1. RS6100 Product Reference Guide
  2. OCR Programming
  3. OCR Programming Parameters
  4. OCR-B Variant
  • RS6100 Wearable Scanner Product Reference Guide
OCR-B Variant
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OCR-B Variant

Parameter #
685
 (SSI # F1h ADh)
This parameter enables scanners to read OCR-A font variants.
OCR-A supports the following variants:
  • OCR-B Full ASCII
!#$%()*+,-./0123456789<>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^|Ñ
  • OCR-B Banking
#+-0123456789<>JNP|
  • OCR-B Limited
+,-./0123456789<>ACENPSTVX
  • OCR-B ISBN 10-Digit Book Numbers
-0123456789>BCEINPSXz
  • OCR-B ISBN 10 or 13-Digit Book Numbers
-0123456789>BCEINPSXz
  • OCR-B Travel Document Version 1 (TD1) 3-Line ID Cards
-0123456789<ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  • OCR-B Travel Document Version 2 (TD2) 2-Line ID Cards
-0123456789<ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  • OCR-B Travel Document 2 or 3-Line ID Cards Auto-Detect
!#$%()*+,-./0123456789<>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ^|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.
Selecting one of the ISBN Book Numbers automatically applies the appropriate ISBN checksum, so setting this is not required.
Selecting the following OCR-B variants automatically sets the appropriate OCR Lines. These five variants invoke extensive special algorithms and checking for that particular document type:
Variant
OCR Lines Setting
Passport
2
TD1 ID Cards
3
TD2 ID Cards
2
Visa Type A
2
Visa Type B
2
If you set one of these variants with both OCR-A and OCR-B enabled, only the specified travel document is read without reading OCR-A. Returning OCR-B variant to its default (Full ASCII) allows reading OCR-A.
For the best performance in passport reading, fix the target passport and the scanner in place (6.5 - 7.5”).
Enable OCR-B before setting this parameter. If disabling OCR-B, set the variant to OCR-B Full ASCII.
*OCR-B Full ASCII (0)
OCR-B Banking (1)
OCR-B Limited (2)
OCR-B ISBN 10-Digit Book Numbers (6)
OCR-B ISBN 10 or 13-Digit Book Numbers (7)
OCR-B Travel Document Version 1 (TD1) 3 Line ID Cards (3)
OCR-B Travel Document Version 2 (TD2) 2-Line ID Cards (8)
Travel Document 2 or 3-Line ID Cards Auto-Detect (20)
OCR-B Passport (4)
OCR-B Visa Type A (9)
OCR-B Visa Type B (10)
OCR-B ICAO Travel Documents (11)