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System Administrator’s Guide
Classification: Avery Dennison – Public
E n a b l i n g S p e ci f i c B a r Co d e s
You must enable and disable each specific bar code type for scanning. Some bar codes require
additional settings. Some bar codes can be printed, but not scanned. See “
Printable Bar Codes
vs. Scannable Bar Codes
” for more information.
We recommend including the specific bar code settings in your application (done by your
Application Developer using the
SDK documentation
).
Configuring UPC/E AN Bar Codes
UPC (Universal Product Code) and EAN (European Article Number) bar codes are linear codes
for numeric data. Use the
Printer Setup Application
to configure the UPC/EAN bar code
scanner options below.
Select
To
UPCA
Allows the scanner to scan UPCA, UPCA+2, and UPCA+5 bar codes.
Transmit
Check Digit
Tells the scanner return the check digit with the data when the bar code
is scanned. Enable or disable this option.
Preamble
Mode
Specifies the characters that preface the returned data from a UPCA bar
code. The USA country code is 0. Select None (No Data), SYSCHAR
(System Character), or SYSCOUNT (Country Code and System
Character).
UPCE
Allows the scanner to scan UPCE bar codes.
UPCE1
Allows the scanner to scan UPCE1 bar codes.
EAN8
Allows the scanner to scan EAN8 bar codes.
EAN13
Allows the scanner to scan EAN13 bar codes.
Coupon Code
Allows the scanner to scan UPCA, UPCA+2, UPCA+5, and UPCA/EAN-
128 bar codes. Set Supplemental to Auto to use this option.
EAN Bookland
Allows the scanner to scan Bookland EAN bar codes.
EAN8 Zero
Extension
Tells the scanner to add 5 leading zeros to EAN8 bar codes to convert
them into EAN13 bar codes.
EAN8 to
EAN13
Tells the scanner to label the bar code as EAN8 or EAN13 when EAN
Zero Extend is enabled.
UPCE to
UPCA
Tells the scanner to convert UPCE bar codes to a UPCA format before
returning the data. After the conversion, your UPCA selections affect
the data.
UPCE1 to
UPCA
Tells the scanner to convert UPCE1 bar codes to a UPCA format before
returning the data. After the conversion, your UPCA selections affect
the data.
Supplemental
Mode
Specifies how to treat UPC and EAN bar codes with supplemental
characters (UPCA+2, for example). The range is 0 to 12. Using 0
ignores supplemental characters. The other numbers indicate how many
supplemental digits are scanned.