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.