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Code 39
Large Intercharacter Gap (Code 39)
Large Intercharacter Gap is helpful for reading symbols that are printed
Usage:
out of specification.
Caution: Do not use Large Intercharacter Gap with Narrow Margins
enabled since a large intercharacter gap (over 3x) could cause a narrow
margins (5x) to be interpreted as an intercharacter gap.
When enabled, the scanner can read symbols with gaps between symbol
Definition:
characters that exceed three times (3x) the narrow element width.
Serial Cmd: <K470,status,check character status,check character
gap,fixed symbol length status,symbol length,full ASCII set>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
Fixed Symbol Length Status (Code 39)
Usage: Helps prevent truncations and increases data integrity by ensuring that only
a fixed symbol length will be accepted.
Definition: When enabled, the scanner will check the symbol length against the symbol
length field. If disabled, any length is considered a valid symbol.
Serial Cmd: <K470,status,check character status,check character output status,large
intercharacter
ASCII set>
Disabled
Default:
Options: 0 = Disabled
Symbol Length (Code 39)
Definition: Specifies the exact number of characters that the scanner will recognize
(this does not include start and stop and check character characters). The
scanner ignores any symbol not having the specified length.
Serial Cmd: <K470,status,check character status,check character output,large intercharacter
gap,fixed symbol length
Default: 10
Default: 1 to 128
5-4
1 = Enabled
gap,fixed symbol length
1 = Enabled
status,fixed symbol
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