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Interleaved 2 of 5 Bar Code Font Eval

[NOTE: This package may only be used according to the License Agreement]

NOTE: This sample bar code font package should only be used for testing and evaluation purposes because some of the characters contain the text "DEMO" in them which can cause scan errors. For testing purposes, a successful scan can be obtained by scanning the lower 25% of the barcode that does not contain any "DEMO" text in it. Also, in the evaluation version package, fonts are only provided in the "b", "d" and "f" heights. human readable fonts are only provided in the "c" height. After you order the fully functional version, you will receive all heights (a through f) for a total of 12 different fonts.

Our Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Advantage Package allows you to print Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes from any computer system supporting TrueType, PostScript or PCL fonts including Windows, DOS, Macintosh and UNIX. Macintosh users should also refer to the "readme" file in the Macintosh folder of the ZIP file.

It is important to have the ability to test the barcodes you print with a barcode scanner. If you do not already have a barcode scanner, we also sell high quality complete barcode scanner kits at our IDAutomation.com site.

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Interleaved 2 of 5 Symbology Overview

Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Advantage Package Features

Details of the Interleaved 2 of 5 Font Advantage Package are as follows:

Printing with the Interleaved 2 of 5 Fonts

The Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode fonts were created to meet ANSI and CEN requirements when printing with the font size of 12 or greater. To determine which Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode font to use, first print out the AdvI25b barcode font at various font sizes to determine which size is the smallest that will work with your scanning equipment. Then, choose the tallest version that will fit in your scanning area. You may also refer to the specifications.

NOTE: You don't need to be concerned with the details and complexity of these fonts if you use our font automation tools. However, if you are interested in manually producing the barcodes you will find the information in this section helpful. For manual check digit calculations, please refer to the information provided in the ITF Symbology Overview.

The character set is listed below in columns. The "ITF Code" column lists the character or function that the barcode scanner will read for the associated symbol. The columns ASCII, Char and Unicode are unique to our Interleaved 2of5 fonts. These columns designate the location in either ASCII or Unicode where the barcode symbol for the character resides. The column "Char" lists the character that resides at the ASCII location which can be used to print the corresponding symbol on a Windows system.

ITF Code ASCII * Unicode * Char *     ITF Code ASCII * Unicode * Char *
na 0032 0020 space   53 0086 0056 V
00 0033 0021 !   54 0087 0057 W
01 0034 0022 "   55 0088 0058 X
02 0035 0023 #   56 0089 0059 Y
03 0036 0024 $   57 0090 005A Z
04 0037 0025 %   58 0091 005B [
05 0038 0026 &   59 0092 005C \
06 0039 0027 '   60 0093 005D ]
07 0040 0028 (   61 0094 005E ^
08 0041 0029 )   62 0095 005F _
09 0042 002A *   63 0096 0060 `
10 0043 002B +   64 0097 0061 a
11 0044 002C ,   65 0098 0062 b
12 0045 002D -   66 0099 0063 c
13 0046 002E .   67 0100 0064 d
14 0047 002F /   68 0101 0065 e
15 0048 0030 0   69 0102 0066 f
16 0049 0031 1   71 0103 0067 g
17 0050 0032 2   71 0104 0068 h
18 0051 0033 3   72 0105 0069 i
19 0052 0034 4   73 0106 006A j
20 0053 0035 5   74 0107 006B k
21 0054 0036 6   75 0108 006C l
22 0055 0037 7   76 0109 006D m
23 0056 0038 8   77 0110 006E n
24 0057 0039 9   78 0111 006F o
25 0058 003A :   79 0112 0070 p
26 0059 003B ;   80 0113 0071 q
27 0060 003C <   81 0114 0072 r
28 0061 003D =   82 0115 0073 s
29 0062 003E >   83 0116 0074 t
30 0063 003F ?   84 0117 0075 u
31 0064 0040 @   85 0118 0076 v
32 0065 0041 A   86 0119 0077 w
33 0066 0042 B   87 0120 0078 x
34 0067 0043 C   88 0121 0079 y
35 0068 0044 D   89 0122 007A z
36 0069 0045 E   90 0123 007B {
37 0070 0046 F   91 0124 007C |
38 0071 0047 G   92 0125 007D }
39 0072 0048 H   93 0126 007E ~
40 0073 0049 I   94 0197 00C5 Å
41 0074 004A J   95 0198 00C6 Æ
42 0075 004B K   96 0199 00C7 Ç
43 0076 004C L   97 0200 00C8 È
44 0077 004D M   98 0201 00C9 É
45 0078 004E N   99 0202 00CA Ê
46 0079 004F O   START 0203 00CB Ë
47 0080 0050 P   STOP 0204 00CC Ì
48 0081 0051 Q          
49 0082 0052 R          
50 0083 0053 S          
51 0084 0054 T          
52 0085 0055 U          

The Visual Basic Application Sample Code:

The following is a simple Visual Basic application used to print the Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode. Note that the AdvI25C font must be installed for this application to work unless you change the font name in the code. You may use this Visual Basic source code in your application as long you purchase a license for our font and the copyright notice is not removed.

' Copyright, IDAutomation.com, Inc. 2000. All rights reserved.
Dim CurrentChar As Integer
DataToEncode = InputBox("Enter numbers to encode in the Interleaved 2 of 5 font - Enter numbers only.")
'Check for an even number of digits, add 0 if not even
If (Len(DataToEncode) Mod 2) = 1 Then DataToEncode = "0" & DataToEncode
'Assign start and stop codes
StartCode = Chr(203)
StopCode = Chr(204)
StringLeng = Len(DataToEncode)
For I = 1 To StringLeng Step 2
    'Get the value of each number pair
    CurrentChar = (Mid(DataToEncode, I, 2))
    'Get the ASCII value of CurrentChar according to the chart by adding to the value
    If CurrentChar < 94 Then DataToPrint = DataToPrint & Chr(CurrentChar + 33)
    If CurrentChar > 93 Then DataToPrint = DataToPrint & Chr(CurrentChar + 103)
Next I
'Print the barcode
Printable_string = StartCode + DataToPrint + StopCode
Printer.FontSize = 20
Printer.Font = "AdvI25c"
Printer.Print Printable_string
'print the human readable text below the barcode
Printer.FontSize = 12
Printer.Font = "Times New Roman"
Printer.Print DataToEncode

Interleaved 2 of 5 Specifications

The X dimension (X is the width of the narrow bar) of our Interleaved 2 of 5 font is listed below for various point sizes. The narrow to wide ratio is 2.5 to 1 which is recommended by international standards. 

Our Interleaved 2 of 5 fonts have been specially designed to be able to produce dependable and scannable barcodes when printed at all point sizes. With a 600 DPI laser, the Interleaved 2 of 5 font can be printed as small as 6 points if the scanner supports it. We have been able to dependably scan our Interleaved 2 of 5 font printed at 6 points with the CCD scanner we sell at our IDAutomation.com Site.

Point Size

X dimension

22 .38 mm .015"
20 .34 mm .013"
12 .21 mm .008"
6 .105 mm .004"
 
Wide to Narrow Ratio: 2.5 : 1

 

Installation Instructions

For the most up to date installation procedures please visit our Technical Support Site. Macintosh users should also refer to the "readme" file in the Macintosh folder of the Interleaved 2 of 5 ZIP file.

To install the Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode font in Windows: 


For the most up to date installation procedures please visit our Technical Support Site. Macintosh users should also refer to the "readme" file in the Macintosh folder of the Interleaved 2 of 5 ZIP file.


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