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<p><a href="http://www.trinitydesktop.org" target="_blank">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>kbarcode </b> - The Barcode Solution for TDE </font>
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<p><strong>kbarcode</strong> has right now support following barcodes. Please check
the requirements and limitations:</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#EAN">ean (EAN 8 or EAN 13)</a></li>
<li> <a href="#upc">upc (UPC-A or UPC-E)</a></li>
<li> <a href="#isbn">isbn</a></li>
<li> <a href="#code39">code39</a></li>
<li><a href="#code128"> code128</a></li>
<li> <a href="#code128c">code128c</a></li>
<li><a href="#code128b"> code128b</a></li>
<li> <a href="#codei25">Interleave 2 of 5</a></li>
<li> <a href="#code128raw">code 128 raw</a></li>
<li> <a href="#cbr">Codabar</a></li>
<li> <a href="#msi">msi</a></li>
<li> <a href="#pls">Plessey</a></li>
<li> <a href="#code93">code93</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><a name="EAN" id="EAN"></a>EAN 8</strong>:</p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>ean</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>numbers (0....9)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>7 + 1 Checkum Digit = 8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td><ul>
<li>when the number is 7 digits long, kbarcode will create a checksum
(the 8. digits)</li>
<li>when the number is 8 digits long, kbarcode will check the checksum
and deny printing if wrong</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td><p>fixed, but scalable<br>
Standard: 26.73mm x 21.64mm</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td><p>possible scaling:</p>
<table width="80%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="20%"><div align="center">Size</div></td>
<td width="20%"><div align="center">Factor</div></td>
<td width="20%"><p align="center">width<br>
<p align="center">[mm]</p></td>
<td width="20%"><p align="center">height</p>
<p align="center">[mm]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC0</div></td>
<td><div align="center">0.818</div></td>
<td><div align="center">21.87</div></td>
<td><div align="center">17.70</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC1</div></td>
<td><div align="center">0.90</div></td>
<td><div align="center">24.06</div></td>
<td><div align="center">19.48</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center"><strong>SC2</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong>1.00</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong>26.73</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong>21.64</strong></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC3</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.10</div></td>
<td><div align="center">29.40</div></td>
<td><div align="center">23.80</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC4</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.20</div></td>
<td><div align="center">32.08</div></td>
<td><div align="center">25.97</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC5</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.35</div></td>
<td><div align="center">36.09</div></td>
<td><div align="center">29.21</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC6</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.50</div></td>
<td><div align="center">40.10</div></td>
<td><div align="center">32.46</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC7</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.65</div></td>
<td><div align="center">44.10</div></td>
<td><div align="center">35.71</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC8</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.85</div></td>
<td><div align="center">49.45</div></td>
<td><div align="center">40.03</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC9</div></td>
<td><div align="center">2.00</div></td>
<td><div align="center">53.46</div></td>
<td><div align="center">43.28</div></td>
</tr>
</table><p>&nbsp;</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
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</p>
<p><strong>EAN 13</strong>:</p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>ean</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>numbers (0.....9)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>12 + 1 checksum digitt = 13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td><ul>
<li>when the number is 12 digits long, kbarcode will create a checksum
(the 13. digits)</li>
<li>when the number is 13 digits long, kbarcode will check the checksum
and deny printing if wrong</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td><p>fixed, but scalable<br>
Standard: 37.29 x 26.26mm</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td><p>possible scaling:</p>
<table width="80%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="20%"><div align="center">Size</div></td>
<td width="20%"><div align="center">Factor</div></td>
<td width="20%"><p align="center">width<br>
<p align="center">[mm]</p></td>
<td width="20%"><p align="center">height</p>
<p align="center">[mm]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC0</div></td>
<td><div align="center">0.818</div></td>
<td><div align="center">30.50</div></td>
<td><div align="center">21.48</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC1</div></td>
<td><div align="center">0.90</div></td>
<td><div align="center">33.56</div></td>
<td><div align="center">23.63</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center"><strong>SC2</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong>1.00</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center">37.29</div></td>
<td><div align="center">26.26</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC3</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.10</div></td>
<td><div align="center">41.02</div></td>
<td><div align="center">28.89</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC4</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.20</div></td>
<td><div align="center">44.75</div></td>
<td><div align="center">31.51</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC5</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.35</div></td>
<td><div align="center">50.34</div></td>
<td><div align="center">35.45</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC6</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.50</div></td>
<td><div align="center">55.94</div></td>
<td><div align="center">39.39</div></td>
</tr>
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<td><div align="center">SC7</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.65</div></td>
<td><div align="center">61.35</div></td>
<td><div align="center">43.33</div></td>
