Supplement; Ean-8 - Intermec CK1 User Manual

Chapter 2 — Configuring the CK1
The supplemental portion of a UPC or EAN label is a weak
symbology and can be missed by the scanner for several reasons.
In situations where supplementals are known to be present,
reading just the main symbol can be prevented until a valid
supplemental is found. When using a laser scanner, performance
degradation is not noticeable.
You can configure the following options for EAN-13:
• Enable
• Send leading digit
• Send check digit
• Bookland EAN enabled

EAN-8

Universal Product Code (UPC)/European Article Numbering
(EAN) symbologies are fixed-length, numeric, continuous
symbologies that use four element widths. A computer that is
configured to decode EAN bar codes can decode UPC, but the
reverse is not true. UPC code is a subset of EAN code.
The supplemental portion of a UPC or EAN label is a weak
symbology and can be missed by the scanner for several reasons.
In situations where supplementals are known to be present,
reading just the main symbol can be prevented until a valid
supplemental is found. When using a laser scanner, performance
degradation is not noticeable.
You can configure the following options for EAN-8:
• Enable
• Send leading digit
• Send check digit

Supplement

Supplement is a discrete, variable length, and self-checking
symbology.
You can configure the following options for Supplement:
• Enable two
• Enable five
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