Barcode Selection Guide...

The choice of label printers available today is overwhelming and specifying the right product for your application can be daunting. This guide is designed to help you find the Argox Label Printer that will best suit your needs.

How to use the guide...

1. Choose the printer range.
The label printer Barcode Selection Guide is grouped into three ranges. These classify the Argox printers according to how heavily they will be used. The Desktop range are small footprint, low cost systems adequate for label printing applications up to approximately 5000 labels per day. The Commercial range are more robust and are good for 10000 to 15000 labels per day. Finally the Industrial range includes fully featured, high capactity labellers handling up to 20000 labels each day.

2. Choose the software emulation.
Argox labelers can be supplied with different software to emulate a number of popular third party label printers. The software sets currently available are PPLA, PPLB and PPLZ. Not all devices can run all three types of software and the software emulation might restrict the barcodes that can be printed.

3. Use the table to check which model supports your required barcodes with the desired software emulation.

For example: You require a desktop series (up to 5000 labels per day) printer with Code 11 & GSI DataBar barcodes. In the desktop range, only the A2240, OS2140D & OS2140 list either of the codes. Furthermore, only software emulation PPLZ can support Code 11 so you can choose between these three printers but must specify PPLZ type when ordering.

This guide lists 1D barcodes only. For information on 2D barcodes, please see the specifcation tables on the printer data sheets.

Disclaimer: A lot of effort has gone in to ensuring the accuracy of this guide but M-Tech Printers cannot be held responsible for any errors that may have been overlooked. It is therefore essential that you request and thoroughly read through the selected model's full specification before making your purchase.

Range	Desktop										Commercial			Industrial
Model	A150	A200	A2240	OS203DT	OS204DT	OS2140D	OS214	OS314	OS214P	OS2140	R400P	R600	F1	X1000V	X2000V	X2500	G6000
Codabar	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
Code11			PPLZ			PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ
Code128 auto	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB PPLZ			PPLB PPLZ				PPLB PPLZ			PPLB	PPLB PPLZ	PPLB PPLZ	PPLB PPLZ
Code 128 subset A/B/C	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLC	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
Code 128 UCC (Shipping Container Code)			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
Code 39	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
Code 39 extended	PPLB	PPLB
Code 39 with checksum digit			PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLA PPLB PPLZ				PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLB	PPLB PPLZ	PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ
Code 93	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
EAN-13	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
EAN-13 subset A/B/C
EAN-13 with 2 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
EAN-13 with 5 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
EAN-8	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
EAN-8 with 2 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB				PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
EAN-8 with 5 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB				PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
FIM			PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA		PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA
German Post Code	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
GS1 Data Bar			PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLA PPLB PPLZ				PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ
HBIC			PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA		PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA
Industrial 2 of 5			PPLZ			PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ
Interleaved 2 of 5	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
Interleaved 2 of 5 with checksum digit			PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ
Interleaved 2 of 5 with human readable check digit			PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ			PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ
Interleaved 2 of 5 with modulo 10 checksum									PPLA
Interleaved 2 of 5 with modulo 10 checksum & shipping bearer bars									PPLA
Logmars			PPLZ			PPLZ				PPLZ				PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ
Matrix 2 of 5	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
MSI			PPLZ			PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ
Plessey			PPLA PPLZ	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA PPLZ	PPLA PPLZ	PPLA PPLZ	PPLA	PPLA PPLZ	PPLA PPLZ	PPLA PPLZ		PPLA PPLZ	PPLA PPLZ	PPLA PPLZ	PPLA
Postnet	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
Standard 2 of 5			PPLZ			PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ
Telepen			PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA		PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA
UCC/EAN-128	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA
UCC/EAN-128 K-MART			PPLA			PPLA				PPLA				PPLA	PPLA	PPLA
UCC/EAN-128 Random Weight			PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA		PPLA	PPLA	PPLA	PPLA
UPC Interleaved 2 of 5			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
UPC-A	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
UPC-A with 2 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
UPC-A with 5 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
UPC-E	PPLB	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLB	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA PPLB PPLZ	PPLA
UPC-E with 2 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
UPC-E with 5 digit extension			PPLB			PPLB				PPLB			PPLB	PPLB	PPLB	PPLB
UPC/EAN-Extension			PPLZ			PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ		PPLZ	PPLZ	PPLZ
UPC2			PPLA			PPLA				PPLA				PPLA	PPLA	PPLA
UPC5			PPLA			PPLA				PPLA				PPLA	PPLA	PPLA