C2R 30-005, User Manual

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Colibri serie 6 : User’s guide
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Code 128 Enabled
ISBT 128 Concatenation
In 1994 the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) ratified a standard for
communicating critical blood information in a uniform manner. The use of ISBT formats
requires a paid license. The ISBT 128 Application Specification describes 1) the critical data
elements for labeling blood products, 2) the current recommendation to use Code 128 due to
its high degree of security and its space-efficient design, 3) a variation of Code 128 that
supports concatenation of neighboring symbols, and 4) the standard layout for bar codes on a
blood product label. Use the bar codes below to turn concatenation on or off. Default =Off.
Code 128 Message Length
Scan the bar codes below to change the message length. Refer to Message Length
Description for additional information. Minimum and Maximum lengths = 0-80. Minimum
Default = 0, Maximum Default = 80.
Code 128 Code Page
Code pages define the mapping of character codes to characters. If the data received does
not display with the proper characters, it may be because the bar code being scanned was