Creating Ocr Templates; Creating An Ocr Template - Hand Held Products 4410, 4710 User Manual

Creating OCR Templates

You can create a custom "template," or character string that defines the length
and content of OCR strings that will be read with your scanner. There are several
choices when creating a custom template for your application. You can create a
template for a single format, you can string together several formats, and you can
create a template for a user-defined variable. These choices are described in
detail below.

Creating an OCR Template

A single template allows you to program the scanner to read any combination of
characters in the order you specify. Refer to examples that follow the Template
Characters table below.
Template Characters
a
c
d
e
g
h
l
t
r
All other characters represent themselves. Spaces can be used.
To Add an OCR Template
1. Begin building the template.
Scan the Enter OCR Template symbol (page 4-9).
2. Scan the characters for the string.
Use the Template Characters chart above to determine what characters you
need to create your format. Use the OCR Programming Chart (after the
Sample Codes in the back of this manual) to scan the characters for your
template.
Example A: You need to read any combination of 8 digits. The template
would be:
4 - 4
represents any alphanumeric character (digit or letter)
represents a check character position
represents any digit
represents any available OCR character
represents character from user-defined variable "g"
represents character from user-defined variable "h"
represents any uppercase letter
marks the start of a new template
multi row indicator
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