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Chapter 4 — Configuring the Library Configuring Optional Library Settings
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4. ClickShow Advanced.TheAdvancedUtilitiesConfirmationscreen
displays.
5. ClickNext.TheUtilities screenrefreshestoshowalistoftheadvanced
utilities.
6. SelecttheModify Barcode Reportingutility.Thescreenrefreshestoshow
informationabouttheutility.
Figure73showsthedefaultsettings.
7. Changethebarcodereportingasrequiredforyourenvironment.
Figure 73 Use the Modify Barcode Reporting utility to change
how the library handles barcode labels.
Use this parameter If...
Non-check-
summed barcodes
Yourlabelsdonotincludeachecksum.
Check-summed
barcodes
Yourlabelsincludeachecksumandyouwantthe barcodeverifiedagainstthe
checksumwhenitisread.Verificationisnotgenerallyrequired,butaddsextra
confirmationthatthebarcodelabelwasreadcorrectlybythebarcodereader.
Ignore check-sum
barcodes
Yourlabelsincludeachecksumcharacterbutyoudonotwantthebarcode
verifiedagainstthechecksumwhenitisread.Thisisthedefaultsetting.
Report left-hand
characters
Youwantthelibrarytoreportonlytheleft‐mostxcharactersinthebarcode,
wherexisanynumberfrom1to16.
Forexample,ifthebarcodeis1234567L2andyouconfigurethelibrarytoreport
onlythefiveleft‐mostcharacters,thelibraryreportsthebarcodeas12345.
Important: Be careful when specifying the number of left-most characters to
report. You may end up with duplicate barcodes reported. For example,
12345XXXL2 and 12345ABCL3 are both reported as 12345.