User`s manual

UPC-A UPC (Universal Product Code) version A is the ba
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sic version of UPC and is usually the version seen on
grocery store items in the United States. The sym
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bology is used to encode the ten-digit Universal
Product Code number. An eleventh digit, at the be
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ginning, indicates the type of product and a twelfth
digit is a module check digit.
The UPC code number and check digit are assigned
by:
Uniform Code Council (UCC)
8163 Old Yankee Rd., Ste. J, Dayton, OH 45458
Phone [phone]; Fax: [phone]
UPC-A code support the numeric characters:
0123456789
The ratio command parameter (narrow bar to wide
bar width) is ignored
by the printer.
The equation to calculate the UPC-A bar code
length is:
L = (91) X
L = Length of bar code
X = Number of Dots times 0.0033 inches per dot (0.08847
mm per dot)
UPC-A bar code height, by specification, is six (6)
individual UPC-A bar code characters high. The fol
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lowing equation can be used to calculate the indus
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try specified height in Dots.
H = (42) X
H = Height of bar code in Dot
X = Bar code Multiplier
Multiply the height of the bar code in dots by 0.0033
inches per dot (0.08847 mm per dot) to get the ac
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tual bar code height.
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