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Large Intercharacter Gap (Code 39)
Large Intercharacter Gap is helpful for reading symbols that are
Usage:
printed out of specification.
Caution: Do not use Large Intercharacter Gap with Narrow Margins
enabled since a large intercharacter gap (over 3x) could cause a narrow
margins (5x) to be interpreted as an intercharacter gap.
When enabled, the scanner can read symbols with gaps between symbol
Definition:
characters that exceed three times (3x) the narrow element width.
<K470,status,check digit status,check digit
Serial Cmd:
ter gap,fixed symbol length status,fixed symbol length,full ASCII set>
Default: Disabled
Options: 0 = Disabled
Fixed Symbol Length Status (Code 39)
When enabled, the scanner will check the symbol length against the sym-
Definition:
bol length field. If disabled, any length would be considered a valid sym-
bol.
<K470,status,check digit status,check digit output,large intercharacter
Serial Cmd:
gap,fixed symbol length
Default: Disabled
0 = Disabled
Options:
Symbol Length (Code 39)
Usage: Fixed Symbol Length helps prevent truncations and increases data
integrity by ensuring that only one symbol length will be accepted.
Definition: Specifies the exact number of characters that the scanner will recognize
(this does not include start and stop and check digit characters). The
scanner ignores any symbol not having the specified length.
<K470,status,check digit status,check digit output,large intercharacter
Serial Cmd:
gap,fixed symbol length
Default: 10
1 to 64
Options:
Important: When setting Symbol Length to any number other than 0, add
account for a check digit. For example, if your symbol has
Length to 4.
1 = Enabled
status,fixed symbol length,full ASCII set>
1 = Enabled
status,fixed symbol
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