Prefix

2D-Pharmacode supports the following prefixes:

• None: Encodes the data without a prefix.

• Auto (Macro Substitution): Selects the appropriate macro prefix automatically.

• GS1 FNC1: Conforms to specific industry standards as authorized by AIM International.

• GS1 FNC1 (Manual Check Digits): Conforms to the GS1 standard, with manually selected check digits.

• HIBC: Conforms to the Health Industry Bar Code (HIBC) standard. When selected, encoding is forced to US ASCII.

• Macro 5: Abbreviates the 05 Macro header (prefix) and trailer (suffix) into one symbol character to reduce the number of symbol characters that are needed to encode data.

• Macro 6: Abbreviates the 06 Macro header (prefix) and trailer (suffix) into one symbol character to reduce the number of symbol characters that are needed to encode data.

• Reader Initialization: Indicates that the symbol encodes a message that is used to program the reader system.

When the ECC 200 version is selected for Data Matrix, the following prefixes are supported:

• None: Encodes the data without a prefix.

• Auto (Macro Substitution): Selects the appropriate macro prefix automatically.

• GS1 FNC1: Conforms to specific industry standards as authorized by AIM International.

• GS1 FNC1 (Manual Check Digits): Conforms to the GS1 standard, with manually selected check digits.

• HIBC: Conforms to the Health Industry Bar Code (HIBC) standard. When selected, encoding is forced to US ASCII.

• Macro 5: Abbreviates the 05 Macro header (prefix) and trailer (suffix) into one symbol character to reduce the number of symbol characters that are needed to encode data.

• Macro 6: Abbreviates the 06 Macro header (prefix) and trailer (suffix) into one symbol character to reduce the number of symbol characters that are needed to encode data.

• Reader Initialization: Indicates that the symbol encodes a message that is used to program the reader system.

If you specify a special function character (such as FNC1 through FNC6) at the beginning of your barcode data, and if the Prefix option is enabled, the prefix that is specified in BarTender is ignored in favor of the special function character that is located in your data. For more information about special function characters, refer to your Data Matrix documentation.

GS1 DataMatrix supports only one prefix option, and it does so automatically:

• GS1 FNC1: Conforms to specific industry standards as authorized by AIM International.

MicroPDF417 supports the following prefixes:

• None: Encodes the data without a prefix.

• Auto (Macro Substitution): Selects the appropriate macro prefix automatically.

• Code 128 Emulation (C0): For more information, consult your symbology specification.

• Code 128 Emulation (C2): For more information, consult your symbology specification.

• GS1-128 Emulation (Unlinked C1): For more information, consult your symbology specification.

• GS1-128 Emulation (Linked C1): For more information, consult your symbology specification.

• Macro 5: Abbreviates the 05 Macro header (prefix) and trailer (suffix) into one symbol character to reduce the number of symbol characters that are needed to encode data.

• Macro 6: Abbreviates the 06 Macro header (prefix) and trailer (suffix) into one symbol character to reduce the number of symbol characters that are needed to encode data.

• Reader Initialization: Indicates that the symbol encodes a message that is used to program the reader system.

PDF417 supports the following prefixes:

• None: Encodes the data without a prefix.

• Linked to Linear Component (GS1 Composite): For more details, consult your symbology specification.

• Linked to Linear Component (Other): For more details, consult your symbology specification.

• Reader Initialization: Indicates that the symbol encodes a message that is used to program the reader system.