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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 #: _
o Use 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.
o Use setting 3 to enable transmission of t he NSC character to your computer. The Number System Character is the leading
character in the bar code. For details, see Appendix I: UPC/EAN.
o Use 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.
o Use 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 Nu mbering) bar codes are EAN -13 with a 5-digit supple ment. 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 add ing 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 #: _
o Use setting 1 and 2 to enable or disable the UPC-E or EAN-8 first digit.
o Use 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.
o Use 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.
o Use 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.
o If you prefer to transmit UPC-E bar codes in a 6-digit format while EAN -8 is transmitted in its ori ginal 8-digit format, set
option 7 to ON.
CODE 128 OPTIONS
CODE 128 ------------------------ ON/OFF 1
UCC/EAN 128 -------------------- ON/OFF 2
DONE/EXIT --------------------------------- 0
CHANGE SETTING #: _
o UCC/EAN-128 is a subset of Code 128 that follo ws certain specifications regarding ch aracter 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.