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Chapter 4

Designing Labels Using LDS

466 Operators Manual

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EMBEDDED BAR CODES
Many bar codes can be printed with various ratios and character spacing options. The
following table illustrates these options. See Chapter 8 for more information on
designing with bar codes.

Bar Code Symbologies

Bar Code

CGN

Ratio

Height

Spacing

FO

Code 3 of 9

2
3
5
8

2:1
3:1
5:2
8:3

1
1
1
1

2
2
2
3

0123
0123
0123
0123

I 2 of 5

2
3
5

2:1
3:1
5:2

1
1
1

-
-
-

0123
0123
0123

UPC/EAN*

-

40%

1

-

0123

UPC Readable*

-

40%

1

-

0123

Code 128 &
UCC/EAN-128*

-

40%

1

-

0123

Codabar

2
3
5

2:1
3:1
5:2

1
1
1

-
-
-

0123
0123
0123

Code 93

-

2:1

1

-

0123

AS-10

-

2:1

1

-

0123

MaxiCode

(CGN=Mode)

2
3
4
5
6

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-

0123
0123
0123
0123
0123

MSI (Plessy)

-

1:1

1

-

0123

Table 5

* These bar codes must be multiplied by 2 for a 80% ratio.

FO

FIELD ORIENTATION
This parameter defines the rotation of each field on the label. The point of rotation is
determined from the field justification.

0

0 degrees (normal rotation).

1

180 degrees (upside-down rotation).

2

90 degrees (left rotation).

3

270 degrees (right rotation).