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1. 6 1 15 Code 39 30f9 Symbology number 8 Valid characters 0 9 APZ Space 7 Hy o Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 1 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S8 2S Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Modulo 11 Weight 7 eCDMod11W7 Symbol size H gt 15 of L H gt 6 3 mm H Height of the barcode without human readable text L width of the barcode Print control C 39 TEC IT Code 39 is in heavy use in industry organizations and commerce It was developed 1974 by INTERMEC and got standardized by ANSI MH 10 8 M 1983 and MIL STD 1189 gt The start and stop characters asterisk are created automatically and must not be included in the input data They are not displayed in the human readable text Code 39 is a self checking code Code concatenation is possible if the first encoded character is a space subsequent barcodes are concatenated by the scanner Distance reading is possible gt 1m 6 1 16 Code 32 Symbology number 93 Valid characters g 1g Quiet zone left right 10X min 1 4 inch Module width 0 25 lt X lt 0 254 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 5 1 2 5 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S8 2S Default check digit Module 10 Luhn Reversed eCDMod10LuhnRev Possible check digits Module 10 Luhn Reversed eCDMod10LuhnRev
2. 01 12345678901231 Figure 4 Composite Barcode Sample Composite codes like GS1 DataBar Composite Symbology are combining linear with 2D stacked symbologies The advantage of such codes is that the linear code component encodes the most important information The 2D component is used for additional data This separation ensures better migration e g with respect to scanning hardware between linear and 2D technology WWW TEC IT COM Page 10 of 108 3 3 Barcode Glossary As follows you will find a short explanation about technical terms which are used in the barcode technology Bar A bar is represented by the dark or black elements in a barcode Space The white or lighter elements in a barcode are called spaces Barcode density The density of the barcode refers to how much space is required for the needed characters characters per Inch or centimeter 12345678901 23 Element Represents both a bar and a space Module A module is the smallest element of a barcode The width of the single bars and spaces is a mostly integer multiples of the basic width of the module Module width The width of the barcode s smallest element in millimeter in inches or in so called mils one mil 1 1000 inch The module width is usually abbreviated with the letter X X Dimension The width of the barcode s smallest element see Module width Quiet zone An area free of any printing or marks that precedes the start
3. APPZ 6 Space 7 4 HO left right top bottom 10X X gt 0 19mm 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 2S 3S8 4S Modulo 43 eCDMod43 2 44 rows 4 62 characters per row HIBC LIC Codablock F is based on the stacked symbology Codablock F The data format corresponds to the HIBC LIC Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 10 HIBC PAS 128 Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size 100 0 9 APZ 6 5 Space 7 g o left right 10X min 1 4 inch X 0 181 UAT A 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 EU9C83416F Z34H159 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 3S 4S Modulo 43 eCDMod43 HIBC PAS 128 is based on the symbology Code 128 The data format corresponds to the HIBC PAS Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required WWW TEC IT COM Page 78 of 108 6 4 11 HIBC PAS 39 Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size 101 0 9 APPZ amp Space P 7 Hp HO er aaa OUTTA ATT X gt 0 19 mm 1 3 1 3 1DI9876E ane OUTTA AN A Modulo 43 eCDMod43 4 2931 A1EZ H gt 15 of L H gt 6 3 mm H Height of the barcode without human readable text L width of
4. EURA ODBC WWW TEC IT COM Page 74 of 108 When the fields are as described above and a separator character is inserted between the Primary and the Secondary data structure 6 4 2 Provider Application Standard Formats The Provider Applications Standard is used for all HIBC PAS bar codes For a full specification please refer to the document Health Industry Bar Code Provider Applications Standard ANSI HIBC 1 2 2006 t may consist of a Single or Split Data Field Format The split format may be encoded together in one bar code or split into 2 single symbols The Single Data Structure is specified as follows F G DDDDDCi With Character Description Data Type Length HIBC Provider Applications Standard Flag P 2 F Where Flag Alpha 1or3 G What Flag Alpha 1or3 D Application Data Alphanumeric 1 15 Cy Check Digit mod 43 equal to the Link Character of the Second 1 Data Structure Table 25 HIBC PAS Single First Data Structure The First Data Structure is specified as follows 1F G DDDDCi It is much the same as the Single Data Structure but has 1 as prefix The Second Data Structure is defined as 2DDDDCiC2 With Character Description Data Type Length HIBC Provider Applications Standard Flag P 2 2 2 indicates that this is the second data structure 2 1 Application Data Alphanumeric 1 15 Cy Check Digit mod 43 co
5. 6 1 29 EAN 18 Same as SSCC 18 see section 6 1 55 WWW TEC IT COM Page 33 of 108 6 1 30 EAN 8 Symbology number 10 Valid characters 0 9 7 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left right 7X Module width X 0 33mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 8 eCDEANS8 4018 2735 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Standardized symbol sizes See EAN Print control C E8 This symbology is derived from the longer EAN 13 bar code and encodes the GTIN 8 which is another set of product identifiers from the GS1 system EAN 8 is used for marking small articles with restricted space It encodes a unique article number which consists of a GS1 prefix an item reference no company prefix and a checksum digit The check digit is calculated automatically if not specified in the input data that is when only 7 digits are used for creating the code 6 1 31 EAN 8 with 2 Digits Add On Symbology number 11 Valid characters 0 9 9 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 7 10X right 5X Module width X 0 33mm 20 Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 l Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 8 eCDEAN8 7252 7276 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Standardized symbol sizes See EAN Print control C E8 2 This symbology extends EAN 8 with 2 add on digits which are
6. Nummer der Versandeinheit a German term for tracking number This code uses an EAN 128 symbology with a prefixed Application Identifier Al 00 The Al 00 is inserted automa tically and must not be included in the input data It is similar to SSCC 18 6 1 48 NW 7 This symbology is identical with Codabar 2 Widths and is also known as Code 2 of 7 The Japanese version of the Codabar 2 Widths barcode is called NW7 Another name for this symbology is Code 2 of 7 see section 6 1 2 The following symbols can be encoded in NW7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 6 1 49 Pharmacode One Track Symbology number 51 Valid characters O 9 or binary Quiet zone left right 6 mm Module width 2 3 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 2 4 2 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 10 20 1S 25 111111 Default check digit None eCDNone Symbol size 5 10 mm height This code was invented by Laetus It is used in pharmaceutical areas Pharmacode supports colored bars The data for the bars spaces is encoded directly in the property Text 0 is used for a narrow bar the width of these bars are enlarged after a color change according to ratio 1C 1 is used for a wide bar the width of these bars are enlarged after a color change according to ratio 2C b is used for a narrow bar c is used for a wide bar When using colored bars the color is specified by the escape sequence Crrggbb where rrggbb is an R
