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3. PRINTER OPERATION
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3.4 Using the B-852 Printer Properties Menus
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3.4.7 Bar Fonts Tab (Cont.)
Bar Code Options:
• Symbology. Used to specify the symbology (bar code language) for
bar codes.
• X dimension. Used to specify bar code density using the narrow bar
"X-dimension." (Used with all symbologies except US Postnet.)
• Bar Code Orientation. Used to change the vertical or horizontal
orientation of an object on the label.
• Human Readable. Used to specify the position and visibility of the
human readable characters displayed with the bar codes on the labels.
• Ratio. Used to specify the wide-to-narrow element ratio of the bar
code. (Used with Full ASCII 3-of-9, Regular 3-of-9, Codabar,
Interleaved 2-of-5, and MSI Plessey only.)
Symbology Specific Options:
• Check Digit. Used to specify whether or not check digits will be
added to bar codes. (Used with Full ASCII 3-of-9, Regular 3-of-9,
Interleaved 2-of-5, and MSI Plessey only.)
• UCC/EAN-128. Used to specify whether or not the Software will
automatically add certain characters and perform certain functions
required to print UCC/EAN-128 bar codes. (Used with Code 128
only.)
• Code Set. Used to specify which of the three Code 128 characters sets
(Code A, Code B, or Code C) will be used to print Code 128 bar
codes. (Used with Code 128 only.)
• Version. Used to select one of several supported sizes of Code One.
(Used with Code One only.)
• UCC/EAN FNC1 Prefix. Used to specify whether or not the first
character in a Code One bar code should be the UCC/EAN FNC1
character. (Used with Code One only.)
Symbology Specific Options: (continued)
• Correction Level. Used to specify one of nine levels of error
correction for PDF417 bar codes. (Used with PDF417 only.)
• Truncated. Used to specify that a trimmed-down version of a
PDF417 bar code be printed in order to save space on the label. (Used
with PDF417 only.)
• Row Height. Used to specify the height of each row in a PDF417 bar
code. (Used with PDF417 only.)
• Columns. Used to specify the number of columns in the checkerboard
data area of a PDF417 bar code. (Used with PDF417 only.)
• Start Character. Used to specify which one of the four letters, a - d,
will be used as the start character with a Codabar bar code. (Used with
Codabar only.)
• Stop Character. Used to specify which one of the four letters, a - d,
will be used as the stop character with a Codabar bar code. (Used with
Codabar only.)
• Guard Bar Height. Used to specify the length of the UPC guard bars.
(Used with UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, and EAN-8 only.)
• Supplemental. Used to append UPC supplemental bar. (Used with
UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, and EAN-8 only.)
NOTE:
The Edit Bar Code Font
p
roperty page will display
different options depending on
which bar code symbology is
selected. For example, if the
Symbology option is set to
“Interleaved 2-of-5,” the only
symbology-specific option that
will be displayed is Check Digit.
H
owever, if the Symbology
option is set to “Code 128,” the
symbology-specific area will
also display the UCC/EAN-128
and Code Set options.