. Switch the print er off and t hen on. h. Print, PRI NT FO NTS by using t he control panel. You can check t he newly activated fonts.
6 Chapter 2 BT-1000 Barcode Font Solutions Manual 1 Code 128 1.1 About Code 128 Introduced in 1981, Code 128 bar codes ar e used ext ensively by the shipping industry, as well as f or invent or y, ID, and t r acking pur poses.
7 1.3 PCL Escape Sequences To print from Unix or DOS syst ems you must send the appropriate PCL escape sequences to print t he bar code f ont you require.
8 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 7.
9 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 D C4 t 84 117 NAK u 85 118 SYN v 86 119 ETB w 87.
10 2 Code 39 2.1 About Code 39 Code 39 was the first alphanum er ic bar code developed and is t he most widely used. Also known as Code USD-3 or Code 3/9, C ode 39 is widely used in m any indust r ies and is the standard f or m any government bar code specif icat ions, including the U.
11 2.3 Choosing the Right Font The various Code 39 fonts creat es bar code sym bols of differ ent sizes and densities. Most of t he f ont s use a 2.5:1 wide: nar r ow bar ratio. The Slim f onts use a 2:1 r at io f or narrower symbols and t he Wide font uses a 3: 1 r at io f or wider sym bols.
12 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 1.
13 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 .
14 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.
15 3 Interleaved 2 of 5 3.1 About Interleaved 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 is a num er ic- only bar code, variable in length and bi- d ir ect ional. It is a high-density code that can hold up to 18 digits per inch (25.4mm) when pri nted using a 7.5 mil X dimension.
16 After pr int ing a bar code it is necessary to select a dif f erent f ont in or der to print something besides mor e bar codes. The PCL com mand to select t he default f ont is “<esc>(3@”. To select a font ot her than t he def ault f ont , use the PCL escape sequence show on the PCL font list .
17 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 .
18 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.
19 Both UPC-A and UPC-E allow f or a supplement al t wo or five digit num ber to be appended to the main bar code sym bol. The supplem ental message was designed for use on publications and per iodicals. To ent er a supplemental m essage, it m ust consist of either t wo or five numer ic digit s .
20 4.2.2 UPC-E The UPC-E code is a compressed bar code int ended f or use on small it em s. Compression works by squeezing extr a zeros out of t he bar code and then automatically r e- insert ing them at t he scanner . Only bar codes containing zer os are candidates for t he UPC- E symbol.
21 4.3 PCL Escape Sequences From UNIX or DO S it is necessary to send PCL escape sequences as par t of the print data t o select t he desired bar code font . The PCL escape sequences for t he fonts are shown on t he PCL f ont list. I nst r uctions on how to pr int t he PCL font list ar e given in your printer m anual.
22 Codabar is unusual because some charact er s ar e wider than other s. With 2- elem ent widths defined, each char act er cont ains 4 bars and 3 spaces. The charact er is followed by a single narrow space t o separ at e it fr om t he next character. Each pattern begins and ends wit h one of 4 start / st op character s A- D.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Brother BT-1000 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Brother BT-1000 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Brother BT-1000 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Brother BT-1000 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Brother BT-1000, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Brother BT-1000.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Brother BT-1000. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Brother BT-1000 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
