Menus and Their Functions

When the Bar Code Printing function is activated, the BarDIMM and FreeScape menus become available in the PCL/PS menu.


Make sure that the Bar Code Printing function is enabled before you print bar codes. When the Bar Code Printing function is activated, [BarDIMM] and [FreeScape] appear on Printer Settings. The title of each menu may vary depending on the model of your machine.

Accessing the Menus

You can specify the BarDIMM or FreeScape menu from the operation panel.
How to display the BarDIMM or FreeScape menu differs for each model. For more information, see the "User's Guide" that came with your machine.

BarDIMM Menu

Enable, Disable

You can enable or disable the Bar Code Printing function of the machine.

If [Enable] is selected, the machine will generate bar codes when it receives bar code commands from the host computer.

If [Disable] is selected, bar codes will not be generated, even if bar code commands are sent from the host computer.


When you are not printing bar codes, make sure to disable the BarDIMM menu. Otherwise, the processing speed of regular print jobs may be reduced.

FreeScape Menu

Off, ~, ", #, $, /, \, ?, {, }, |

You can specify the AEC (Alternate Escape Code) to be used for bar code commands when the host computer does not support the standard Escape Code.