Character is missing in Data Matrix DM C40 and Text Modes

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Character is missing in Data Matrix DM C40 and Text Modes

This problem only occurs when encoding certain combinations of upper and lower case letters in C40 or TEXT modes of some Data-Matrix products, but does not occur in ASCII or Binary encoding modes. When this error occurs, the second to the last character is dropped from the scanned symbol. The error can be reproduced by encoding any of the following scenarios:

 Data EncodedModeData Read
 abcdeTEXTabce
 ABCDEC40ABCE

Solution(s):

This issue has been corrected as of August 15, 2005 in the following products that include the Data-Matrix barcode symbology:

This issue did not occur with other IDAutomation barcode products.

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