7. a z 0 9 ISO 646 char set Quiet zone none required 1X recommended Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 68 78 88 9S Ratio format Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Size Print control C RX This is the stacked version of GS1 DataBar Expanded The number vary between 4 and 22 The default number of data segments is 4 6 6 GS1 Composite Symbologies 6 6 1 Data Input of data segments per row can gt Please note For all Composite Symbologies the vertical bar the data of the linear symbol and the 2D composite component gt Example 1234567890123 TEC IT character is used to separate 6 6 2 Data Capacity of GS1 Composite Symbols 6 6 2 1 GS1 128 Linear Component up to 48 digits EAN UPC 8 12 or 13 digits GS1 DataBar 16 digits 2 digits Al01 14 digits GTIN GS1 DataBar Expanded up to 74 digits 6 6 2 2 2D Component CC A up to 56 digits WWW TEC IT COM Page 83 of 108 CC B CC C up to 338 digits up to 2361 digits The maximum data capacity of the 2D component depends on the number of data columns which also depends on the type of the linear component For instance GS1 DataBar Stacked allows a 2D component with 2 data columns CC A or CC B In this case the maximum capacity of a CC A would be 52 digits wi
8. character of a barcode and follows the stop character The required minimal size of the quiet zone depends on the barcode type As a rule the quiet zone should be ten times the dimension of the module width or at least 1 4 inch 6 5 mm E 10x x 1 234567 89012 Human Readable Text This term refers to the entire encoded information of a barcode shown in readable form It is usually printed below the code For 2D codes no human readable text is used CERIEL 1234567890 Discrete Codes Each character begins and ends with a bar The spacing between characters is not part of the code Continuous Code The spaces between the characters are also part of the code An example of a continuous code is the Code 2 5 Interleaved Start and Stop Distinct characters used at the beginning and end of each Characters barcode symbol that provide the scanner with start and stop reading instructions as well as scanning direction Self checking Self checking code uses the same pattern for each character Code For example this can be five elements where two of these elements are wide and three are narrow Any deviation from this pattern would result in an error Check Digit One or more characters included within the barcode which are used to perform a mathematical check to ensure the accuracy of the scanned data Check digits are mandatory with certain codes or are even built into the symbology as for Code 128
9. 9 13 digits 1 check digit left right 10X min inch Tang MORD I EUN E ATEN O 1 N 01234 567 86 1B 2B 1S 2S Automatic symbology specific DP Leitcode eCDDPLeit This symbology is used by Deutsche Post The code is basically a Code 2 of 5 Interleaved enhanced with a special check digit calculation It is used for encoding the ZIP Code Street and number of the shipment 6 2 10 DPD Code Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size 96 ASCll characters between 32 127 left right 10X min inch X gt 0 19 mm 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 3S 4S 7 0071 106 0163 2532 948375 179 276A Automatic symbology specific Modulo 103 eCDCode1 28 DPD Code is used by DPD Deutscher Paket Dienst It is based on Code 128 and is limited to 28 encoded characters The encoded data and the human readable text differ slightly The barcode data is specified as follows MIPS 12 NEEM IE ME MCSE IE IE ME TES sys CACC Whereas the human readable text is defined as PPPPPPP LIV Miiviitocs ce ep With Character Description Data Type Length l Identifier in barcode data only Alphanumeric 1 P Destination postal code Alphanumeric 7 WWW TEC IT COM Page 50 of 108 X Depot number first part of the tracking number Alphanumeric 4 L Serial number second part of the t
10. TBarCode V8 and earlier ANSI Windows 1251 Code Page 1252 Data Matrix DotCode Han Xin Code MaxiCode QR Code 2005 Table 30 Default Code Pages TBarCode Inform always uses UTF 8 as default code page 8 3 Code Page Switching If a code page unlike the default code page shall be used there must also be a way to tell the barcode reader how the data should be interpreted That means that you have to tell the reader which encoding which code page has been used for encoding This is usually done with ECI codes Extended Character Interpretation which have to be added to the barcode data see also section 4 7 Escape Sequences Encoding Binary Data gt Be aware that not all readers are able to handle ECI codes and decode the barcode data in a correct manner Many of the scanners just ignore the ECls others pass them un translated to the addressee and let it do the work WWW TEC IT COM Page 90 of 108 9 Frequently Asked Questions 9 1 How to add the Leading and Trailing for Code 39 No action is required The asterisks are added automatically to the barcode 9 2 How to add the Check Digit to Code 39 Simply select Modulo 43 or another method as check digit Method The automatically computed check digit is appended at the end of the barcode 9 3 How to add the Leading and Trailing A or B C D for CODABAR Enter A amp A in the format string property Format
11. 0 9 A Z uppercase Binary 1108 bytes Default encoding CP437 Table 21 PDF417 Data Capacity If you mix the character types the maximum data capacity cannot be predicted exactly due to internal compression and character set switching this is by design If you use a combination of digits and text lower amp uppercase letters the maximum data capacity would be about 1100 to 1200 characters but this can vary due to your input data If you want to encode large data amounts we recommend using only capital letters or multiple symbols structured append 6 3 9 2 How to optimize PDF417 for FAX Adjust the resolution of the generated barcode to 200 dpi FAX devices are usually using 200 dpi Follow the instructions in chapter A 4 Optimize Barcode for the Output Device Resolution Make sure the row height of the PDF417 is at least 3 times the module width WWW TEC IT COM Page 70 of 108 6 3 10 PDF417 Truncated Symbology number 56 Valid characters Alphanumeric ASCII 0 255 and or bytes I Quiet zone left right 2X Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 18 25 38 48 58 6S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size This stacked 2D symbology is used to encode large quantities of data The symbol is divided into rows and columns TEC IT software adjusts the size automatically depending on the amount of input data A data densit
12. 18S 28 38 48S 58 6S Default check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Size X gt 0 19 mm HIBC PAS PDF417 is based on the 2D symbology PDF417 The data format corresponds to the HIBC PAS Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 15 HIBC PAS MicroPDF417 Symbology number 109 Valid characters 0 9 APZ Space 7 Hg o Quiet zone left right 1X 1 Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 1S 2S 3S 4S 5S 6S i E Default check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Size HIBC PAS MicroPDF417 is based on the 2D symbology MicroPDF417 The data format corresponds to the HIBC PAS Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 16 HIBC PAS Codablock F Symbology number 111 Valid characters 0 9 Ar a Space T Hy HO Quiet zone left right top bottom 10X Module width X gt 0 19mm Print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 2S 3S8 4S Default check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Size 2 44 rows 4 62 characters per row HIBC PAS Codablock F is based on the stacked symbology Codablock F The data format corresponds to the HIBC PAS Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required WWW TEC IT COM Page 80 of 108 6 5 GS1 DataBar Symbologies RSS Codes The sample control sequences refer to the following TE
