Symbol DS7708 - OCR-B Variant

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OCR-B Variant
SSI # F1h ADh
Parameter # 685
OCR-B has the following variants. Selecting the most appropriate font variant affects performance and
accuracy.
• OCR-B Full ASCII
!#$%()*+,-./0123456789<>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ^|Ñ
• OCR-B Banking
#+-0123456789<>JNP|
• OCR-B Limited
+,-./0123456789<>ACENPSTVX
• OCR-B ISBN 10-Digit Book Numbers
-0123456789>BCEINPSXz
• OCR-B ISBN 10 or 13-Digit Book Numbers
-0123456789>BCEINPSXz
• OCR-B Travel Document Version 1 (TD1) 3-Line ID Cards
-0123456789<ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
• OCR-B Travel Document Version 2 (TD2) 2-Line ID Cards
-0123456789<ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
• OCR-B Travel Document 2 or 3-Line ID Cards Auto-Detect
!#$%()*+,-./0123456789<>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ^|Ñ
• OCR-B Passport
-0123456789<ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÑ
• OCR-B Visa Type A
-0123456789<ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
• OCR-B Visa Type B
-0123456789<ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÑ
• OCR-B ICAO Travel Documents
This allows reading either TD1, TD2, Passport
, Visa Type A, or Visa Type B without switching between
these options. It automatically recognizes the travel document read.
To choose a variant, scan one of the following bar codes. Selecting the following OCR-B variants
automatically
sets the appropriate OCR Lines on page 13-20. These five variants invoke extensive special algorithms and
checking for that particular document type:
Variant OCR Lines Setting
Passport 2
TD1 ID Card
s 3
TD2 ID Cards 2
Visa Type A 2
Visa Type B 2
Selecting one of the ISBN Book Numbers automatically applies the appropr
iate ISBN checksum, so you do not
need to set this.