Zebra 50-12500-066 User Manual

SYMBOLOGIES 11 - 9

Parameter # 10h

Supplementals are bar codes appended according to specific format conventions (e.g., UPC A+2, UPC E+2, 
EAN 13+2). The following options are available:

If you select Ignore UPC/EAN with Supplementals, and the linear imager scanner is presented 
with a UPC/EAN plus supplemental symbol, the linear imager scanner decodes UPC/EAN and ignores 
the supplemental characters.

If you select Decode UPC/EAN with Supplementals, the linear imager scanner only decodes UPC/EAN 
symbols with supplemental characters, and ignores symbols without supplementals.

If you select Autodiscriminate UPC/EAN Supplementals, the linear imager scanner decodes 
UPC/EAN symbols with supplemental characters immediately. If the symbol does not have a 
supplemental, the linear imager scanner must decode the bar code the number of times set via 

 before transmitting its data to confirm that 

there is no supplemental.

If you select one of the following Supplemental Mode options, the linear imager scanner immediately 
transmits EAN-13 bar codes starting with that prefix that have supplemental characters. If the symbol 
does not have a supplemental, the linear imager scanner must decode the bar code the number of times 
set via 

 before transmitting its data to confirm 

that there is no supplemental. The linear imager scanner transmits UPC/EAN bar codes that do not have 
that prefix immediately.

Enable Smart Supplemental Mode - applies to EAN-13 bar codes starting with any prefix listed 
previously.

Supplemental User-Programmable Type 1 - applies to EAN-13 bar codes starting with a 3-digit 
user-defined prefix. Set this 3-digit prefix using 

Supplemental User-Programmable Type 1 and 2 - applies to EAN-13 bar codes starting with either 
of two 3-digit user-defined prefixes. Set the 3-digit prefixes using 

Smart Supplemental Plus User-Programmable 1 - applies to EAN-13 bar codes starting with any 
prefix listed previously or the user-defined prefix set using 

.

Smart Supplemental Plus User-Programmable 1 and 2 - applies to EAN-13 bar codes starting with 
any prefix listed previously or one of the two user-defined prefixes set using 

.

If you select 978/979 Supplemental Mode and are scanning Bookland EAN bar codes, see 

 to enable Bookland EAN, and select a format using 

To minimize the risk of invalid data transmission, select either to decode or ignore supplemental 
characters.