</tr>
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<td><div align="center">SC8</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.85</div></td>
<td><div align="center">68.99</div></td>
<td><div align="center">48.58</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC9</div></td>
<td><div align="center">2.00</div></td>
<td><div align="center">74.58</div></td>
<td><div align="center">52.52</div></td>
</tr>
</table><p>&nbsp;</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
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<p><strong><a name="upc"></a>UPC-A</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>UPC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>numbers (0....9)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>11 + 1 checksum digit = 12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td><ul>
<li>when the number is 11 digits long, kbarcode will create a checksum
(the 12. digits)</li>
<li>when the number is 12 digits long, kbarcode will check the checksum
and deny printing if wrong</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td><p>fixed, but scalable<br>
Standard: 37.29 x 26.26mm</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td><p>&nbsp;</p>
<table width="80%" border="1" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td width="20%"><div align="center">Size</div></td>
<td width="20%"><div align="center">Factor</div></td>
<td width="20%"><p align="center">width<br>
<p align="center">[mm]</p></td>
<td width="20%"><p align="center">height</p>
<p align="center">[mm]</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC0</div></td>
<td><div align="center">0.818</div></td>
<td><div align="center">30.50</div></td>
<td><div align="center">21.48</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC1</div></td>
<td><div align="center">0.90</div></td>
<td><div align="center">33.56</div></td>
<td><div align="center">23.63</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center"><strong>SC2</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center"><strong>1.00</strong></div></td>
<td><div align="center">37.29</div></td>
<td><div align="center">26.26</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC3</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.10</div></td>
<td><div align="center">41.02</div></td>
<td><div align="center">28.89</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC4</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.20</div></td>
<td><div align="center">44.75</div></td>
<td><div align="center">31.51</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC5</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.35</div></td>
<td><div align="center">50.34</div></td>
<td><div align="center">35.45</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC6</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.50</div></td>
<td><div align="center">55.94</div></td>
<td><div align="center">39.39</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC7</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.65</div></td>
<td><div align="center">61.35</div></td>
<td><div align="center">43.33</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC8</div></td>
<td><div align="center">1.85</div></td>
<td><div align="center">68.99</div></td>
<td><div align="center">48.58</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="center">SC9</div></td>
<td><div align="center">2.00</div></td>
<td><div align="center">74.58</div></td>
<td><div align="center">52.52</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
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</p>
<p><strong>UPC-E</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>upc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>numbers (0....9)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>Systemcode 0 + 6 + 1 Checkum Digit = 8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td><ul>
<li>when the number is 7 digits long, kbarcode will create a checksum
(the 8. digits)</li>
<li>when the number is 8 digits long, kbarcode will check the checksum
and deny printing if wrong</li>
</ul></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td>
<p>&nbsp;</p></td>
</tr>
</table>
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</p>
<p><strong><a name="isbn"></a>ISBN</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>ISBN</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td> ISBN numbers are encoded as EAN-13 symbols, with an optional add-5
trailer. The ISBN frontend of the library accepts real ISBN
numbers and deals with any hyphen and, if present, the ISBN checksum character
before encoding data. Valid representations for ISBN strings are for example:
&quot;1-56592-292-1&quot;, &quot;3-89721-122-X&quot; and &quot;3-89721-122-X
06900&quot;.</p></td>
</tr>
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<p><strong><a name="code128b"></a>code 128-B</strong></p>
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<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>code 128-B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td> This encoding can represent all of the printing ASCII characters, from
the space (32) to DEL (127). The checksum digit is mandatory i
n this encoding.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<p><strong><a name="code128c"></a>code 128-C</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>code 128-C</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td>
The &quot;C&quot; variation of Code-128 uses Code-128 symbols to represent
two digits at a time (Code-128 is made up of 104 symbols whose<br>
interpretation is controlled by the start symbol being used). Code 128-C
is thus the most compact way to represent any even number of digits. The
encoder refuses to deal with an odd number of digits because the caller
is expected to provide proper padding to an even number of digits. (Since
Code-128 includes control symbols to switch charset, it is theoretically
possible to represent the odd digit as a Code 128-A or 128-B symbol, but
this tool doesn't currently implement this option).</p></td>
</tr>
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<p><strong><a name="code128raw"></a>code 128 raw</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>code 128 raw</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td> Code-128 output represented symbol-by-symbol in the input string.
To override part of the problems outlined below in specifying<br>
code128 symbols, this pseudo-encoding allows the used to specify a list
of code128 symbols separated by spaces. Each symbol is represented by
a number in the range 0-105. The list should include the leading character.The
checksum and the stop character are automatically added by the library.
