Configuring Upc/Ean Bar Codes - Avery Dennison Pathfinder 6057 System Administrator Manual

Configuring UPC/EAN Bar Codes

1. To configure UPC/EAN settings, select UPC/EAN from the
Scanner Configuration window.
2. Enable each bar code you need to scan.
Allows the scanner to scan UPCA, UPCA+2, and
UPCA
UPCA+5 bar codes.
Allows the scanner to scan UPCE bar codes.
UPCE
Allows the scanner to scan UPCE1 bar codes.
UPCE1
Allows the scanner to scan EAN8 bar codes.
EAN8
Allows the scanner to scan EAN13 bar codes.
EAN13
3. For each bar code, decide if you want to tell the scanner to
return the check digit with the data when the bar code is
scanned. Check the Transmit CD box as necessary.
4. For each bar code, set the Preamble, which specifies the
characters that preface the returned data from a UPCA bar
code. The choices are
 None (No Data)
 SYSCHAR (System Character)
 SYSCOUNT (Country Code and System Character).
The USA country code is 0.
Note:
5. Touch the Page 2 tab at the top of the window to continue.
6. Enable each bar code you need to scan.
Coupon Code
UPCE to UPCA
EAN Zero
Extend
Bookland
EAN8 to EAN13
UPCE1 to UPCA
7. Set the Supplemental Mode for UPC/EAN bar codes, which specifies how to treat UPC and
EAN bar codes with supplemental characters (UPCA+2, for example). The choices are
Required, Ignore, or Auto. The default is Ignore.
Required
Ignore
Auto
Allows the scanner to scan UPCA, UPCA+2,
UPCA+5, and UPCA/EAN-128 bar codes.
Note: Set Supplemental to Auto to use this
option.
Tells the scanner to convert UPCE bar codes to a UPCA format before
returning the data.
Note: After the conversion, your UPCA selections affect the data.
Tells the scanner to add 5 leading zeros to EAN8 bar codes to convert them
into EAN13 bar codes.
Allows the scanner to scan Bookland EAN bar codes.
Tells the scanner to label the bar code as EAN8 or EAN13 when EAN Zero
Extend is enabled.
Tells the scanner to convert UPCE1 bar codes to a UPCA format before
returning the data.
Note: After the conversion, your UPCA selections affect the data.
The scanner scans bar codes with supplemental characters only. For
example, it scans a UPCA+2 bar code, but not UPCA.
The scanner ignores supplemental characters. For example, it scans a
UPCA+2 bar code as a UPCA.
Uses scanning information as specified in Scan UPC/EAN Supplemental
Redundancy.
Configuring the Scanner 5-5