8.2.3.2 Aps Select Menu - Beckman Coulter LS 13 320 User Manual

Bar code type selection is done through the following screen. In order for any of these bar codes
to work properly, the sample tube must have the selected code.
The following are short descriptions of each of the code types. Note that the default type is
Code 128.
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UPC-A
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UPC-E
—
EAN-13
—
EAN-8
—
Code 128
It also allows for the inclusion of special characters not present on a keyboard.
—
Codabar (NW-7)
—
Code 3 of 9
supports alpha-numeric strings.
—
Code 93
— Interleaved 2 of 5 is a high density, continuous number symbol that uses digit pairs encoded
in both the bars and the spaces.
—
Standard 2 of 5

8.2.3.2 APS Select Menu

The Select option allows you to select all the slots, except for the three slots used for set up. It will
also allow you to select just those slots that have tubes in them. Mark All Slots as Unknown puts a
PN B05577AC
is 12-digit product code used in the US.
is a smaller version of the UPC-A that uses six digits plus a check digit.
is used throughout Europe. It is a numeric only scheme using 13 digits.
is a shorter version of the EAN-13 code using only 8 digits.
is a high-density alpha-numeric coding scheme that uses all 128 ASCII characters.
is a numeric only symbol used mostly by libraries and blood banks.
or code 39 is the most popular for ID, inventory, and tracking purposes that
encodes numbers and upper case letters.
is a numeric only coding scheme.
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