Patent ID: 6902114

Claim:
A method for generating a setting bar code which is scanned by an optical information reader so that setup contents of a plurality of setup items concerning operation of the optical information reader are changeable, said method comprising: changing an initial value of the setup contents to a change value indicating a desired setup content for desired setup items in the plurality of setup items; extracting a parameter indicating the changed setup content for the setup items, each having the changed setup content in all setup items and specifying setup items having unchanged setup content, which is the same as the initial value of the setup content; generating a bar code original data by combining parameters of the setup items each having the setup content changed from the initial value of the setup content; dividing the bar code original data into a plurality of data parts, thereby forming a plurality of bar code parts so that a length of each of the plurality of bar code parts becomes equal or less than a predetermined length, if the length of the setting bar code generated based on the bar code original data exceeds a predetermined value; adding read start information and read end information to the bar code original data; and outputting a setting bar code based on the bar code original data.