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Prefix/Suffix Overview

When a bar code is scanned, additional information is sent to the host computer
along with the bar code data. This group of bar code data and additional,
user-defined data is called a “message string.” The selections in this section are
used to build the user-defined data into the message string.

Prefix and Suffix characters are data characters that can be sent before and after
scanned data. You can specify if they should be sent with all symbologies, or
only with specific symbologies. The following illustration shows the breakdown
of a message string:

Points to Keep In Mind

It is not necessary to build a message string. The selections in this
chapter are only used if you wish to alter the default settings.

Default

prefix = None. Default suffix = CR/LF.

A prefix or suffix may be added or cleared from one symbology or all
symbologies.

You can add any prefix or suffix from the "Decimal to Hex to ASCII
Conversion Chart" on page 2-36, p
lus Code I.D. and Aim I.D.

You can string together several entries for several symbologies at one
time.

Enter prefixes and suffixes in the order in which you want them to appear
on the output.

Prefix

Scanned Data

Suffix

1-10

alpha

numeric

characters

variable

length

1-10

alpha

numeric

characters

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