About Code 128
BQ2, X, Y, NARROW, WIDE, HEIGHT, RTATION, READABLE, DATA
Code 128 Subset A: Included the standard uppercase alphanumeric keyboard characters, control and
special characters.
Code 128 Subset B: Includes the standard uppercase, lowercase alphanumeric keyboard characters
and special characters.
Code 128 Subset C: Used for double density encoding of numeric data (the set of 100 digit pairs from 00
through 99).
Subset A: BQ2,8,8,2,5,40,0,0,AAPPLE
To select Code 128 Subset A, place a ASCII A
before the data to be encoded.
Subset B: BQ2,8,8,2,5,40,0,0,BAPPLE
To select Code 128 Subset B, place a ASCII B
before the data to be encoded.
Subset C: BQ2,8,8,2,5,40,0,0,C1234
To select Code 128 Subset C, place a ASCII C
before the data to be encoded.
Special character handling:
BQ2,8,8,2,5,40,0,0, ATEST&G
To encode FNC1 into a Code 128 Subset A, send
the ASCII &G.
