Chapter 7 Appendix

2. Option Specifications

This section contains the specifications for the separately sold Barcode Module (p. 7-4)and imprinters. Refer to “Using Patchcode Sheets (Option)” (p. 3-18)for the specifications of the patchcodes that can be detected by the patchcode decoder.

Barcode Specifications

The following barcodes can be read by installing the optional barcode module.

■Barcode Types

Code

No. of Digits

Checksum

 

 

 

EAN

8 or 13

Modulus 10, Weight 3

 

 

 

Codabar

3 to 32 (including

Modulus 16, 7 DR

 

Start/Stop characters)

 

 

 

 

Code 39

3 to 32 (including

Modulus 43

 

Start/Stop characters)

 

 

(Standard ASCII or

 

 

Full ASCII)

 

 

 

 

ITF

2 to 32 (Even

Modulus 10, Weight 3

 

number. of digits

 

 

only)

 

 

 

 

Code 128

1 to 32 (Valid data

Modulus 103

 

only)

 

 

 

 

UPC-A

13

Modulus 10, Weight 3

 

 

 

UPC-E

8

Modulus 10, Weight 3

 

 

 

Note: EAN, UPC-A and UPC-E add-ons supported

■Detection Conditions

Item

Condition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printed

Front or back (or both, but at reduced speed)

Side

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orientation

Perpendicular (0 degrees) or parallel (90

 

degrees) to the feeding direction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feeding

0 degrees

90 degrees

 

Direction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading direction should be specified

 

beforehand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: Speed is slow when both directions are

 

specified.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

Line Width

0.012" to 0.039" (0.3 to 1

 

 

mm)

 

 

 

 

 

When module width exceeds

 

 

0.021" (0.508 mm), Code

 

 

128, UPC-A, UPC-E and

 

 

EAN detect incorrectly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code Width

4.134" (105 mm) or less

 

 

(including quiet zone)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bar Height

At least 0.393" (10 mm)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Margins

At least one character at each

 

 

end

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slew

Within ±3º

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Element

2.2 to 3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCS Value

At least 0.60 (with a white point of at least

 

75% reflectance)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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