>Thomas,
>
>Thanks for responding.
>
>I have seen numerous sources that state that the start code and stop code for Code 128 B are 162 and 164 respectively. For example the article found here:
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>http://www.mecsw.com/info/appnote/app_001.html
>
>This conflicting information is confusing to us novices. :-)

The link clearly states that the CODE B Start is 104. This is also the value used to initialize the checksum value. As mentioned before the added prefix and suffix codes are applcation specific - snip from the link: "This conversion takes into account the particular mapping of the font being used (this example is for the font published by Azalea Software)"


Regards,
Viv