13. BCGet2D XRows pBC avoid division by zero aai eble gt 0 e kows gt O 4 Optimize the barcode width and height Ki For an optimal barcode the module width must be a multiple of one device pixel Hil Thus all decimal places have to be eliminated In this case the value is rounded up with the ceil function Hie Then the module width height is again multiplied by the module count 1BarcodeWidth LONG ceil DOUBLE 1BarcodeWidth DOUBLE 1Cols 1Cols 1BarcodeHeight LONG ceil DOUBLE 1BarcodeHeight DOUBLE lRows lRows 5 The optimized barcode width and height can now be used to draw the barcode or to Hi save the barcode as an image In this sample the barcode will be saved as an image BCSaveImage pBC C MyBarcode BMP eIMBmp lBarcodeWidth lBarcodeHeight ldpi ldpi A 9 3 Prepare a Barcode with a specific Module Width for a Web Page In the following example we want to create a barcode image with a module width of 15 mils The printer resolution is assumed to be 600 dpi So the module width is 0 015 600 9 device pixels Furthermore we want to generate a rather small image Therefore we will use just 3 instead of 9 pixels as module width This means the barcode image is actually optimized for a resolution of 200 dpi For printing with 600 dpi the image will be scaled by 3 3 3 9 device pixels That s perfect In order to prepare the image we have to do the followin
14. GS1 128 Codablock F 212 FNC3 Code128 GS1 128 Codablock F 213 FNC4 Code128 GS1 128 Codablock F x77 DC1 Code93 Code93Ext x12 DC2 Code93 Code93Ext x13 DC3 Code93 Code93Ext x14 DC4 Code93 Code93Ext xte Rs Record Separator ASCII 1EHex PDF417 QR Code Data Matrix MaxiCode Mode 3 4 SCM WWW TEC IT COM Page 17 of 108 x1d Gs Group Separator ASCII 1DHex PDF417 QR Code Data Matrix MaxiCode Mode 3 4 SCM x04 Eot End of Transmission ASCII 04Hex PDF417 QR Code Data Matrix MaxiCode Mode 3 4 SCM Table 6 Implemented Escape Sequences 4 8 Check Digits The method for the check digit s calculation depends on the respective barcode type In order to make TEC IT products as user friendly as possible a standard method for each barcode type is supplied where applicable gt Per default the input can take place with and without a check digit In the latter case the check digit is calculated automatically and added to the barcode data Example EAN13 If you enter 12 digits utilizable data the 13th digit the checksum digit is computed and added automatically If you enter 13 digits the check digit is replaced by your data and isn t calculated Check digit enumeration Enumeration Check digit calculation methods value eCDNone 0 No check digit will be computed eCDStandard
15. e g 978020137968612 6 1 27 EAN 13 with 5 Digits Add On Symbology number 15 Valid characters 0 9 17 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 7 10X right 5X Module width X 0 33mm qari Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 13 eCDEAN13 ai kaeen Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Standardized symbol sizes see EAN This symbology extends EAN 13 with 5 add on digits see also EAN 8 with 5 Digits Add On The check digit will be calculated automatically if not specified in the input data e g 97802013796861 2345 6 1 28 EAN 14 Symbology number 72 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 13 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone see GS1 128 ITF 14 Module width see GS1 128 ITF 14 Standard print ratio see GS1 128 ITF 14 Ratio format see GS1 128 ITF 14 01 12345678901231 Default check digit EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size see GS1 128 ITF 14 EAN 14 is used to encode the GTIN Global Trade Item Number for numbering trade items Within the GS1 system you can use 2 symbologies for encoding the GTIN GS1 128 UCC EAN 128 TF 14 EAN 14 uses GS1 128 with Application identifier Al 01 The Al is prefixed automatically it must not be part of the input data The check digit is calculated automatically if not specified in the input data that is when only 13 digits are used
16. 10X min 1 4 inch 7 Code 2 of 5 Industrial 3 Code 2 of 5 Interleaved 1 Code 11 10X 8 Code 39 10X min inch 9 Code 39 Extended 25 Code 93 10X min inch 62 Code 93 Extended 20 Code 128 59 Code 128 Subset A 10X min inch 60 Code 128 Subset B 61 Code 128 Subset C 22 Deutsche Post Identcode see Code 39 21 Deutsche Post Leitcode 10 EAN 8 7X 11 EAN 8 with 2 digits add on add on add on 12 EAN 8 with 5 digits add on 7 10X 5X 13 EAN 13 11X 7X 14 EAN 13 with 2 digits add on add on add on 15 EAN 13 with 5 digits add on 7 10X 5X 72 EAN 14 see EAN 128 16 GS1 128 EAN 128 10X min 1 4 inch 8 In TEC IT software the quiet zones for this symbology are included in the barcode generation algorithm You need no extra adjustments WWW TEC IT COM Page 105 of 108 28 Flattermarken depends on the application 69 ISBN Code see EAN 13 P5 89 ITF 14 10X 76 Japanese Postal 2mm 2mm 2mm 2mm 77 Korean Post Authority not exactly specified but use 10X 50 LOGMARS see Code 39 47 MSI see Plessey 75 NVE 18 see EAN 128 51 Pharmacode One Track 53 Pharmacode Two Track 7 Smm 82 Planet 12 A RET see USPS Postnet 46 Plessey Code 12X 52 PZN Pharma Zentralnummer see Code 39 70 Royal Mail 4 State RM4SCC 2mm 29 GS1 DataBar RSS 14 78 GS1 DataBar T
17. 2 mm Module width Standard print ratio 1 1 OU UT reer ae o Ratio format 1B 1S 12345678 Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size see Notes Print control see Notes Print control C APC37 This barcode is used by the Australian Post for marking shipments Special code variants are available for redirections replies and so on The barcode height is between 4 2mm and 5 8mm The module width should be adjusted to 0 47 mms Usual no readable text is displayed The length will depend on the use of additional bars code variants Customer 2 and Customer 3 Due to its number of bars 37 Australian Post Customer is also called Australia Post 37 CUST 6 2 2 Australian Post Customer 2 Symbology number 64 Valid characters 0 9 A Z a 2 Space Quiet zone left right 6 mm top bottom 2 mm Module width OLUT LOT Standard print ratio vA 12345678ABab Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Symbol size see Australian Post Customer This is the same barcode as the Australian Post Standard Customer but with additional 5 characters for customer specific data The first 8 characters must be digits This symbology is also called Australia Post 52 CUST Due to its 52 bars 6 2 3 Australian Post Customer 3 Symbology number 65 Valid characters 0 9 A Z a 2 Space Quiet zone left right 6 mm top b
18. 85 inches 4 7 cm 6 For HTML only To print the barcode in the correct size we have to calculate the width of the displayed barcode in screen pixels gt Therefore divide the image size by the printer resolution and multiply it by 96 dpi gt 1111 600 96 177 76 pixel gt In the HTML image tag you would specify a width of 178 pixels For code examples see sections A 9 1 and A 9 2 5 The module count is the number of modules which is required for drawing the barcode Example If the barcode consists of a bar followed by a space and then followed by two bars making one big bar we would count 4 modules The module count can be retrieved using CountModules for linear barcodes and 2DXCols for 2D barcodes WWW TEC IT COM Page 100 of 108 Additional considerations gt If you do not know the resolution of the target printer it is a good approximation to use a sufficiently high image resolution e g 600 dpi In any case the barcode image should be optimized with respect to the image pixels see step 4 gt If you want to save space and therefore intend to create smaller images e g for web applications you can do that In this case you should take care that after up scaling to the printer resolution the barcode can be printed with whole printer dots see also the example in section A 9 3 Remark Another method to get optimal printouts would be to generate all barcode images with exactly 1 pixel modul
