Epic 3000
Programmer’s Guide
Programming Codes
100-14362
Rev A
Page 107
GS1-Databar-14 (GS1-Databar-Omni-directional)
RSS-14 (GS-1 DataBar Omni-directional) encodes the full 14 digit EAN.UCC
10
item
identification in a symbol that can be omni-directionally read. For example:
Figure 23 RSS-14 symbol representing (01)20012345678909
Where the leading (01) is the implied application identifier and is not encoded in the
symbol. The last digit, 9, is not directly encoded in the symbol, but is a calculated mod
10 check digit. The (01) and the last digit are not sent as part of the command so the
data field
would therefore be “2001234567890”
Function
GS1-Databar 14
ASCII
[ESC] b <18> {information} [NUL]
Hexadecimal
1BH 62H <18> {information} [NUL]
Decimal
<27> <98> <18> {information} [NUL]
[ESC] b <18> 1234567890123 [NUL]
Figure 24 GS1-Databar 14 Example
Note:
Note that the data to be encoded does not include the GS1 format [01]
as it is implied. You only need to send the 13 digit item number. The check
digit will be generated by the printer.
.
RSS-14 is capable of encoding 2x10
13
values. These values are expressed as 14 digits.
The first digit is a linkage flag, followed by 13 data digits. The 13 data characters plus
the check digit form the 14 digit identification number including the leading indicator digit.
Values 10,000,000,000,000 and above indicate that the linkage flag is set and therefore
a 2D component is present. That is 10,001,234,567,890 encodes as 00012345678905
with a linkage flag of 1.
10
The 14 digit field is not a simple sequence of digits but must follow EAN.UCC conventions and
the GS-1 General specification.