Most likely this pseudo-encoding will be used with BARCODE_NO_ASCII and
some external program to supply the printed text.</p></td>
</tr>
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<p><strong><a name="code39"></a>code 39</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>code 39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td> The code-39 standard can encode uppercase letters, digits, the blank
space, plus, minus, dot, star, dollar, slash, percent. Any<br>
string that is only composed of such characters is accepted by the code-39
encoder. To avoid loosing information, the encoder refuses to encode mixed-case
strings (a lowercase string is nonetheless accepted as a shortcut, but is
encoded as uppercase).</td>
</tr>
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<p><strong><a name="codei25"></a>interleaved 2 of 5</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>interleaved 2 of 5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td>
This encoding can only represent an even number of digits (odd digits
are represented by bars, and even digits by the interleaving<br>
spaces). The name stresses the fact that two of the five items (bars or
spaces) allocated to each symbol are wide, while the rest are narrow.
The checksum digit is optional (can be disabled via BARCODE_NO_CHECKSUM).
Since the number of digits, including the checksum, must be even, a leading
zero is inserted in the string being encoded if needed (this is specifically
stated in the specs I have access to).</p></td>
</tr>
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<p><strong><a name="code128"></a>code 128</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>code 128</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td> Automatic selection between alphabet A, B and C of the Code-128 standard.
This encoding can represent all ASCII symbols, from 0<br>
(NUL) to 127 (DEL), as well as four special symbols, named F1, F2, F3,
F4. The set of symbols available in this encoding is not easily represented
as input to the barcode library, so the following convention is used.
In the input string, which is a C-language null- terminated string, the
NUL char is represented by the value 128 (0x80, 0200) and the F1-F4 characters
are represented by the values 193-196 (0xc1-0xc4, 0301-0304). The values
have been chosen to ease their representation as escape sequences.</p>
<p>Since the shell doesn't seem to interpret escape sequences on the command
line, the &quot;-b&quot; option cannot be easily used to designate the
strings to be encoded. As a workaround you can resort to the command echo,
either within back-ticks or used separately to create a file that is then
fed to the standard-input of barcode - assuming your echo command processes
escape sequences. The newline character is especially though to encode
(but not impossible unless you use a csh variant. </p>
<p>These problems only apply to the command-line tool; the use of library
functions doesn't give any problem. In needed, you can use the &quot;code
128 raw&quot; pseudo-encoding to represent code128 symbols by their numerical
value. This encoding is used late in the auto- selection mechanism because
(almost) any input string can be represented using code128.</p>
</td>
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<p><strong><a name="cbr"></a>Codabar</strong></p>
<table width = "100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>Codabar</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td>
Codabar can encode the ten digits and a few special symbols (minus, plus,
dollar, colon, bar, dot). The characters &quot;A&quot;, &quot;B&quot;,
&quot;C&quot; and<br>
&quot;D&quot; are used to represent four different start/stop characters.
The input string to the barcode library can include the start and stop
characters or not include them (in which case &quot;A&quot; is used as
start and &quot;B&quot; as stop). Start and stop characters in the input
string can be either all lowercase or all uppercase and are always printed
as uppercase.</p></td>
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<p><strong><a name="pls"></a>Plessey</strong></p>
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<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>Plessey</td>
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<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td> Plessey barcodes can encode all the hexadecimal digits. Alphabetic
digits in the input string must either be all lowercase or all<br>
uppercase. The output text is always uppercase.</p></td>
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<p><strong><a name="msi"></a>MSI</strong></p>
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<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>MSI</td>
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<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td>
MSI can only encode the decimal digits. While the standard specifies either
one or two check digits, the current implementation in<br>
this library only generates one check digit.</p></td>
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<p><strong><a name="code93"></a>code 93</strong></p>
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<td nowrap>kbarcode Setting</td>
<td>code 93</td>
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<td nowrap>valid character set</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>length</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td nowrap>Checksum</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>Size</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td nowrap>Remark</td>
<td>The code-93 standard can natively encode 48 different characters, including
uppercase letters, digits, the blank space, plus, minus,<br>
dot, star, dollar, slash, percent, as well as five special characters:
a start/stop delimiter and four &quot;shift characters&quot; used for
extended encoding. Using this &quot;extended encoding&quot; method, any
standard 7-bit ASCII character can be encoded, but it takes up two symbol
lengths in barcode if the character is not natively supported (one of
the 48). The encoder here fully implements the code 93 encoding standard.
Any characters natively supported (A-Z, 0-9, &quot;.+-/$&amp;%&quot;)
will be encoded as such - for any other characters (such as lower case
letters, brackets, parentheses, etc.), the encoder will revert to extended
encoding. As a note, the option to exclude the checksum will eliminate
the two modulo-47 checksums (called C and K) from the barcode, but this
probably will make it unreadable by 99% of all scanning systems. These
checksums are specified to be used at the firmware level, and their absence
will be interpreted as an invalid barcode.</p></td>
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