19. 97 11 13 15 16 16 18 19 21 22 22 22 37 37 37 46 51 59 61 65 66 70 71 74 74 75 75 76 88 89 90 Page 7 of 108 Table 31 Quiet Zones Linear Symbologies 106 Table 32 Quiet Zones 2D Symbologies 107 Table 33 ECI Numbers 108 WWW TEC IT COM Page 8 of 108 3 introduction 3 1 Scope of this Document This document describes barcode symbologies supported by TEC IT software in a non product specific way Please use this document as add on or in depth reference when dealing with barcode related questions in the following TEC IT products gt TBarCode OCX A Microsoft ActiveX compliant barcode control gt TBarCode NET A NET barcode library gt TBarCode Library Barcode DLL for Microsoft Windows and UNIX gt Barcode Studio A stand alone barcode designer for Microsoft Windows gt TBarCode X Barcode generators SDK for Linux and UNIX gt TFORMer Designer Full featured label and report design gt TFORMer Runtime Label and reporting engine for various operating systems gt TFORMer Server Industrial output management gt TBarCode Embedded _ Barcode enabled print and spool appliance gt TBarCode SAPwin Barcode DLL for SAP R 3 gt TBarCode Direct Smart PostScript compatible bar coding for SAP R 3 3 2 Barcode Types The reason for the many different types of barcodes is that barcodes are used in many different operational areas Thus it is possible to se
20. B ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 13 eCDEAN13 Possible check digits User supplied Encoded data 12345678901 2 TEC IT PEYI RP Tla bill 234567 890128 This is an EAN 13 barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B 6 6 13 UPC A Composite Symbology Symbology number 34 Valid characters UPC A 0 9 11 digits 1 check digit Valid characters CC A B ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit UPC A eCDUPCA Possible check digits User supplied Encoded data 12345678901 TEC IT FEY A a Re 1 23456 78901 2 This is an UPC A barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B 6 6 14 UPC E Composite Symbology Symbology number 37 Valid characters UPC A 0 9 7 digits 1 check digit Valid characters CC A B ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit UPC E eCDUPCE Possible check digits User supplied Encoded data 1234567 TEC IT PRAKT 1 234567 0 This is an UPC E barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B WWW TEC IT COM Page 87 of 108 7 Image Parameters 7 1 Image Types The barcode can be converted to a bitmap or vector forma
21. Digits 0 9 12 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 9 12X right 5X Module width see UPC E j 45 Standard print ratio see UPC E Ratio format see UPC E Default check digit UPC E eCDUPCE 123456 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Print control C UCE 5 This code is identical to UPC Version E but with 2 add on digits The check digit will be calculated automatically if not specified in the input data e g 0123456512345 The check digit is not displayed in the human readable text WWW TEC IT COM Page 45 of 108 6 1 66 UPC SCS Shipping Container Symbols UPC SCS stands for Shipping Container Symbol ITF 14 is based on Code 2of 5 interleaved as barcode symbology but is rendered with bearer bars Shipping Container Symbol 1 06 12345 67890 4 L Check Digit Item Reference Number Remainer of digits to total 11 with Company Prefix GS1 Company Prefix Manufacturer Number 6 10 digit code assigned by GS1 Required Zero Packaging Indicator Figure 10 UPC Shipping Container Symbol SCS The UPC Shipping Container Symbol SCS is very similar in structure to the Universal Product Code UPC Both employ a unique GS1 UCC company prefix assigned by GS1 and a 1 to 5 digit item number assigned by the manufacturer depending on the number of digits in the company prefix Each employs a check digit at the end of the code The SCS also has a packaging indicator field preceding the UC
22. Expanded GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked RSS Expanded Stacked GS1 Composite Symbologies Data Input Data Capacity of GS1 Composite Symbols 6 6 2 1 Linear Component 6 6 2 2 2D Component 6 6 3 6 6 4 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 6 6 9 6 6 10 6 6 11 6 6 12 6 6 13 6 6 14 10 GS1 DataBar Composite Symbology GS1 DataBar Truncated Composite Symbology GS1 DataBar Limited Composite Symbology GS1 DataBar Stacked Composite Symbology GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni directional Composite Symbology GS1 DataBar Expanded Composite Symbology GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite Symbology GS1 128 Composite Symbology EAN 8 Composite Symbology EAN 13 Composite Symbology UPC A Composite Symbology UPC E Composite Symbology Image Parameters Image Types Image Formats Compression Modes Character Encoding UNICODE gt Code Pages Default Code Pages Code Page Switching Frequently Asked Questions How to add the Leading and Trailing for Code 39 How to add the Check Digit to Code 39 How to add the Leading and Trailing A or B C D for CODABAR How to use a Specific Subset in Code 128 How to use the Compressed Mode of Code 128 How to generate a PDF417 symbol with an Aspect Ratio of 3 2 Set a Row Col Ratio of 11 1 Maintain a constant Ratio of Row Height Module Width How to set a Specific Module Width More FAQ Contact and Support Information Appendix A Creating Optimal Barcodes General Barcode Size Quiet Zon
23. ID 3 Characters e g GBA or GB lt SPACEs Product type ID 1 Character Version ID 1 Character Each field within any CMDM is of a fixed and defined length The length in total except customer part is 45 characters Missing or optional attributes must be filled with the SPACE character gt For more information we refer to the Royal Mail Mailmark barcode definition document Sample data content Format 9 45 characters Mailmark data 41 characters customer data JGB 010100000700009001B707RH1A OSN35XX ABCDEFGH1IJ12345678 90ABCDEFGHIJ1234567890A 6 2 18 2 Customer Content Each format has a reserved space for customers and or mailing houses to place information The amount of space depends on the barcode type and characters encoding used 6 2 18 3 Encoding All data within the Royal Mail defined portion of the CMDM shall comply with the C40 character set upper case alphanumeric numeric and SPACE characters and C40 encodation scheme of Data Matrix The customer content field does not need to comply with this encoding gt TBarCode uses the proper encoding if you select the eBC_CMDM_Mailmark symbology 6 2 19 Singapure Post 4 State Customer Code SinPost Singaporean Postcode identical with Royal Mail 4 State RM4SCC 6 2 20 Singapore Post The Singapore Post 4 State Customer Code is the same as the RM4SCC WWW TEC IT COM Page 54 of 108 6 2 21 Swedish Postal Shipment Item ID
24. It is used in mass mailing applications Cleanmail Mailsort of the Royal Mail United Kingdom and Singapore also called SinPost barcode Encoded are ZIPs WWW TEC IT COM Page 53 of 108 6 2 18 Royal Mail Complex Mail Data Mark CMDM Mailmark Barcode Symbology number 119 Valid characters 0 9 A Z Space 45 chars fixed length variable customer part Quiet zone left right top bottom 4X Module width 0 5 0 7 mm Standard print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Symbol size 12x12 mm 16 x 16 mm 8 x 24 mm The Complex Mail Data Mark CMDM is based upon Data Matrix ECC200 ISO IEC 16022 version 2006 and is used by the Royal Mail for postal services In addition the CMDM Mailmark barcode uses a specific format and data structure defined by the Royal Mail for their purposes A CMDM Mailmark barcode can be any of the following Data Matrix formats Format 7 24 x 24 modules total capacity 51 characters 6 characters for customer use Format 9 82 x 32 modules total capacity 90 characters 45 characters for customer use Format 29 16 x 48 modules total capacity 70 characters 25 characters for customer use 6 2 18 1 Data Structure The CMDM Mailmark barcode is differentiated from other Data Matrix symbols by the first 6 characters of the data within the barcode UPU identifier 1 Characters J Country
25. Symbol size A012345676 It is used by the Italian Pharma Industry The code is also called Italian Pharmacode The Code 32 number consisting of 9 digits is converted to an equivalent Code 39 Barcode of 6 characters The letter the human readable text is prepended by A which is not encoded WWW TEC IT COM Page 29 of 108 6 1 17 Code 39 Extended Symbology number 9 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 1 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S 2S aedi None Noe TANT ATTA U Possible check digits Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Modulo 11 Tec Weight 7 eCDMod11W7 Symbol size H gt 15 of L H gt 6 3 mm H Height of the barcode without human readable text L width of the barcode Print control C 39E Code 39 Extended is rarely used because Code 128 offers much better compression Code 39 Extended uses the same symbology as Code 39 but encodes also lower case letters and special characters A results in a lower case a when scanned Scanner must be configured correctly for decoding Code39 Extended gt The start and stop characters asterisk are created automatically and must not be included in the input data They are not displayed in the human readable text 6 1 18 Code 93 Symbology number 25 Valid characters 0 9 BZ e a Space P TS iia of Quiet
