[soveym]

Hi there,
I am using the Zebra programming language of ZPL II on a Zebra LP 2844-Z printer. The label or "luggage tag" I am designing is being printed from the Siemens Invision product. This luggage tag is for a newborn, so it is tiny. I am trying to compress the bar code that displays the patient serial number so that it fits better and is more easily read by the bar code reader. The code I am using to barcode the baby's serial number is as follows:

'¦FD>:AC>5' "C0801" POS 004 LEN 009 '>6' "2WRPTNO" POS 001 LEN 001 '¦FS '
C0801 is a 12 character field that has 3 leading zeroes and 9 digits of serial number. The barcode on my luggage tag prints with only 8 digits of the serial number. If I take the >5 and >6 out(which are what I'm using to compress)all 9 digits of the serial number print. What do I need to do to get all 9 digits in compressed mode???? Here is what the image looks like for the complete label:
¦XA
¦LH15,175
¦FO285,55¦AQ¦FD<.......................>¦FS
¦FO280,80¦BY2,2.3
¦BCN,40,N,N,N
<............................>
¦FO320,10¦BY1
¦BCN,30,Y,N,N
¦FD<.......>¦FS
¦FO300,125¦AP¦FD<../../....><..>¦FS
¦FO460,10¦AQ¦FD<.......>¦FS¦FO455,030¦AQ¦
FD<.........>¦FS¦XZ


END OF IMAGE

The Green area is what the code is behind. Any help would be most apprecaited. I have only a manual to work with and I am not finding the answer in there. Thank you in advance.