Paxar 9474 User Manual

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To enter a fixed blank space, press the shift key, then press the
space key.

You’ll also see this prompt when you enter data for a fixed data
field.

D e f i n i n g a B a r C o d e F i e l d

To define a bar code field you’ll decide on some values. Others
are pre-set.

UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, and EAN-13 bar codes have some values
that are pre-set and can’t be changed. You don’t see prompts for
them when you define UPC or EAN bar code fields. These values
are

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data type (numeric)

◆

field length (fixed)

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number of characters (depends on bar code type).

S e l e c t i n g t h e B a r Ty p e

Format Entry Prompt:

Select barcode:
UPCA

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Values:

UPC-A (Standard, +2, or +5)
UPC-E (Standard, +2, or +5)
Interleaved 2 of 5
Code 39
NW7
EAN-8
(Standard, +2, or +5)
EAN-13 (Standard, +2, or +5)
CODE128
MSI

Designing and Entering a Format 6-21

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