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Bar Code Symbology Characteristics

Table 19, “Bar Code Symbology,” on page 400 summarizes the characteris-

tics of different bar code symbologies.

TABLE 19. Bar Code Symbology

Symbology Length Checksum* Characters** Notes

Code 39 2-30 NR N,U,P Most common bar code.

Code 128 2-30 Auto N,U,L,P,C Best for full ASCII character set

Int. 2 of 5 2-30 Recmd N Most dense numeric code

UPC-A 11,13,16 Auto N Grocery industry standard

UPC-E 11,13,16 Auto N Small packages

EAN/JAN-13 12,14,1

Auto N UPC + Country Code (13 chars)

EAN/JAN-8 7,9,12 Auto N UPC + Country Code (8 chars)

Ext 39 2-30 NR N,U,L,P,C Lower Case & Control Charac-

ters

Codabar 2-30 NR N Requires start/stop A,B,C or D

Postnet 5,9,11 Auto N Positioning critical

MSI 2-30 Recmd N Very durable

Code 93 2-30 NR N,U,P Higher density Code 39

Ext 93 2-30 NR N,U,L,P Includes extended character set

UCC-128 19 Auto N UPC shipping containers

*Checksum **Characters Encoded

Auto = Automatic Checksum - Always req’d

NR = Not Recommended - Self Checking

Recmd = Checksum Highly Recommended

N = Numbers (0-9)

U = Upper Case (A-Z)

L = Lower Case (a-z)

P = Punctuation

C = Control Characters (<32)

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