Human Readable/Extended Bars Tci's; Bar Code Human Readable Text - Microcom 324M Operator's Manual

Bar Codes

8.3 Bar Code Human Readable Text

Certain bar codes require human readable text and/or extended bars to conform to
specifications. This is accomplished by using specially created TCI's, which add the human
readable text and extended bars. This section will provide the necessary information to
successfully add these items. This should not be confused with simply making all bar codes
human readable. For bar codes that do not require extended bars, simply access the data
that the bar code is using with a second field that generates a text representation of the data
and insert in the desired position.
TCI VALUE
3
17
22
23
28
29
32
33
51
Table 8-6
The Text/Extended Bar TCI's generate the human readable text and extended bars that are
aligned with the original bar code to create the complete bar code, see Figure 8-12.
The TCI 32 text/extended code shown in Figure 8-12 is aligned with the TCI 12 code so that
there is no space between the two. This creates one bar code. TCI's (17, 22, 23, 32, and
33) that add the extended bars should default the CGN parameter or enter a value of "1".
The fields may then be multiplied using the CMX and CMY parameters to generate the
proper size to match the bar code that the human readable code is intended. The data
8-20
TCI DESCRIPTION
Text with UPC-A/UPC-E Checksum Digit added.
Text with UPC-E Checksum and Extended Bars added
Text with EAN-13 Checksum and Extended Bars added
Text with EAN-8 Checksum and Extended Bars added
Text with MSI 1 Checksum added
Text with MSI 2 Checksum added
Text with UPC-A Checksum and Extended Bars added
Text with UPC-A with Extended Bars added

Human Readable/Extended Bars TCI's

Figure 8-12 UPC-A Text/Extended Bars
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UPC-A
(TCI 12)
UPC-A
(TCI 32)
Text & Extended Bars
with Checksum added