Standards:
Bar Code Symbologies
Three
different bar code symbologies are endorsed in the EAN· UCC
system. For reading at retail point of sale only the EAN/UPC bar
codes should be used. In other applications, back-door receiving
or in warehouses three different symbologies can be used: EAN/UPC,
ITF 14 or UCC/EAN 128.
| EAN-13 |
UPC-A |
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| EAN-8 |
UPC-E |
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The
use of the ITF-14 (Interleaved Two of Five) symbology is
restricted to the bar coding of identification numbers on trade
items not passing through retail checkouts. This symbology is better
suited for direct printing onto corrugated fibreboard.
The
UCC/EAN-128 symbology is a variant of Code 128 symbology.
Its use is exclusively licensed to EAN International and UCC.
It is not intended to be read on items passing through retail checkouts.
This is the only EAN/UCC endorsed symbology that allows the encoding
of information additional to identification.
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