26. Symbology number 118 Valid characters Ace 8 digits 1 digit check digit SE Quiet zone left right 10X Module width X gt 0 28mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 3S8 4S Default check digit UPU check digit Universal Postal Union EM 10 002 799 5 SE eCDUPU Symbol size H gt 9mm for details see Swedish Postal spec This Code is based upon Code 128 and is used on Swedish Postal labels The code consists of 2 digit letter prefix 8 digit serial number 1 digit check digit mod 11 SE as application identifier The check digit is calculated according to weighted modulo 11 method for Universal Postal Union for 8 digits 6 2 22 USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode or IM Barcode Symbology number 85 Valid characters 0 9 20 digits 0 5 9 or 11 digit ZIP Code Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch BOP j fnpngen ee te dt Standard print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Symbol size Up to 31 digits Print control C IMB This symbology is also known as OneCode 4CB USPS 4CB 4 CB 4 State Customer Barcode USPS OneCode Solution Barcode The following data is encoded Barcode ID 1st digit 0 9 2nd digit 0 4 Special services range 000 999 Customer ID range 000000 999999 Sequence number range 000000000 999999999 Delivery point ZIP
27. TEC IT COM Page 66 of 108 Select MaxiCode Mode gt Please use mode 2 or 3 SCM depending on your postal code UPS MaxiCode compression works only for these SCM modes If you want to encode a numeric Postcode USA set the mode to SCM numeric Property MaxiCode Mode 2 If you want to use letters in the Postcode e g D12345 for German PLZ choose mode SCM alphanumeric Property MaxiCode Mode 3 Adjust SCM Fields Check Use preamble property MaxiCode Preamble Enter the date into the field preamble date property MaxiCode Date refer to Message Header Transportation Data in the UPS manual Enter Service Class property MaxiCode ServiceClass Country Code property MaxiCode CountryCode and Postal Code property MaxiCode PostalCode into the according text boxes refer to Postal Code Country Code Class of Service in the UPS manual Alternatively you can pass the values for the SCM fields as shown in following section Setting SCM Parameters in the Barcode Data itself Adjust Data String All other UPS fields must be entered in Encoded data property Tex separated by Gs At the end of the text Rs and Eot must be added Example the text could look like this 1212345677GsUSPNGs123556Gs089GsGs1 1 Gs0GsYGsGsSALT LAKE CITYGsUTRsEot Then replace all control characters Gs Rs Eot with their hexadecimal encoding xnn Gs gt x1d Rs gt xle Eot gt x04
28. a barcode This means that the software computes the module width based on the available space and on the data to be encoded For printing with high resolutions such as 600 dpi this approach is OK Even if the resulting quality of the barcode is not optimal with respect to the printer resolution the inaccuracies are usually so small that they do not lead to a noticeable loss in the barcode quality To get a sense for the occurring deviations you could check the output quality for your settings with Barcode Studio On the other hand if the printer resolution is low equal or smaller to 300 dpi or the data density is very high or to be more precisely if the module width in device pixels is very small the loss of quality may be noticeable Therefore you should always optimize the barcode quality in such circumstances In order to do so you can either adjust the module width so that it exactly fits the printing raster or you can set the OptResolution flag to true A 7 Barcode Images When using barcode images you should always generate them in optimal quality meaning that all spaces and all bars should be represented with a whole number of image pixels Images are in principle device independent So this should always be possible Therefore consider the following gt Whenever possible use the property OptResolution to adapt the module width to the resolution pixel raster of the image Developers also have the possibility to
29. a few general principles for using barcode images WWW TEC IT COM Page 98 of 108 A 7 1 Embedding Barcode Images In general barcode images are used in order to embed a barcode into arbitrary layouts e g on a HTML page in a desktop publishing program in a report generator etc Therefore you usually specify a rectangular region on the layout in which the image will be inserted This rectangular region defines the size in device independent units like mm in which the barcode will be printed Only exception In HTML you specify the actual printout size indirectly via screen pixels Nonetheless this pixel size can be translated to a specific target size on your printout for details see section A 7 2 Now the basic principle is that the printout will always have exactly the same size as specified in the layout The size of the embedded source image actually does not have any influence on the printout size However the quality of the printout will vary depending on different source image dimensions Therefore you should ideally always gt Create the image exactly in the same resolution as used for printing printer resolution gt If you do not know in which resolution the barcode image will be printed use a sufficiently high resolution so that the image is likely to printed in an aspect ratio of 1 1 or that it is being down scaled for printing down scaling a large image usually produces better results on the printout
30. adjacent pixel PNGUPFILTER 6 Difference filter with pixel from the previous row PNGAVGFILTER 8 Average filter BMP 0 1 0 uncompressed 1 compressed EMF No compression is used EPS Bitmap EPS unused With vector EPS files you can choose Vector EPS adjust font substitution between using Windows fonts 0 and only PostScript compatible fonts 1 JPG 0 100 O highest compression worst quality 100 lowest Value of 100 suggested especially compression best quality for high data density PCX Not used In ConvertToStream and ConvertTo StreamEx not supported PNG PNGALLFILTERS 0 Use best filter for each row To save an image in compressed mode and additional as interlaced file you have to make a bit wise or operation with the defined constants or simple adding the numbers Example to save a file with maximum compression and_ interlaced the quality parameter is calculated as follows PNGALLFILTERS Depending on the API not all image types are available for streaming see API reference for more information WWW TEC IT COM Page 88 of 108 PNGPAETHFILTER 10 Path filter PNGINTERLACE TIF No compression LZW Pack Bits compression Group 3 1D compression CCITT Modified Huffman RLE Group 4 2D compression CCITT Group 4 FAX CCITT Group 3 compression CCITT Group 4 FAX JPEG SM Oy es 00 EO is supported with TBarCo
