Symbologies 12 - 13

UPC-E Preamble

Preamble characters are part of the UPC symbol consisting of Country Code and System Character. There are
three options for transmitting UPC-E preamble to the host device:
Transmit System Character only.
Transmit System Character and Country Code (“0” for USA).
No preamble transmitted.
Select the appropriate option to match the host system.
No Preamble
(<DATA>)
*System Character
(<SYSTEM CHARACTER> <DATA>)
System Character & Count ry Code
(< COUNTRY CODE> <SYSTEM CHARACTER> <DATA>)