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 the Prefix/Suffix Data Formatter 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:
Arrange prefixes and suffixes in the order in which you want them to appear on the output. To change the order of prefixes and suffixes you have created, click on the up and down arrows to the left in the Prefix/Suffix screen:
To send a CR (carriage return) Suffix for U.P.C. only:
Click on the Symbology
drop down and select UPC-A/UPC-A
with Extended Coupon Code.
Click on the Suffix Editor
button to display the actions
that allow you to build a suffix into your message string. Click
on CR.
Click on Finish to save your format. The format appears in the formatter window.
To enter Printable Characters, Extended ASCII Characters, or a special Keypress, click on those selections to display additional keyboards with commands. To enter keys from extended U.S. and European keyboards, click on Insert Keypress.