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2-12 Creating and Printing Formats

Character

Subset A

Subset B

Subset C

80 hex

Function 3

Function 3

81 hex

Function 2

Function 2

82

hex*

Shift Shift

83 hex

Switch to Subset C Switch to Subset C

84 hex

Switch to Subset B

Function 4

Switch to Subset B

85 hex

Function 4

Switch to Subset A Switch to Subset A

86 hex

Function 1

Function 1

Function 1

* A temporary, one character shift to another subset.

The following table describes the purpose of each function (listed in the
previous table).

Function
Number

Purpose

1

Uses reserved Code 128 characters (UCC/EAN128).

2

Appends data (subsets A and B only). The result is not
readable by all bar code scanners.

3

Initializes a bar code scanner.

4

Extends characters by adding 128 to the ASCII code. For
example, 'a' (97 decimal) is changed to '

β

' (225 decimal)

by adding 128 to it. This function is unavailable in subset
C.