31. alphanumeric values and M3 and M4 may use the whole range of the QR Code character sets bytes Kanji The maximum amount of data is 35 numeric 21 alphanumeric 15 byte or 9 Kanji characters in conjunction with the lowest error correction level WWW TEC IT COM Page 69 of 108 6 3 9 PDF417 Symbology number 55 Valid characters Alphanumeric ASCII 0 255 Quiet zone left right 2X I Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 1 28 38 4S 58 6S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific l Size X gt 0 19 mm Print control C PDF This stacked 2D symbology was invented by Symbol Technologies It is used to encode large quantities of data It is the de facto 2D standard symbology in the automotive industry The symbol is divided into rows and columns TEC IT software adjusts the size automatically depending on the amount of input data A data density of up to 900 characters per square inch is possible The input data is always analyzed and the appropriate encoding mode is chosen automatically Mode switching is done as required to produce the most efficient encoding 6 3 9 1 Data Capacity The data capacity depends on the format of the encoded data The following limits can only be reached with error correction level 0 Format Data Capacity Characters Numeric 2710 characters 0 9 Alphanumeric 1850 characters
32. barcode images with respect to the printer resolution It can be used for all images which are going to be printed This optimization is only possible if you know the resolution of the target printer For optimization the following steps are required 1 Specify the intended size of the barcode on the printout Please keep in mind that due to the optimization the final barcode size will vary e g barcode width 5 cm 2 Based on that size calculate the image size in pixels for the required printer resolution e g printer resolution 600 dpi gt 5 cm 2 54 1 97 inches gt Calculated image width 1 97 600 1181 pixels 3 Now check if the barcode fits the pixel raster of the image or if it has to be optimized We assume our linear barcode uses a total of 101 modules gt Module width in pixel 1181 101 11 7 gt This module width cannot be represented with whole device pixels The image has to be optimized 4 Optimize the image In order that all bars and spaces can be represented with whole device pixels we have to use an integer value for the module width Therefore the calculated pixel size has to be rounded up or down gt In our case we will round the module width down to 11 pixels instead of 11 7 Therefore the barcode will become a little smaller gt The actual image width is now 11 101 1111 pixels 5 Based on that pixel size the actual barcode size on the printout can be calculated gt 1111 600 1
33. code 0 5 9 or 11 digit ZIP code WWW TEC IT COM Page 55 of 108 6 2 23 USPS Intelligent Mail Package Barcode Symbology number 117 Valid characters O 9 FNC1 Routing Information 0 8 or 12 digits Tracking Information 22 to 26 digits Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch Module width Standard print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Modulo 10 USPS IM Package eCDMod10IMPackage Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 22 to 34 digits 9102 8052 1368 3062 5229 20 The barcode data consists of Routing Information and Tracking Information The Routing Information is optional It is not printed in the human visible text and consists of Postal Code Application Identifier Al always 420 Destination ZIP Code 5 or 9 digits The tracking information is mandatory It is printed in the human readable text 3 types of tracking information exist commercial mailer constructs online constructs and retail constructs Commercial Mailer Constructs Channel Application Identifier 92 or 93 Service Type Code 3 digits Mailer Identifier 6 or 9 digits Serial Number if Mailer Identifier has 9 digits 7 or 11 digits otherwise 10 or 14 digits Check Digit Online Constructs Channel Application Identifier 94 Service Type Code 3 digits Source Identifier 2 digits Mailer Identifier 6 or 9 digits Serial Number 5
34. format see Code 39 Default check digit PZN check digit eCDPZN PZN 1234562 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size see Code 39 6 1 51 2 PZN8 7 Digits 1 Check Digit valid from 2013 01 01 Symbology number 113 Valid characters 0 9 7 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone see Code 39 Module width see Code 39 Standard print ratio see Code 39 Ratio format see Code 39 Default check digit PZN check digit eCDPZN PZN 12345678 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size see Code 39 PZN uses Code 39 as the base symbology It uses a special check digit and the human readable text always contains the prefix PZN which is not encoded in the barcode data PZN7 is valid until the end of 2012 and will be replaced by PZN8 with the beginning of year 2013 PZN7 numbers will stay valid but are going to be extended to 8 digits by a leading 0 WWW TEC IT COM Page 41 of 108 6 1 52 Plessey Code Symbology number 46 Valid characters numeric 0 9 A B C D E F Quiet zone left right 12X Module width Standard print ratio 1 2 1 2 Ratio format 1B 2B 18 2S ABC123B Default check digit Plessey eCDPlessey C123B3 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Plessey code is in use primarily in libraries It is a pulse width modulated code and was developed by Plessey Company Limited in UK The basic encoding principle in Plessey Code was used by MSE Data Corporation to cons
35. have to turn on the UCC EAN GS1 code format Data Matrix Properties Code format UCC EAN GS1 v Symbol size 26 x26 7 Enforce binary encoding E T Figure 11 Data Matrix Properties More information GS1 Data Matrix Introduction and Technical Overview 6 3 3 7 Deutsche Post Premiumadress Data Matrix In order to generate a Data Matrix for Deutsche Post Premiumadress use the property settings below and follow the example Enforce binary encoding BASE256 mode Data Matrix Size 22x22 standard Data Matrix Size 26x26 enlarged Module width 0 423 mm WWW TEC IT COM Page 62 of 108 gt Make sure that the property Translate Escape Sequences is activated gt The hexadecimal data must be converted in a TBarCode escape format Before each hexadecimal digit pair you have to set a x gt By using TBarCode select the Encoding mode No conversion Lower bytes only see Advanced settings The following example refers to the product TBarCode If you want to generate a Data Matrix with TFORMer or Barcode Studio the workflow is just the same Example Original data 444541080D02540BE3FF0052232D242D000065000000010100015A31 Encoded data x44 x45 x41 x08 x0D x02 x54 x0B xE3 xFF x00 x52 x23 x2D x24 x2D x00 x00 x65 x00 x00 x00 x01 x01 x00 x01 x5A x31 Tab Barcode Description Value Barcode type Data Matrix The standard symbol size is 22x22 see Figure 1
36. if it is not specified in the input data e g 72527272070712345 The check digit is not displayed in the human readable text 6 1 63 UPC Version E Symbology number 37 Valid characters 0 9 7 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 9X right 7X Module width Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit UPC E eCDUPCE Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Print control C UCE 123456 UPC E is used for product marking and article bar coding The code must begin with 0 or 1 The check digit is computed automatically if it is not specified in the input data that is when only 7 digits are used for creating the code WWW TEC IT COM Page 44 of 108 6 1 64 UPC Version E 2 Digits Add On Symbology number 38 Valid Digits 0 9 9 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 9 12X right 5X Module width see UPC E Default check digit see UPC E Ratio format see UPC E Check digit method UPC E eCDUPCE 123456 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Print control C UCE 2 This code is identical to UPC Version E but with 2 add on digits The check digit will be calculated automatically if not specified in the input data e g 0123456512 The check digit is not displayed in the human readable text 6 1 65 UPC Version E 5 Digits Add On Symbology number 39 Valid
