Bookland Ean Vs. Ean-13; Add-On Symbologies; Table 8 - Add-On For Ean-13 Symbology - KoamTac KDC Series User Manual

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Bookland EAN vs. EAN-13

Bookland EAN, which includes ISBN, ISSN, and ISMN, is supported by the KDC. This group of
symbologies is essentially an EAN-13 barcode with fixed prefixes; 977 for ISSN, 978 for ISBN,
and 979 for ISMN. If EAN-13 and Bookland EAN are both enabled, Bookland EAN takes
precedence. Bookland EAN does not have any options. The Bookland EAN barcode does not
contain any groupings – that is, there are no hyphens or separators. Thus, the ISBN 957-630-
239-0 is transmitted as 9576302390.

Add-on Symbologies

By default, the 2 or 5 digit add-on symbols with a UPCE, UPCA, EAN-8, and EAN-13 barcode
are neither decoded nor transmitted. Transmission for these specific symbologies is enabled
by setting the appropriate
symbology:
UPCEwithAddon

UPCAwithAddon

EAN8withAddon

EAN13withAddon

The decoding of add-on symbols are defined by the following table, which explains the
process for EAN-13 symbols.
Mode
Auto-
discrimination
With add-on
Without add-on
The add-on symbol is appended to the EAN-13 barcode. The process is similar for UPCE,
UPCA, and EAN-8 barcodes. Note that all the UPCE, UPCA, EAN-8, and EAN-13 formatting
and conversion options are in effect. The following table should help explain the effect of
various options for EAN-8 barcode 12345670 + 12.
O
PTIONS
withAddon
options. There are 4
Behavior
If add-on symbol is present, then it is also
decoded; otherwise, only the EAN-13
symbol is decoded.
Only EAN-13 barcodes with 2 or 5 add-
on symbols are decoded.
The add-on symbol is ignored.

Table 8 - Add-on for EAN-13 Symbology

withAddon
options, one for each
Value of flags
true
false
true
true
true
false
128