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(4) Number of digits
This optional field specifies the number of digits of bar code data. There is a choice of lengths: two or four digits.
Note that UPC and EAN codes (except EAN-128) skip this field.
You can also select whether or not to transmit the number of digits.
n1 : thousands (0 to 9)
n2 : hundreds (0 to 9)
n3 : tens (0 to 9)
n4 : units (0 to 9)
When two-digit length is selected, n1 and n2 will not be transmitted.
(5) Bar code data
The following are the data transmission formats for each bar code symbologies.
UPC-A
0
You can select whether or not to transmit the padding character "0," number system character (leading "0" in 11-digit
data), and check digit to the host. (The pad character "0" brings the total length to 13.)
UPC-E
Conversion to UPC-A disabled (ZERO suppression format)
0
Conversion to UPC-A enabled (ZERO insertion format)
0
You can select whether or not to transmit the padding character "0," number system character (leading "0" in 11-digit
data), and check digit to the host. (The pad character "0" brings the total length to 8 or 13.)
The ZERO insertion format converts the data length to 11 according to the UPC standard.
EAN-13
Data (12-digit)
You can select whether or not to transmit the country code and check digit to the host and enable conversion to
ISBN/ISSN format.
Conversion, if enabled, produces ISBN/ISSN format according to the EAN standard.
EAN-8
Data (7-digit)
You can select whether or not to add the five padding characters "0" (leading "0") to bring the total length to the same as
EAN-13.
UPC/EAN with ADD-ON
UPC/EAN data
Standard 2of5, Interleaved 2of5
The bar code symbology may or may not contain a check digit. You can select whether or not to read a check digit and
transmit the check digit read.
Data (11-digit)
Data (6-digit)
Data (11-digit)
C/D
C/D
ADD-ON data (2- or 5-digit)
Data
C/D
C/D
C/D
C/D
43
(C/D: Check digit)
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