Bar Code

A bar code is a series of lines (bars) and spaces affixed to merchandise items to identify their product number or other attributes such as price and description. The bars and spaces represent numbers and other symbols.

You can define product bar codes in the Bar Code Maintenance Screen. You can also configure bar codes through Item Entry Control Maintenance.

To create a bar code, you need to determine the position and length, within the bar code, for each of the bar code elements listed below.

Example Example

If you set up the store number element to begin at position 3 and provide a length of 5, then in the defined bar code the store number starts at the third digit of the bar code and is five digits long.

End of the example.

You can also attach a bar code to a tender or a manager code. This can also print it on the transaction receipt when the related tender or manager code is invoked.

Structure

Bar Code Format
Screen Element	Description
Store Number	The position and length of the store number.
Register Number	The position and length of the register number.
Cashier Number	The position and length of the cashier number.
Transaction Number	The position and length of the transaction number.
Date	The position of the date. The length is fixed at 5
Suspend ID	The position and length of the suspend ID.
Tender Amount	The position and length of the transaction tender amount.
Auto Ref Number	The position and length of the auto reference number.
PLU #	The position and length of the PLU number.
PLU Unit Price	The position and length of the PLU unit price.
PLU Digits	The position and length of the number of PLU digits.
Password	This parameter, along with the Cashier Number parameter, supports encoding a cashier’s password into a bar code. This allows the cashier to sign on using a scan card.
Password Digits	The position and length of the number of password digits.

The masks are a set of digits or characters that are positioned at the beginning (prefix) or the end (suffix) of the bar code. This set of alphanumeric characters identifies a function. When the bar code is scanned, a function is triggered by the defined mask.

Note Note

If you are using the EAN bar code format, set the Prefix Mask to 02. If you are using the NSC 2 standard, set the Prefix Mask to 2.

End of the note.

Item Entry Attributes
Screen Element	Description
Prefix Mask	Set of digits configured at the beginning of the bar code to specify a trigger function.
Suffix Mask	Set of digits configured at the end of the bar code to specify a trigger function.
Scan Data Type	Note Scan Data Types Interleave 2of5 and UPCS accept numeric entries only. Interleave 2of5 and all code128 entries must be set to an even length. End of the note.

You use the print options to define where the bar code should be printed.

Print Options
Screen Element	Description
Print Position	Options indicate where the bar code should be printed. Note If you are defining a bar code for a tender, you cannot change the location — it us always printed on the receipt after the tender. End of the note.
Print Text	Determines if the data string in the bar code is printed on the receipt along with the bar code. If you choose to print the data string, and the bar code does not scan properly, the cashier can manually enter the information. If you are attaching a bar code to a tender, select `As Ref Num`.
Print Height	The height of the bar code in pixels to be printed on the receipt.