Avery Dennison Monarch 6017 Programmer Manual User Manual

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2-8 Creating and Printing Formats

Command

Description

<height> The bar code height, specified in hex, in

increments of .125 mm. <height> 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

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

Specifying Particular Bar Codes

Values for the

<length> and <data> parameters depend on the type of bar

code you choose with

<bctype> .

Bar Code

<length>

<data>

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.

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