Chapter 4 — Enabling and Configuring Symbologies
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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.