Appendix C: Bar Code Settings
UPC/EAN Shared Settings
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Country code and System Char
– both the country code (“0” for USA) and system charac-
ter are transmitted with the data, or
None
– no preamble is transmitted. The lead-in characters are considered part of the symbol.
Conv. UPC-E to UPC-A
This parameter converts UPC-E (zero suppressed) decoded data to UPC-A format before
transmission. After conversion, data follows UPC-A format and is affected by UPC-A pro-
gramming selections (e.g., Preamble, Check Digit).
Conv. UPC-E1 to UPC-A
This parameter converts UPC-E1 (zero suppressed) decoded data to UPC-A format before
transmission. After conversion, data follows UPC-A format and is affected by UPC-A pro-
gramming selections (e.g., Preamble, Check Digit).
Add/Remove Data
Refer to “Add/Remove Data” on page C-8 for details.
C.1.11 UPC/EAN Shared Settings
The parameters you set here are a shared across all available UPC and EAN bar codes.
Enable Bookland EAN
Setting this parameter to
on
allows your scanner to recognize
Bookland EAN
bar codes.
Supplementals
Supplementals
are additionally appended characters (2 or 5).
Double-tapping this parameter displays a list of options. If
Ignore
is chosen, UPC/EAN is
decoded and the supplemental characters are ignored. If
Decode
is chosen, UPC/EAN
symbols are decoded with supplementals.
Autodiscriminate
works in conjunction with the
Supp. Redundancy
parameter.
Supp. Redundancy
With
Autodiscriminate
selected in the
Supplementals
parameter,
Supp. Redundancy
adjusts
the number of times a symbol without supplementals is decoded before transmission.
When you double-tap on this parameter, a dialog is displayed in which you can enter a value
between
2
and
20
. A value of
5
or above is recommended when
Autodiscriminate
is selected
and you are decoding a mix of UPC/EAN symbols with and without supplementals.