OCR Programming

Template Characters

Table 8-1. Template Characters

arepresents any alphanumeric character (digit or letter)

crepresents a check character position

drepresents any digit

erepresents any available OCR character

grepresents character from user-defined variable “g”

hrepresents character from user-defined variable “h”

lrepresents any uppercase letter

tmarks the start of a new template

rmulti row indicator

* All other characters (except capital letters T, O, A and D) represent themselves. Spaces can be used.

 

In MICR E13 B templates, TOAD characters (cap-

 

ital letters T, O, A, and D), represent Transit, On

 

Us, Amount, and Dash.

NOTE

OCR templates default to eight digits, no check

 

character.

To Add an OCR Template...

1.Turn on the OCR font you want to read (page 8-2).

2.Begin building the template.

Scan the Enter OCR Template symbol (page 8-16).

3.Scan the characters for the string.

Use the Template Characters chart above to determine what char- acters you need to create your format. Use the OCR Programming Chart on page B-4to scan the characters for your template.

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Datalogic Scanning 7000 manual Template Characters, To Add an OCR Template, Us, Amount, and Dash