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Avery Dennison Monarch 6017 Programmer Manual User Manual

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2-8 Creating and Printing Formats

Command

Description

The bar code height, specified in hex, in

increments of .125 mm. can be no
smaller than 14. For example, 14 = 2.5 mm,
15 = 2.625 mm, etc.

For UPC/EAN/JAN bar codes, the height you
specify includes a 1.25 mm drop bar pattern
after the bar code.

(data) The data for the bar code. It must equal

. See “Specifying Particular Bar
Codes” for data restrictions, which vary by bar
code.

Specifying Particular Bar Codes

Values for the

and parameters depend on the type of bar

code you choose with

.

Bar Code

Code 39

9 (maximum)

0-9, A-Z , -, (space), $,
/, +, and %

Interleaved 2 of 5

24 (maximum)

Pairs of numeric
characters (0-9)

UPC/EAN/JAN

UPCA: 12

UPCE: 7

EAN/JAN-8: 8

EAN/JAN-13: 13

These lengths are fixed
and all include a check
digit.

0-9

Codabar

20 (maximum) plus start
and stop characters.
The printer adds the
stop character
automatically.

Data: 0-9, $, -, : , / , . ,
and +.

Start: a (the default),
b, c, or d.