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Chapter 6—Configuration Command Reference
Use Code 39 full ASCII to enter ASCII control characters or lowercase
characters as data. You should also enable Code 39 full ASCII to use
ASCII command characters.
For example, you encode the data "sample" in Code 39 full ASCII as
follows:
*+S+A+M+P+L+E*
*+S+A+M+P+L+E*
In Code 39 non-full ASCII, this label decodes as +S+A+M+P+L+E. In
Code 39 full ASCII, this label decodes as sample.
Code 39 mixed-full ASCII
Use mixed-full ASCII when printers encode the same label two different
ways. For example, if you have a bar code with the data %a, some printers
encode the data as follows:
*/E+A*
*/E+A*
In the Full ASCII Table on page 284, /E represents %. If you configure
the terminal for Code 39 full ASCII, the terminal decodes the data as %a
because there are three valid full ASCII character pairs to represent the
data.
Other printers encode the data %a as:
*%+A*
*%+A*
The % is a valid Code 39 character in the non-full ASCII character set.
However, the terminal will not decode this label if it is configured for full
ASCII, because the data is not represented by valid full ASCII character
pairs. To decode the label correctly, you need to configure the terminal for
mixed-full ASCII.
When you configure the terminal for Code 39 mixed-full ASCII, the
terminal will decode both of the labels above as %a.
Mixed-full ASCII interprets any valid full ASCII character pairs that
appear in the label, but does not require that all data be encoded with a
valid full ASCII character pair. If you are uncertain how your labels are
encoded, configure the terminal for mixed-full ASCII, which decodes all
valid Code 39 labels.
If you configure the terminal for Code 39 full ASCII, you should check for
Code 39 mixed-full ASCII. Mixed-full ASCII does not apply when you
configure the terminal for non-full ASCII.
Note: The interpretive text shown under bar code labels does not always
accurately reflect the data that is encoded in the label. The interpretive text
represents how the label should be decoded.
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