Chapter 4 — Enabling and Configuring Symbologies
UPC/EAN Options
This section describes the UPC/EAN options and contains the programming bar codes you can use to configure those options.
About UPC/EAN Options
The UPC/EAN symbologies have the following programmable features:
•Data Format Settings
•UPC/EAN Expansion
•UPC/EAN Add-ons
•Price/Weight Check Digit
•Read Verification
Data Format Settings
UPC/EAN Data Format Settings provides options for transmitting check digits or Number System Digits (NSD).
UPC/EAN Expansion
Expand UPC-A to EAN-13 adds a leading zero to a UPC-A label which expands the label to the EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for EAN-13.
Expand UPC-E to UPC-A expands UPC-E labels to UPC-A data format. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for UPC-A.
Expand EAN-8 to EAN-13 adds five zeros in front of an EAN-8 label. Data is sent in EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for EAN- 13.
Expand UPC-E to EAN-13 expands UPC-E labels to EAN-13 data format. Selecting this feature also changes the symbology ID to match those required for EAN-13.
UPC/EAN Add-ons
UPC-A or UPC-E and EAN-8 or EAN-13 Two and Five Digit
Add-ons filters:
•Required means UPC/EAN bar codes must have add-ons or label will not be read.
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