1. DS4678 Product Reference Guide
  2. OCR Programming
  3. OCR Programming Parameters
  4. OCR-A Variant
  • DS4678 Product Reference Guide
OCR-A Variant

OCR-A Variant

Parameter #
684
 (SSI # F1 ACh)
This parameter enables scanners to read OCR-A font variants.
The font variant sets a processing algorithm and default character subset for the given font. Select the most appropriate font variant to optimize performance and accuracy.
OCR-A supports the following variants:
  • OCR-A Full ASCII
!"#$()*+,-./0123456789<>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ\^
  • OCR-A Reserved 1
$*+-./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  • OCR-A Reserved 2
$*+-./0123456789<>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  • OCR-A Banking
-0123456789<>
Special banking characters output as the following representative characters:
  • outputs as f
  • outputs as c
  • outputs as h
Enable OCR-A before setting this parameter. If disabling OCR-A, set the variant to OCR-A Full ASCII.