❏ The HRI characters of the special character are described as below.
Control Character
SHIFT
CODE A/B/C
FNC1~ 4
Control character (00h ~1Fh, 7Fh)
GS1-128
❏ Specify the data of 2 to 255 digits.
❏ '()' is the delimiter for the application identifiers. (printed as the HRI character, but not
encoded.)
❏ The start codes (CODE A, CODE B, CODE C) and the stop code are added automatically.
❏ A symbol character FNC1, that is described after the start code, is automatically added.
❏ When '*' is specified, a check digit is automatically calculated, and replaced with '*.'
❏ 2 digits of consecutive numbers must be specified as the application identifier. If it is not spec-
ified correctly, an error occurs.
❏ When '(01)' is specified as the application identifier, the 14th digit becomes a check digit, how-
ever, it is not proved when the check digit is specified. When the 14th digit is '*,' the check
digit is automatically calculated, and replaced with '*.'
❏ A special character is indicated by combining '{' and the next character.
❏ When the character right after '{' is not any of the following, an error occurs.
Control Character
Control Character (00h ~ 1Fh, 7Fh)
FNC1
FNC3
'{'
'('
')'
'*'
Left parenthesis for the application identifier
Right parenthesis for the application identifier
Check digit position
HRI Character
Not printed
Not printed
Space is printed
Space is printed
ASCII
HRI Character
Space is printed.
{1
Space is printed.
{3
Space is printed.
{{
'{' is printed.
{(
'(' is printed.
{)
')' is printed.
{*
'*' is printed.
(
'(' is printed.
)
')' is printed.
*
Check digit is printed.
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