Datasheet

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USER'S GUIDE
The check digit is verified but filtered from the reading result when the option
"Verify and Erase Check Digit" is enabled, otherwise, it is read and included in
the output.
Apart from the check digit, there is a left, center and right guard pattern and
there are odd and even parity digits.
EAN-8 - EAN stands for “European Article Number” - is used for products
where the origin country must be encoded. It is actually a European version of
UPC-A.
EAN-13 is a variation of EAN-8 which allows to encode 13 characters.
1234567
Bar height: 0.3", narrow bar width: 12 mils
0321548
Bar height: 0.4", narrow bar width: 18 mils
0354368
Bar height: 0.5", narrow bar width: 24 mils
EAN-13
EAN-13 is a numeric, fixed-length bar code for 13 characters. The bar codes
are composed of two characters for the country digit, followed by ten data char-
acters and a check digit. (The user encodes 12 digits.)
The check digit is verified but filtered from the reading result when the option
"Verify and Erase Check Digit is enabled, otherwise, it is read and included in the
output.