User's Manual
KDC User Manual
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9.1.1 Bookland EAN vs. EAN-13
Bookland EAN, which includes ISBN, ISSN, and ISMN, is supported by the KDC. This group
of symbologies is essentially an EAN-13 barcode with fixed prefixes; 977 for ISSN, 978 for
ISBN, and 979 for ISMN. If EAN-13 and Bookland EAN are both enabled, Bookland EAN
takes precedence. Bookland EAN does not have any options. The Bookland EAN barcode
does not contain any groupings – that is, there are no hyphens or separators. Thus, the
ISBN 957-630-239-0 is transmitted as 9576302390.
9.1.2 Add-on Symbologies
By default, the 2 or 5 digit add-on symbols with a UPCE, UPCA, EAN-8, and EAN-13
barcode is neither decoded nor transmitted. Transmission for these specific symbologies
is enabled by setting the appropriate
withAddon
options. There are 4
withAddon
options, one for each symbology:
UPCEwithAddon
UPCAwithAddon
EAN8withAddon
EAN13withAddon
The decoding of add-on symbols is typified by the following table, which explains the
process for EAN-13 symbols.
Mode
Behavior
Value of flags
EAN13
EAN13withAddon
Auto-
discrimination
If add-on symbol is present, then it is
also decoded; otherwise only the EAN-
13 symbol is decoded.
true
true
With add-on
Only EAN-13 barcodes with 2 or 5 add-
on symbol are decoded.
false
true
Without add-on
The add-on symbol is ignored.
true
false
The add-on symbol is appended to the EAN-13 barcode. The process is similar for UPCE,
UPCA, and EAN-8 barcodes. Note that all the UPCE, UPCA, EAN-8, and EAN-13
Table 6 - Add-on for EAN-13 Symbology