98 PowerScan™ Scanner
UPC/EAN Options
The UPC/EAN symbologies have the following programmable
features:
• Data Format Settings
• UPC/EAN Expansion
• UPC/EAN Add-ons
• Price/Weight Check Digit
• Read Verification
• QuadraLogic Decoding.
Data Format
Settings
UPC/EAN Data Format Settings provides options for transmitting
Check Digits or Number System Digits (NSD).
UPC/EAN
Expansion
Expand UPC-A to EAN-13 adds a leading zero to a UPC-A label which
‘expands’ the label to the EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature
also changes the symbology ID to match those required for
EAN-13.
Expand UPC-E to UPC-A expands UPC-E labels to UPC-A data format.
Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those
required for UPC-A.
Expand EAN-8 to EAN-13 adds five zeros in front of an EAN-8 label.
Data is sent in EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature also changes
the symbology ID to match those required for EAN-13.
Expand UPC-E to EAN-13 expands UPC-E labels to EAN-13 data for-
mat. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match
those required for EAN-13.
UPC/EAN
Add-ons
UPC-A or UPC-E and EAN-8 or EAN-13 Two and Five Digit
Add-ons filters
Required means UPC/EAN bar codes must have add-ons or
label will not be read.
Optional means scanner will read UPC/EAN bar codes with
or without add-ons.
Disable directs the scanner not to recognize/read add-on por-
tions of UPC/EAN labels, but will read the main body of the
label.