UPC-A/EAN-13 | | |
UPC-A/EAN-13 OPTIONS | |
UPC/EAN ALL -------------- | ON/OFF | 1 |
UPC/EAN SUPPLEMENT ON/OFF | 2 |
UPC-A NSC ----------------- | ON/OFF | 3 |
UPC-A CHECK ------------- | ON/OFF | 4 |
EAN-13 1 ST 2 DIGITS - ON/OFF | 5 |
EAN-13 CHECK ------------ | ON/OFF | 6 |
ISBN EAN-13 MODE ----- | ON/OFF | 7 |
UPC-A AS EAN-13-------- | ON/OFF | 8 |
DONE/EXIT ----------------------- | 0 |
CHANGE SETTING #: _
oUse setting 2 to enable reading of the 2 and 5 digit UPC/EAN supplements commonly found on magazines and paperback books as well as the Extended Coupon Codes. Using this setting force left to right reading of UPC codes to assure that the supplement code is not missed.
oUse setting 3 to enable transmission of the NSC character to your computer. The Number System Character is the leading character in the bar code. For details, see Appendix I: UPC/EAN.
oUse setting 4 to enable transmission of the check digit character to your computer. The check digit is the last character and is based upon a calculation performed on the other characters.
oUse setting 5 to enable the transmission of the EAN-13 country code (the first 2 digits). o Use setting 6 to enable the transmission of the EAN-13 check digit.
o ISBN (International Standard Book Numbering) bar codes are EAN-13 with a 5-digit supplement. If the “Bookland” bar code uses 978 (books) or 977 (periodicals) as the first three digits, then the TriCoder can transmit it in the ISBN format. To enable transmission of the ISBN format, set option 7 to ON. To return to the default of normal EAN-13 transmission, set option 7 to OFF. For details on ISBN, see Appendix I: UPC/EAN.
o UPC-A can be transmitted in EAN-13 format by adding a leading 0 (USA county code) to the UPC-A data. To transmit in EAN-13 format, set option 8 to ON.
UPC-E/EAN-8 | | |
UPC-E/EAN-8 OPTIONS | | |
UPC-EAN FIRST CHAR ------- | ON/OFF | 1 |
EAN-8 FIRST CHAR ----------- | ON/OFF | 2 |
UPC-E CHECK ------------------ | ON/OFF | 3 |
EAN-8 CHECK ------------------ | ON/OFF | 4 |
UPC-E EXPANDED TRANS | ON/OFF | 5 |
UPC-E1 ----------------------------- | ON/OFF | 6 |
DONE/EXIT ---------------------------------- | 0 |
CHANGE SETTING #: _ | | |
oUse setting 1 and 2 to enable or disable the UPC-E or EAN-8 first digit.
oUse setting 3 and 4 to enable or disable the UPC-E or EAN-8 check digit. The check digit is the last character and is based
upon a calculation performed on the other characters.
oUse setting 5 to select UPC-E0 compressed or expanded. When set to ON (the default setting) UPC-E1 codes are transmitted as is, when set to OFF UPC-E1 codes are transmitted with inserted zero's to make them the same length as a UPC-A bar code. A NSC of 0 is assumed.
oUse setting 6 to enable the reading of UPC-E1 bar codes. Do not enable UPC-E1 if you plan on reading EAN-13 bar codes.
You may experience partial reads when reading EAN-13.
oIf you prefer to transmit UPC-E bar codes in a 6-digit format while EAN-8 is transmitted in its original 8-digit format, set option 7 to ON.
Code 128 | | |
CODE 128 OPTIONS | | |
CODE 128 ------------------------ | ON/OFF | 1 |
UCC/EAN 128 -------------------- | ON/OFF | 2 |
DONE/EXIT --------------------------------- | 0 |
CHANGE SETTING #: _
oUCC/EAN-128 is a subset of Code 128 that follows certain specifications regarding character content, length and check digits. Enabling UCC/EAN-128 (2) causes the TriCoder to look for a Code 128 bar code that begins with the Code 128 F1 (Function 1) character. See Appendix G: Code 128 for more details.
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