Specifications

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❏ The HRI characters of the special character are described as below.
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❏ Specify the data of 2 to 255 digits.
❏ ‘()’ is the delimiter for the application identifiers. (printed as the HRI character, but not
encoded.)
❏ The start codes (CODE A, CODE B, CODE C) and the stop code are added automatically.
❏ A symbol character FNC1, that is described after the start code, is automatically added.
❏ When ‘*’ is specif
ied, a check digit is automatically calculated, and replaced with ‘*.’
❏ 2 digits of consecutive numbers must be specified as the application identifier. If it is not spec-
ified correctly, an error occurs.
❏ When ‘(01)’ is specified as the application identifier, the 14th digit becomes a check digit, how-
ever,
it is not proved when the check digit is specified. When the 14th digit is ‘*,’ the check
digit is automatically calculated, and replaced with ‘*.’
❏ A special character is indicated by combining ‘{‘ and the next character.
❏ When the character right after ‘{‘ is not any of the following, an error occurs.
Control Character HRI Character
SHIFT Not printed
CODE A/B/C Not printed
FNC1~ 4 Space is printed
Control character (00h ~1Fh, 7Fh) Space is printed
Control Character ASCII HRI Character
Control Character (00h ~ 1Fh, 7Fh) Space is printed.
FNC1 {1 Space is printed.
FNC3 {3 Space is printed.
‘{’ {{ ‘{‘ is printed.
‘(’ {( ‘(‘ is printed.
‘)’ {) ‘)‘ is printed.
‘*’ {* ‘*‘ is printed.
Left parenthesis for the application identifier ( ‘(‘ is printed.
Right parenthesis for the application identifier ) ‘)‘ is printed.
Check digit position * Check digit is printed.