Stampante termica adafruit - problema stampa barcode

buonasera a tutti,
sto utilizzando una stampante termica di Adafruit, ma non iesco a fare stampare il contenuto di una variabile come barcode.
per esempio se dichiaro una variabile unsigned long e gli do 1234567890 come valore, non riesco a farlo stampare.
ho allegato l'esempio della libreria, ho provato a modificare la funzione printer.printBarcode("1234567890", CODABAR); in tutti in modi, ma non ci sono riuscito. sapreste aiutarmi? grazie in anticipo

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Example sketch for Adafruit Thermal Printer library for Arduino.
  Demonstrates the available gamut of barcodes.
  See 'A_printertest' sketch for a more generalized printing example.

  BARCODE AVAILABILITY VARIES WITH FIRMWARE.  Not all barcodes may be
  displayed, this is normal.  Sketch may need changes for older firmware.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include "Adafruit_Thermal.h"

// Here's the syntax when using SoftwareSerial (e.g. Arduino Uno) --------
// If using hardware serial instead, comment out or remove these lines:

#include "SoftwareSerial.h"
#define TX_PIN 6 // Arduino transmit  YELLOW WIRE  labeled RX on printer
#define RX_PIN 5 // Arduino receive   GREEN WIRE   labeled TX on printer

SoftwareSerial mySerial(RX_PIN, TX_PIN); // Declare SoftwareSerial obj first
Adafruit_Thermal printer(&mySerial);     // Pass addr to printer constructor
// Then see setup() function regarding serial & printer begin() calls.

// Here's the syntax for hardware serial (e.g. Arduino Due) --------------
// Un-comment the following line if using hardware serial:

//Adafruit_Thermal printer(&Serial1);      // Or Serial2, Serial3, etc.

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------

void setup() {

  // This line is for compatibility with the Adafruit IotP project pack,
  // which uses pin 7 as a spare grounding point.  You only need this if
  // wired up the same way (w/3-pin header into pins 5/6/7):
  pinMode(7, OUTPUT); digitalWrite(7, LOW);

  mySerial.begin(19200);  // Initialize SoftwareSerial
  //Serial1.begin(19200); // Use this instead if using hardware serial
  printer.begin();        // Init printer (same regardless of serial type)

  printer.justify('C');
  printer.boldOn();
  printer.println(F("BARCODE EXAMPLES\n"));
  printer.boldOff();
  printer.justify('L');

  // There seems to be some conflict between datasheet descriptions
  // of barcode formats and reality.  Try Wikipedia and/or:
  // http://www.barcodeisland.com/symbolgy.phtml

  // Also note that strings passed to printBarcode() are always normal
  // RAM-resident strings; PROGMEM strings (e.g. F("123")) are NOT used.

  // UPC-A: 12 digits
  printer.print(F("UPC-A:"));
  printer.printBarcode("123456789012", UPC_A);

  // UPC-E: 6 digits ???
/* Commented out because I can't get this one working yet
  printer.print(F("UPC-E:"));
  printer.printBarcode("123456", UPC_E);
*/

  // EAN-13: 13 digits (same as JAN-13)
  printer.print(F("EAN-13:"));
  printer.printBarcode("1234567890123", EAN13);

  // EAN-8: 8 digits (same as JAN-8)
  printer.print(F("EAN-8:"));
  printer.printBarcode("12345678", EAN8);

  // CODE 39: variable length w/checksum?, 0-9,A-Z,space,$%+-./:
  printer.print(F("CODE 39:"));
  printer.printBarcode("ADAFRUT", CODE39);

  

  // CODABAR: variable length 0-9,A-D,%+-./:
  printer.print(F("CODABAR:"));
  printer.printBarcode("1234567890", CODABAR);

  // CODE 93: compressed version of Code 39?
  printer.print(F("CODE 93:"));
  printer.printBarcode("ADAFRUIT", CODE93);

  // CODE 128: 2-255 characters (ASCII 0-127)
  printer.print(F("CODE128:"));
  printer.printBarcode("Adafruit", CODE128);

  printer.feed(2);
  printer.setDefault(); // Restore printer to defaults
}

void loop() {
}

ma con l'esempio qui sopra stampa correttamente?

Patrick_M:
ma con l'esempio qui sopra stampa correttamente?

e allora posta il tuo codice che non funziona così vediamo dov'è l'errore

hai provato a stampare un

char mioNome[] = "Michele";

ovvero un array di char?