Data Format References
Product Reference Guide
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Global AIM ID
AIM label identifiers (as opposed to custom characters you select yourself as with label
identifiers) can be included with scanned bar code data. AIM label identifiers consist of three
characters as follows:
• A close brace character (ASCII ‘]’), followed by...
• A code character (see the table below), followed by...
• A modifier character (the modifier character is symbol dependent).
SYMBOLOGY CHAR SYMBOLOGY CHAR
UPC/EAN
E
a
a. UPC-A and UPC-E labels are converted to EAN 13 when adding AIM IDs.
Code 128/GS1-128 C
Code 39 and
ï€
Code 32
A
DataBar Omnidirectional,
Da
taBar Expanded
e
Cod
abar F Standard 2 of 5 S
Interleaved 2 of 5 I ISBN
X
b
b. ISBN (X with a 0 modifier character)
Code 93 G Code 11 H
Figure 5. AIM ID
Prefix SuffixLabel ID Label IDBar Code DataAIM ID
NOTE
This feature enables/disables addition of AIM IDs for all symbology
types.