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Chapter3 Handling
GS1-128
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‘()’ are used as delimiters for the application identifiers. (printed as the HRI character, but not encoded.)
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A start code (CODE A, CODE B, CODE C) and a stop code will be automatically added.
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A symbol character FNC1 is automatically added next to the start code.
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If you use “*”, it will be skipped.
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As an application identifier, specify a two-digits consecutive number. If the identifier is not specified cor-
rectly, an error will occur.
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A special character is expressed by a combination of { and the next character.
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If data immediately after { does not apply to any one of the followings, an error will occur.
GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional / GS1 DataBar Truncated / GS1 DataBar Limited
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The first “01”, an application identifier, is not encoded (not included as the barcode data).
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When the HRI character is printed, the application identifier 01 is printed as “(01)” before the package iden-
tification code.
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You do not need to add a check digit in the barcode data.
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When the HRI character is printed, a check digit will be automatically printed after the product code.
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For GS1 DataBar Limited, specify 0 or 1 for the first digit.
Control character
ASCII
HRI character
Control character (00h to 1Fh, and 7Fh)
A space is printed.
FNC1
{1
A space is printed.
'{'
{{
{ is printed.
'('
{(
( is printed.
')'
{)
) is printed.
'*'
{*
* is printed.
Beginning parenthesis for an application identifier
(
( is printed.
Closing parenthesis for an application identifier
)
) is printed.
Skipped character
*
Not printed