37. last section the approach for optimizing barcodes is illustrated with some code examples A 2 Barcode Size Primarily the barcode size is determined by the application where the barcode is used The scanner hardware and the projected reading distance define an upper and lower limit for the barcode size see also Barcode Reference section 4 2 3 In addition some barcode specifications provide guidelines for the barcode size This is either An obligatory size with only little tolerance most postal barcodes like USPS Postnet Australian Post Codes A list of recommended sizes or module widths e g a Standard size and a number of magnification factors to choose from GS1 128 UPC ITF 14 A recommended minimum module width Code 128 When using the barcode in an industry or transportation label the required barcode size is usually exactly specified The label specification provides the required information A 3 Quiet Zone To guarantee the readability of the barcode a certain quiet zone around the barcode should be maintained The quiet zone depends on the type of the barcode Linear Barcodes As a rule of thumb for linear barcodes the quiet zone should be ten times the module width For some barcode types a recommended minimum is explicitly given by the specification 2D Barcodes The quiet zone depends on the actual barcode type A rule of thumb cannot be given but using 10 times the module width could fix pos
38. or 8 digits Check Digit Retail Constructs Channel Application Identifier 95 Service Type Code 3 digits Channel Identifier 1 digit Device ID 6 digits Julian Date 4 digits Serial Number 5 digits Check Digit WWW TEC IT COM Page 56 of 108 6 2 24 USPS Posinet Deprecated The subsequent listed USPS Postnet bar codes were retired effective January 28 2013 Mailers must use a Basic or Full Service Intelligent Mail bar code see 6 2 22 6 2 24 1 USPS Postnet 5 Symbology number 40 Valid characters 0 9 5 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch romance hallahlalllihhlhlhl Standard print ratio 1 1 LLL ear LLL Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit POSTNET eCDPostNet Symbol size 5 digits 1 check digit Print control C PSN5 This code was used by the United States Postal Services for mass mailing applications Encoded are a 5 digit ZIP code The check digit is calculated automatically not specified in the input data The barcode height should be adjusted to 3 2 mms the module width to 0 423 mms usually no plain text is displayed The newer USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode or IM Barcode 4 State Customer Barcode additionally includes a 20 digits tracking code 6 2 24 2 USPS Postnet 6 Symbology number 41 Valid characters 0 9 5 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch r la
39. than up scaling a smaller image A 7 2 Barcode Images in HTML As already stated above the basic idea for generating high quality barcode printouts is to generate detailed barcode images which are optimized for a specific printer resolution This approach can also be used for HTML The high resolution images are only scaled down for display in the browser window Internally the images keep their high resolution Thus the browser can generate more accurate printouts compared to using source images in a low screen resolution To specify the dimension in which the barcode will be displayed on the HTML page you can use the image attributes width and height These attributes specify the display size of images on the screen Within the HTML code this would look like lt img src images barcode png width 250 height 60 gt The screen size of the barcode image does not only specify the size in which the barcode is dis played in the browser window it also specifies the size in which the barcode will be drawn on the printout For translation you need to know gt All images which are displayed in the web browser are assumed to have a resolution of 96 dpi Based on that resolution the size on the printout is calculated This calculation is inde pendent of the printer resolution Example If a barcode image is displayed with 200 pixels it will appear on your printout with a size of about 53 mm 200 pixels 9
40. the EAN 13 barcode in this way it is often called Bookland A 5 digit add on barcode is optional and can contain the price of the book gt ISBN codes with 10 digits are automatically converted to the newer ISBN with 13 digits 6 1 39 1 Example You got the ISBN Number 1 56592 843 1 and a value for the second small barcode as for the price of 90000 Therefore choose the symbology EAN 13 5 Digits encode the following data 97815659284390000 The check digit is calculated automatically 5 6 1 39 2 ISBN Additional Data The smaller barcode which is on the right side of the ISBN code is a 5 digit additional code and can be used for additional information e g like pricing Example WWW TEC IT COM Page 36 of 108 Price Encoded 10 95 51095 3 00 50300 99 99 59999 Table 12 ISBN Sample The preceding digit 5 therefore also called EAN 5 marks the price encoded in US Dollar Bookstores recommend EAN 5 If there is no price the value 90000 will be encoded instead EAN 9 This value is used when no additional information is available gt For scanner in US bookstores ISBN EAN codes are not readable without the 5 digit add on which is called EAN 5 or EAN 9 depending on the first number encoded in the add on First Digit Description 5 US 6 Canada 4 New Zealand 3 Australia 0 amp 1 British pounds Table 13 ISBN Encoding Cou
41. the barcode HIBC PAS 39 is based on the symbology Code 39 The data format corresponds to the HIBC PAS Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 12 HIBC PAS Data Matrix Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Size 103 Q 9 APZ S i Space e gy l a nag os left right top bottom 1X 1 1 1B 1S Modulo 43 eCDMod43 001 till 14 0 square inch HIBC PAS Data Matrix is based on the 2D symbology Data Matrix The data format corresponds to the HIBC PAS Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 13 HIBC PAS QR Code Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Size 105 Q 9 AZ e Hes Space san a ie E3 mem left right top bottom 4X 1 1 1B 1S m Modulo 43 eCDMod43 n HIBC PAS QR Code is based on the 2D symbology QR Code The data format corresponds to the HIBC PAS Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required WWW TEC IT COM Page 79 of 108 6 4 14 HIBC PAS PDF417 Symbology number 107 Valid characters 0 9 APZ Space P 7 Hg HO Quiet zone left right 2X i Ih Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B I
42. the size of the image in pixels according to the required horizontal and vertical size of the barcode By using the properties 2DXCols number of columns in modules and 2DXRows number of rows in modules the size of the image can be optimized Dim nScale As Long Dim nXSize As Long Dim nYSize As Long 1 Initialize the barcode TBarCodell1 Text Somedata TBarCodell1 BarCode TBarCodellLib eBC MicroPDF417 2 Use 5 pixels per module nScale 5 nXSize TBarCodelll Get2DXCols nScale nYSize TBarCodelll1 Get2DXRows nScale 3 Save the barcode using the optimized size y Please note The resolution specified by the last two parameters is only stored as r information in the image attributes if supported by the image type y It has no influence on the pixel size of the generated image TBarCodell1l SaveImage C MyBarcode bmp TBarCodellLib eIMBmp nXSize nYSize 72 72 A 9 5 Optimize an Image using BCGetOptimalBitmapSize The following code snippet shows you how to use the function GetOptimalBitmapSize Dim 1lWidth As Long Dim lHeight As Long 1 Initialize the barcode TBarCodelll Text Somedata TBarCodelll BarCode TBarCodellLib eBC Codel128 TBarCodell1l Width 200 TBarCodelll Height 70 2 Optimize the pixel size of the barcode image TBarCodelll1 GetOptimalBitmapSize 1 1 lWidth lHeight 3 Save the barcode using the optimized image width and height j Please note The resolution spe
43. to problems on the decoding stage Barcode readers try to decode the QR Code data by using the default character set which is SHIFT JIS for QR Code 97 2000 Workarounds You could use UTF 8 or ISO 8859 1 in closed applications If the data is transmitted in binary form e g a serial bar code reader or an image scanner will transmit the data as sequence of Bytes you can decode the bar code data as UTF 8 or Latin 1 format by the software which receives the data You may also have luck with intelligent image decoding software e g ZXing which tries to find out if Latin 1 UTF 8 or Shift JIS is used by auto detection also SmartPhone reader apps will do that If you don t have a closed application or don t have control about the bar code decoder this workaround cannot be used Note about ECI sequences Theoretically QR Code can encode data in an user selectable character set By design of QR Code so called Extended Channel Interpretation code words can be used to indicate the character set used for the subsequent data ECI is part of QR Code specification and is supported by TBarCode Escape Sequences The problem is that bar code decoders often ignore ECI and so they are useless If you want to use UTF 8 without ECl s you could try to indicate UTF 8 format by prefixing the data with an UTF 8 byte order mark at the start EF BB BF But there is no standard for this and you have to verify if your bar code reader decoding softwar
