Epson TM-C3500 Series, Technical Reference Manual

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Specifying the barcode data
Spec i fy t he barcode da t a by referr ing t o t he follow ing descr i p ti o n s.
Abo ut t he compos it e symbol:
The compos it e compo n e nt t ype i s selec t ed a ut oma ti cally depe n d ing o n t he d igit nu mber of
t he da t a. (CC-C i s selec t ed o n ly whe n GS1-128 i s se t .)
Abo ut t he HRI charac t er:
Whe n t he t o t al w i d t h of t he HRI charac t er i s lar g er t ha n t ha t of t he barcode, t he HRI charac t er
w i d t h i s se t as t he barcode w i d t h.
UPC-A
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Normal
• Spec i fy t he da t a of 11 t o 12 d igit s.
• The f i rs t d igit i s a n un checked nu mber sys t em charac t er.
• For da t a of 11 d igit s, a check d igit i s a ut oma ti cally added.
• For da t a of 12 d igit s, t he 12 t h d igit i s re g arded as a check d igit , b ut n o t proved.
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Compos it e (d i ffere n ce from Normal)
• For da t a of 12 d igit s, t he 12 t h d igit i s ign ored, a n d a check d igit i s a ut oma ti cally added.
UPC-E
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Normal
• Spec i fy t he da t a of 11 t o 12 d igit s.
• For da t a of 6 d igit s, t he spec i f i ed da t a i s n o t cha ng ed, a n d a check d igit i s a ut oma ti cally
added.
• For da t a of 7 d igit s, t he 2 n d t o 7 t h d igit s become t he da t a charac t ers, a n d a check d igit i s
a ut oma ti cally added.
• For da t a of 8 d igit s, t he 2 n d t o 7 t h d igit s become t he da t a charac t ers, a n d t he 8 t h d igit i s
re g arded as a check d igit , b ut n o t proved.
• For da t a of 11 d igit s, a check d igit i s a ut oma ti cally added.
• For da t a of 12 d igit s, t he 12 t h d igit i s re g arded as a check d igit , b ut n o t proved.
• For da t a of 7 d igit s or more, spec i fy “0” for t he f i rs t d igit , s in ce it i s re g arded as a nu mber
sys t em charac t er.
Composite Component Type Encodable Digit Number
CC-A 1 ~ 56 digits
CC-B 1 ~ 338 digits
CC-C 1 ~ 2361 digits