diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-print.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-print.tt
index 6c15534144..a4c54a779d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-print.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/labels/label-print.tt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                         <fieldset>
                             [% IF ( batche.label_ids ) %]
                                 <legend>[% IF ( batche.label_count == 1 ) %][% batche.label_count | html %] single label[% ELSE %][% batche.label_count | html %] single labels[% END %]</legend>
-                                <a class="document pdf" href="/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-create-pdf.pl?batch_id=0&amp;template_id=[% batche.template_id | html %]&amp;layout_id=[% batche.layout_id | html %]&amp;start_label=[% batche.start_label | html %]&amp;from=[% batche.from | html %]&amp;to=[% batche.to | html %]&amp;range=[% batche.range | html %]">Download as PDF</a>
+                                <a class="document pdf" href="/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-create-pdf.pl?batch_id=0&amp;template_id=[% batche.template_id | html %]&amp;layout_id=[% batche.layout_id | html %]&amp;start_label=[% batche.start_label | html %]&amp;from=[% batche.from | html %]&amp;to=[% batche.to | html %]&amp;barcode_length=[% batche.barcode_length| html %]">Download as PDF</a>
 
                                     <p><a class="document csv" href="/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-create-csv.pl?batch_id=[% batche.batch_id | html %]&amp;template_id=[% batche.template_id | html %]&amp;layout_id=[% batche.layout_id | html %][% batche.label_ids | html %]">Download as CSV</a></p>
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                             [% ELSIF (batche.from && batche.to) %]
                             <legend>Barcodes from [% batche.from | html %] to [% batche.to | html %]</legend>
                             <p>
-                                <a class="document pdf" href="/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-create-pdf.pl?batch_id=0&amp;template_id=[% batche.template_id | html %]&amp;layout_id=[% batche.layout_id | html %]&amp;start_label=[% batche.start_label | html %]&amp;from=[% batche.from | html %]&amp;to=[% batche.to | html %]&amp;range=[% batche.range | html %]">Download as PDF</a>
+                                <a class="document pdf" href="/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-create-pdf.pl?batch_id=0&amp;template_id=[% batche.template_id | html %]&amp;layout_id=[% batche.layout_id | html %]&amp;start_label=[% batche.start_label | html %]&amp;from=[% batche.from | html %]&amp;to=[% batche.to | html %]&amp;barcode_length=[% batche.barcode_length | html %]">Download as PDF</a>
                             </p>
                             [% END %]
                         </fieldset>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                 [% END %]
                 <input type="hidden" name="from" value="[% txt_from | html %]" />
                 <input type="hidden" name="to" value="[% txt_to | html %]" />
-                <input type="hidden" name="range" value="[% range | html %]" />
+                <input type="hidden" name="barcode_length" value="[% barcode_length | html %]" />
                 <fieldset class="rows">
                     <ol>
                         <li>
diff --git a/labels/label-create-pdf.pl b/labels/label-create-pdf.pl
index ecb16a5a5b..b76a013cdf 100755
--- a/labels/label-create-pdf.pl
+++ b/labels/label-create-pdf.pl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ my $start_label = $cgi->param('start_label') || 1;
 @item_numbers  = $cgi->multi_param('item_number') if $cgi->param('item_number');
 my $from = $cgi->param('from') || undef;
 my $to = $cgi->param('to') || undef;
-my $range = $cgi->param('range') || undef;
+my $barcode_length = $cgi->param('barcode_length');
 
 my $items = undef;
 
@@ -117,18 +117,9 @@ elsif (@item_numbers) {
     } @item_numbers;
 }
 elsif ($from and $to) {
-    for (my $i = $from; $i <= $to; $i++) {
-        my $compare_range = $range - length($i);
-        if ($compare_range == 0){
-            push @{$items}, {'item_number' => $i};
-        } else {
-            my $a = '';
-            for (my $j = 1; $j <= $compare_range; $j++){
-                $a .= '0';
-            }
-            $a .= $i;
-            push @{$items}, {'item_number' => $a};
-        }
+    for my $i ( $from .. $to ) {
+        my $padding = '0' x ( $barcode_length - length($i) );
+        push @$items, { item_number => $padding . $i };
     }
 }
 else {
diff --git a/labels/label-print.pl b/labels/label-print.pl
index 1347390b8e..0d1e0bba19 100755
--- a/labels/label-print.pl
+++ b/labels/label-print.pl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ my $txt_from = $cgi->param('from') || undef;
 my $txt_to = $cgi->param('to') || undef;
 my $from = int($txt_from) || undef;
 my $to = int($txt_to) || undef;
-my $range = length($txt_from) || undef;
+my $barcode_length = length($txt_from) || undef;
 
 my $layouts = undef;
 my $templates = undef;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ if ($op eq 'export') {
         push (@batches, {create_script   => 'label-create-pdf.pl',
                  from            => $from,
                  to              => $to,
-                 range           => $range,
+                 barcode_length  => $barcode_length,
                  template_id     => $template_id,
                  layout_id       => $layout_id,
                  start_label     => $start_label,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ elsif ($op eq 'none') {
                     referer                     => $referer,
                     from                        => $from,
                     to                          => $to,
-                    range                       => $range,
+                    barcode_length              => $barcode_length,
                     txt_from                    => $txt_from,
                     txt_to                      => $txt_to
                     );