UPC/EAN Add-ons

There are many ways to configure the scanner to handle add-ons. The scanner uses four filters that can be specified to define how add-ons will be handled. The following is true for each filter.

•Each add-on type can be disabled, required or optional.

•Any combination of the four UPC/EAN symbologies can be affected.

•The 2-digit, 5-digit and C128 add-ons can be individually configured.

•The leading digits of the base labels affected can be specified.

 

The settings below represent only a small por-

 

tion of the options available for this feature.

 

Contact your sales representative or service

NOTE

provider if you need more assistance with

advanced add-on settings.

This programming guide supports the following add-on filters for UPC/EAN:

•Required means that UPC/EAN labels MUST contain a

2-digit, 5-digit or C128 add-on segment in order for the scanner to recognize or decode them.

•Optional directs the scanner to recognize UPC/EAN bar codes with or without P2, P5 or C128 2-digit add-on segments.

•Disable Add-onsmeans the scanner will not recognize or decode any add-on segment of UPC/EAN labels, but will read and decode the standard UPC/EAN portion of the label.

 

Due to the structure of add-on codes, selecting

 

the optional setting makes it impossible to

 

ensure that the scanner will always read the

 

add-on portion of the label. PSC makes no

 

guarantee, either written or implied, that scan-

 

ners with optional add-on decoding enabled

NOTE

will perform with the speed and accuracy

required for any given application.

 

Programming Guide

105