Paxar 9430RX, Programmer'S Manual

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Creating and Printing Formats 3-11
The following tables explain how to switch from one subset to another and use
the functions.
Character Subset A Subset B Subset C
80 hex
Function 3 Function 3
81 hex Function 2 Function 2
82 hex* Shift Shift
83 hex Switch to Subset C Switch to Subset C
84 hex
Switch to Subset B Function 4 Switch to Subset B
85 hex
Function 4 Switch to Subset A Switch to Subset A
86 hex Function 1 Function 1 Function 1
* A temporary, one character shift to another subset.
The following table describes the purpose of each function (listed in the
previous table).
Function
Number Purpose
Function 1 Uses reserved Code 128 characters (UCC/EAN128).
Function 2 Appends data (subsets A and B only). The result is not
readable by all bar code scanners.
Function 3 Initializes a bar code scanner.
Function 4 Extends characters by adding 128 to the ASCII code. For
example, 'a' (97 decimal) is changed to '
β
' (225 decimal) by
adding 128 to it. This function is unavailable in subset C.