Chapter3 Handling GS1-128 • ‘()’ are used as delimiters for the application identifiers. (printed as the HRI character, but not encoded.) • A start code (CODE A, CODE B, CODE C) and a stop code will be automatically added. • A symbol character FNC1 is automatically added next to the start code. • If you use “*”, it will be skipped. • As an application identifier, specify a two-digits consecutive number. If the identifier is not specified correctly, an error will occur. • A special character is expressed by a combination of { and the next character. • 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 • The first “01”, an application identifier, is not encoded (not included as the barcode data). • When the HRI character is printed, the application identifier 01 is printed as “(01)” before the package identification code. • You do not need to add a check digit in the barcode data. • When the HRI character is printed, a check digit will be automatically printed after the product code. • For GS1 DataBar Limited, specify 0 or 1 for the first digit. 116 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