Avery Dennison Pathfinder 6140 - Defining the GS1 Databar Options Tag (Optional)

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Defining the GS1 DataBar Options Tag (Optional)
Use the Options tag to define GS1 DataBar-specific information.
Valid values include: a 32-bit unsigned decimal number.
It contains the following attributes: density, type, sepheight, and segmentwidth.
Syntax <Options density=”value” type=”value” sepheight=”value”
segmentwidth=”value” />
density Bar code density. Options: 2 to 8 as shown below. The default is 2.
Density Selector Narrow Element Width in Dots/mils
2 2 / 9.9
3 3 / 14.8
4 4 / 19.7
5 5 / 24.6
6 6 / 29.6
7 7 / 34.5
8 8 / 39.4
type Selects the type of GS1 DataBar bar code. The default is 1. Options:
1 GS1 DataBar 14
2 GS1 DataBar 14 Truncated
3 GS1 DataBar 14 Stacked
4 GS1 DataBar 14 Stacked Omni-directional
5 GS1 DataBar Limited
6 GS1 DataBar Expanded
7 UPCA
8 UPCE
9 EAN13
10 EAN8
11 UCC/EAN128 and CC A/B
12 UCC/EAN128 and CC C
sepheight The height of the separator between the linear barcode and the 2D bar code.
The default is 1. The value is either 1 or 2.
segmentwidth The width of the individual segments for bar code <types> 1 to 6 above. The
default is 22. The range is even numbers between 2 and 22.
Example <Options density=”4” type=”3” segmentwidth=”8” />
Creates a GS1 DataBar 14 Stacked bar code with a density of 4 and sets the segment width to
8.