UPC-E can be used in either normal UPC-E format (implicit NSC of 0) or UPC-E1 format (NSC of 1). UPC-E1 is enabled by scanning 2 of 5 Code and 8 (9 disables UPC-E1). It is very easy to partially read EAN-13 as UPC-E1, so don't enable UPC-E1 if reading EAN-13.
If you wish to transmit UPC-A data in EAN-13 format, (an added leading 0 for the USA's country code), scan Terminator Character and F. Scanning E, the default, sets UPC back to no country code transmitted.
ISBN, International Standard Book Numbering, bar codes are EAN-13 codes with a 5 digit supplement. If the first three digits are the "Bookland" country codes of 978 for books or 977 for periodicals, then you can enable trans- mission of EAN-13 bar codes in the ISBN format. Suppose you scan an EAN- 13 with 5-digit supplement which is a bar code of 978055337062153495. It would be transmitted in ISBN format as 0553370626 (as of Jan.1, 2006, the correct ISBN format is the EAN-13 bar code with the 5 digit supplement). 055337062 are the first nine digits of the ISBN format, and 6 is the newly calculated Mod-11 check digit.
To enable the transmission of the ISBN format, scan Terminator Character and D. Scanning C, the default, disables conversion to ISBN format back to regular EAN-13 format.
Code 128
Disable Code 128 | 0 |
Enable Code 128 | 1 |
Disable UCC/EAN-128 | 2 |
Enable UCC/EAN-128 | 3 |
Enable Storage Tek Tape Label Code | C |
Disable Storage Tek Tape Label Code | D |
Bar Code IDs transmitted | E |
Bar Code IDs not transmitted | F |
To enable a Bar Code ID character to be transmitted at the beginning of each bar code read, scan E. The ID’s are as follows:
Codabar | a | I2of5 | e | 93 | i | Plessey | x |
| | | | | | | |
Code 39 | b | 2of5 | f | UPC-E0 | n | LabelCode4 | y |
UPC-A | c | 128 | g | UPC-E1 | o | LabelCode5 | z |
EAN-13 | d | MSI | j | EAN-8 | p | STK | s |
To disable bar code ID characters, scan F. For information about Code 128, see Appendix F.
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