User guide

Bar Code Printing on the LA600 MultiPrinter
20.7 Characteristics of the Supported Bar Code Styles
Figure 20–7 Example: EAN 13 Characters for ‘‘401234598765’’
Original number 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 9 8 7 6 5
Weight factor 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
(Product digit) x (Weight factor) 4 0 1 6 3 12 5 27 8 21 6 15
Sum 108
Modulo 10 108 Modulo 10 = 10 remainder 8
Check character 10 - 8 = 2
Final number 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 9 8 7 6 5 2
20.7.6 EAN 13
In bar code style EAN 13, bar code symbols are structured as follows:
• First digit is the country code.
• Second digit is the code for this bar code style.
• Next ten digits are the data.
• Final digit is the check digit, which must be calculated by the application.
(For an illustration of its calculation, refer to Figure 20–7.)
Of the symbol’s thirteen digits, the first stands at the left of the symbol, then
six digits to the left of the Center code followed by six to the right. All thirteen
digits are printable in the HRC line.
The bar code symbol is ignored if more or fewer characters are used or if any
are illegal. In publishing applications, however, two or five digits may be added
to the basic thirteen. In these applications, when the data is equal to 15 or 18
digits, the additional digits are encoded automatically and are not considered
in the calculations for the check digit.
EAN 13 bar code symbols are printed in three sizes, each of which requires a
different minimum quiet zone, as shown in the table below. While the symbol
height is thus variable, it should be about the same as the symbol length.
Symbol
Size Minimum Quiet Zone
SC3 0.1574"
SC6 0.2165"
SC9 0.2874"
Bar Code Printing on the LA600 MultiPrinter 20–25