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How to Delete Leading Zero for UPC and EAN Codes

Guide for removing the leading zero in the decoded result for UPC/EAN codes using DataMan Setup Tool

15/09/2024

Question

EAN-13 codes beginning with 0 are actually 12-digit UPC codes with prepended 0 digit. In recent years, more products sold by retailers outside the United States and Canada have been using EAN-13 codes beginning with 0, since they were generated by GS1-US.

Answer

To delete leading zero for UPC/EAN codes, do the following steps after connecting to the reader:  

  1. Navigate to Settings
  2. Select the dropdown arrow under Symbology Settings  
  3. Select UPC/EAN
  4. Select the checkbox „Delete leading zero”
  5. Hit Save Settings  
  6. If you have a master slave configuration, repeat steps 1-5 for all readers in the group.

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