Printer User Manual

EAN-8 and EAN-13 Barcodes
Programmer Reference Guide U26169-J-Z716-1-7600
© Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG 1995 Pfad: D:\SNI\Mackwitz\u26169\o26169e\26169E.K06
Layout of EAN-13:
– Two digits for the manufacturer’s country
– Five digits for the manufacturer
– Five digits for the product
– One check digit
The border and separator characters are automatically generated by the printer. All
characters are also printed as plain text.
The symbol layout is self-checking. A check digit is required. The check digit must be
programmed in the application (and must be modulo 10 with a weighting of 3).
The code can be printed in the three sizes SC3, SC6 and SC9. The height of the symbol is
variable but should be programmed to approximately match the width of the symbol.
The following minimum blank zones should be observed:
Size Blank zones in mm
Left of symbol Right of symbol
EAN-8 EAN-13
SC3 2.6 4.0 2.6
SC6 3.6 5.5 3.6
SC9 4.7 7.3 4.7