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<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<TITLE>One-Dimensional Symbols</TITLE>
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 2.3 (Linux)">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Unix)">
<META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20070730;21081900">
<META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20080316;11412400">
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<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
<!--
TD P { color: #000000 }
@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ spaces of differing widths.</P>
Matrix and is primarily used in telecommunications. The symbol can
encode any length string consisting of the digits 0-9 and the dash
character (-). One modulo-11 check digit is calculated.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="code11.png" NAME="graphics1" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=225 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="code11.png" NAME="graphics1" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=190 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="CODE25"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.2 Code 2 of 5</B></FONT></P>
<P>Code 2 of 5 is a family of one-dimensional symbols, 8 of which are
@ -79,16 +79,16 @@ numeric input (digits 0-9).</P>
<P>ITF-14, also known as UPC Shipping Container Symbol, Case Code and
EAN-14, is based on Interleaved Code 2 of 5 and requires a 13 digit
numeric input (digits 0-9). One modulo-10 check digit is calculated.</P>
<P><A NAME="DPLEIT"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.2.7 Deutche Post Leitcode</B></FONT></P>
<P><A NAME="DPLEIT"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.2.7 Deutsche Post Leitcode</B></FONT></P>
<P>Leitcode is based on Interleaved Code 2 of 5 and is used by
Deutche Post for mailing purposes. Leitcode requires a 13-digit
Deutsche Post for mailing purposes. Leitcode requires a 13-digit
numerical input and includes a check digit.</P>
<P><A NAME="DPIDENT"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.2.8 Deutche Post
<P><A NAME="DPIDENT"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.2.8 Deutsche Post
Identcode</B></FONT></P>
<P>Identcode is based on Interleaved Code 2 of 5 and is used by
Deutche Post for mailing purposes. Identcode requires an 11-digit
Deutsche Post for mailing purposes. Identcode requires an 11-digit
numerical input and includes a check digit.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="itf14.png" NAME="graphics2" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=451 HEIGHT=177 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="itf14.png" NAME="graphics2" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=382 HEIGHT=150 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="UPC"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.3 Universal Product Code (EN
797)</B></FONT></P>
@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ number stating with the digit 1. For example:</P>
<P><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>my_symbol-&gt;symbology
= BARCODE_UPCE;<BR>error = ZBarcode_Encode_and_Print(my_symbol,
&quot;1123456&quot;);</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><IMG SRC="upca.png" NAME="graphics3" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=272 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P><IMG SRC="upca.png" NAME="graphics3" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=288 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="EAN"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.4 European Article Number
(EN 797)</B></FONT></P>
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will be verified before the symbol is generated. In addition EAN-2
and EAN-5 add-on symbols can be added using the + symbol as with UPC
symbols.</P>
<P><IMG SRC="ean13.png" NAME="graphics4" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=272 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P><IMG SRC="ean13.png" NAME="graphics4" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=288 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="PLESSEY"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.5 Plessey</B></FONT></P>
<P>Also known as Plessey Code, this symbology was developed by the
Plessey Company Ltd. in the UK. The symbol can encode any length data
consisting of digits (0-9) or letters A-F and includes a CRC check
digit.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="plessey.png" NAME="graphics5" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=461 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="plessey.png" NAME="graphics5" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=390 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="MSI"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.6 MSI Plessey</B></FONT></P>
<P>Based on Plessey and developed by MSE Data Corporation, MSI
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</CENTER>
<P><BR><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="msi.png" NAME="graphics6" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=244 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="msi.png" NAME="graphics6" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=230 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="TELEPEN"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.7 Telepen</B></FONT></P>
<P><A NAME="TELEPENASCII"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.7.1 Telepen Alpha</B></FONT></P>
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<P><A NAME="TELENUM"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.7.2 Telepen Numeric</B></FONT></P>
<P>Telepen Numeric allows compression of purely numeric data into a
Telepen symbol and includes a modulo-127 check digit.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="telepen.png" NAME="graphics7" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=378 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="telepen.png" NAME="graphics7" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="CODE39"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.8 Code 39</B></FONT></P>
<P><A NAME="CODE39STAND"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.8.1 Standard Code 39
@ -281,7 +281,12 @@ modulo-10 check digit.</P>
Symbols) is a variation of the Code 39 symbology used by the US
Department of Defence. LOGMARS encodes the same character set as
Standard Code 39 and adds a modulo-43 check digit.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="code39.png" NAME="graphics8" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=244 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P><A NAME="CODE32"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.8.6 Code 32</B></FONT></P>
<P>A variation of Code 39 used by the Italian Ministry of Health
(Ministero della Sanità) for encoding pharmacode data on
pharmaceutical products. Requires a numeric input up to 8 digits
in length. Check digit is added by Zint.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="code39.png" NAME="graphics8" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=206 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="CODABAR"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.9 Codabar (EN 798)</B></FONT></P>
<P>Also known as NW-7, Monarch, ABC Codabar, USD-4, Ames Code and
@ -292,7 +297,7 @@ Codabar can encode any length string starting and ending with the
letters A-D and containing between these letters the numbers 0-9,
dash (-), dollar ($), colon (:), slash (/), full stop (.) or plus
(+). No check digit is generated.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="codabar.png" NAME="graphics9" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=194 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="codabar.png" NAME="graphics9" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=164 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P><A NAME="PHARMA"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.10 Pharmacode</B></FONT></P>
<P>Developed by Laetus, Pharmacode One-Track is used for the
@ -309,7 +314,7 @@ supports full ASCII text and uses a three-mode system to compress the
data into a smaller symbol. Zint automatically switches between modes
and adds a modulo-103 check digit. Code 128 is the default barcode
symbology used by Zint. In addition Zint supports the encoding of
Latin-1 (non-English) characters in Code 128 symbols. The Latin-1
Latin-1 (non-English) characters in Code 128 symbols [1]. The Latin-1
character set is shown in <A HREF="appxa.html">Appendix A</A>.</P>
<P><A NAME="CODE128B"></A><FONT SIZE=4><B>5.1.11.2 Code 128 Subset B</B></FONT></P>
<P>It is sometimes advantageous to stop Code 128 from using subset
@ -334,7 +339,7 @@ data. The following is an example of a valid GS1-128 input:</P>
<P>A variation of Code 128 the Nummber der Versandeinheit standard
includes both modulo-10 and modulo-103 check digits. NVE-18 requires
a 17 digit numerical input.</P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="code128.png" NAME="graphics11" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=291 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="code128.png" NAME="graphics11" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=246 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><A NAME="DATABAR"></A><FONT SIZE=5><B>5.1.12 GS1
DataBar (ISO 24724)</B></FONT></P>
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following is an example of a valid DataBar Expanded input</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="font-weight: medium"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace"><FONT SIZE=2>zint
--barcode=31 -d &quot;[01]98898765432106[3202]012345[15]991231&quot;</FONT></FONT></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="databar.png" NAME="graphics12" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=357 HEIGHT=140 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="databar.png" NAME="graphics12" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=302 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT>[1] Extended ASCII support requires the input data to
be in a plain ASCII format. This can be difficult to do from the
command prompt which may use the UTF-8 standard or similar
international character support. An example program <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">exttest.c</FONT>
is included in the frontend folder to show how extended ASCII can be
used to produce the following symbol. Extended ASCII characters may
not display properly in EPS images due to the restrictions of the EPS
format.</P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><IMG SRC="barext.png" NAME="graphics13" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=246 HEIGHT=118 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR><BR>
</P>
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