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Preferred Symbol
Preferred Symbol is a bar code prioritization technique that enables favored decoding of user designated high
priority bar code(s). The Preferred Symbol is the only bar code that is decoded and output within the preset
Preferred Symbol Timeout. During this time, the scanner attempts to decode the prioritized bar code and reports
only this bar code.
For more information, refer to the Multicode Data Formatting and Preferred Symbol, p/n MN-002895-xx.
Programming Options
To program Preferred Symbol via 123Scan, select 123Scan > Configuration Wizard > Symbologies screen, and
then select Preferred Symbol from the drop-down menu. Preferred Symbol programming is saved in the 123Scan
configuration file.
Preferred Symbol can be deployed to a fleet of 2D imaging scanners using the Scanner Management Service
(SMS) through a traditional SMS package.