44. use the function BCGetOptimalBitmapSize Given the requested size of the barcode in device pixels it will optimize the width and the height of the barcode gt Use lossless image formats like PNG instead of JPG Don t use any compression reducing the picture quality gt Avoid any post processing like scaling resizing with image editing software Each post processing step means a potential loss of the barcode quality However when using the images e g when embedding them in a layout and in a further conse quence when printing them you have to be aware that depending on the size of your source image and depending on the required size on your printout and depending on the resolution of the printer the original barcode image will be scaled with a particular scaling factor This scaling occurs when the image is rastered for the printer resolution It may negatively influence the barcode quality of the printout Therefore you should ideally always create the barcode image in the same resolution in which it will be printed As a consequence any scaling between the image and the printout is avoided If scaling is inevitable for any reason you should take care that after the scaling the barcode can be rendered with whole device pixels on the target printer In section A 7 3 a general approach how to optimize a barcode image for a specific printer resolution is described But before going into detail we want to explain
45. www tec it com WWW TEC IT COM Page 2 of 108 2 Index Disclaimer Index Table of Figures List of Tables Introduction Scope of this Document Barcode Types 3 2 1 1 Linear 1D Barcodes 3 2 1 2 2D Barcodes Stacked 3 2 1 3 2D Barcodes Matrix Codes 3 2 1 4 Composite Codes 3 3 Barcode Glossary Important Barcode Parameters Barcode Symbology Module Width Introduction Optimize the Module Width Module Width and Reading Distance Bar Width Reduction Pixel Shaving Quiet Zone Print Ratio and Ratio Format Format Format Examples Escape Sequences Encoding Binary Data Check Digits Application Identifiers Al Introduction Examples Batch Number Multiple Als within one Barcode GS1 128 with embedded Check Digit GS1 DataBar Expanded GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Als with a Fixed Length 5 3 1 1 Al 01 and Weight 5 3 1 2 Al 01 Weight and Date Als with Variable Lengths 5 3 2 1 Al 01 and Price 5 3 2 2 Al 01 6 1 GS1 Composite Symbology Compressed Sequences of Als Al 90 Barcode Symbologies Linear Symbologies 1D Codes Bookland Codabar Rationalized Version Code 11 Code 128 Code 128 Subset A Code 128 Subset B Code 128 Subset C Code 2 of 5 Standard Code 2 of 5 Matrix Code 2 of 5 Data Logic Code 2 of 5 IATA Code 2 of 5 Industrial Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Code 2 of 7 Code 25 Code 39 30f9 Code 32 Code 39 Extended Code 93 Code 93 Extended DAFT Code DOD Logmars DUN 14 WW
46. zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S ae i ABC123 Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Modulo 47 eCD2Mod47 Symbol size Print control C 93 Code 93 was invented 1982 by INTERMEC to achieve better information densities compared to Code 39 Code concatenation is possible if the first encoded character is a space subsequent barcodes are concatenated by the scanner 6 1 19 Code 93 Extended Symbology number 62 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific ABab12 Modulo 47 eCD2Mod47 Symbol size Print control C 93E Based upon Code 93 but encodes the complete ASCII character set One of the four available control characters is used to shift into the ASCIl character table WWW TEC IT COM Page 30 of 108 6 1 20 DAFT Code Symbology number 93 T Valid characters D A F T or g a P P Quiet zone left right 2 mm Module width Standard print ratio 1 1 l l l l Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit None ri Symbol size D F DAFT Code is no symbology It is a technique to generate arbitrary postal codes like for i
47. 1 Code 128 A B amp Hello4711 Hello4711 Code 128 A BHHHCS Hello4711 1234567890 GS1 128 HHHHH HHH 12345767890 7 is the check digit computed when using Modulo 10 The check digit computation uses only the digits 12345 67890 are ignored because this data comes after the Table 5 Format Examples red characters represented in subset A gray characters represented in subset B green characters represented in subset C c represents the place of the check digit 4 7 Escape Sequences Encoding Binary Data If you want to use non printable or special characters in a barcode you have to use escape sequences An escape sequence always start with a backslash followed by the sequence itself gt You have to activate the decoding of escape sequences in the barcode properties per default the translation of escape sequences is turned off gt With activated escape sequences you must use in the input data to encode a single backslash in the barcode WWW TEC IT COM Page 16 of 108 Escape Description Valid for Barcode Symbology sequence a Bell alert All b Backspace f Form feed n New Line r Carriage Return t Horizontal Tab v Vertical Tab The backslash itself 0 Zero Byte if subsequent char is non numeric Available in TBarCode V10 0000 ASCll character in octal nota
48. 1 Standard check digit of the selected barcode type is used eCDMod10 2 Modulo 10 usually used with Interleaved 2o0f5 eCDMod43 3 Modulo 43 suggested for Code39 and Logmars consist of 1 digit eCD2Mod47 4 Modulo 47 2 digits eCDDPLeit 5 Method for DP Leitcode eCDDPident 6 Method for DP Identcode eCD1Code11 7 Method for Code11 1 digit eCD2Code11 8 Method for Code11 2 digits eCDPostnet 9 Method for USPS Postnet eCDMSI1 10 Method for MSI 1 digit eCDMSI2 11 Method for MSI 2 digits eCDPlessey 12 Method for Plessey eCDEAN8 13 Method for EAN 8 eCDEAN13 14 Method for EAN 13 eCDUPCA 15 Method for UPC A eCDUPCE 16 Method for UPC E eCDEAN128 17 EAN 128 internal method Modulo 103 eCDCode128 18 Code 128 internal method Modulo 103 eCDRM4SCC 19 Method for Royal Mail 4 State eCDPZN 20 Modulo 11 method for PZN eCDMod11W7 21 Modulo 11 weighting 7 eCDEAN14 22 Method for EAN 14 eCDMod10Kor 23 Method for Korean Postal Authority Modulo 10 eCDMod10Pla 24 Method for Planet Modulo 10 eCDMod10ltIPst25 25 Method for Italian Postal 2 5 Modulo 10 based eCDMod36 26 Modulo 36 ISO IES 7064 for DPD Barcode eCDMod16 27 Modulo 16 for Codabar Barcode eCDMod10Luhn 28 Modulo 10 with Luhn Algorithm eCDVIN 29 Method for VIN North America WWW TEC IT COM Page 18 of 108 eCDMod10LuhnRev 30 Modulo 10 with Reverse Luhn Algorithm eCDMod23PPSN 31 Modulo 23 for PPSN eCDMod10IMPackage 32
49. 2 To adjust the symbol size please click on the Adjust button Barcode data 112 characters x44 x45 x41 x08 x0D x02 x54 x0B xE3 xFF x00 x52 x23 x2D x24 x2D x00 x00 x65 x00 x00 x00 x01 x01 x00 x01 x5A x31 Translate escape sequences Make sure that this checkbox is activated Data Matrix Properties Code format Defaut Symbol size jo2x22 ti ti Enforce binary encoding M Show as rectengle ie Figure 12 Data Matrix Properties Tab Appearance Description Value Barcode size and module width Use the entry Custom Specify module with from the drop down menu Module width 1 1000 mm Use the value 423 Display error if barcode is clipped Make sure that you have activated this checkbox 6 3 3 8 Deutsche Post Werbeantwort Postmatrix In order to generate a Postmatrix code for Deutsche Post Werbeantwort use the property settings below and follow the example Code format DP Postmatrix Postmatrix Size 22x22 standard Postmatrix Size 26x26 enlarged No Binary encoding mode Module width 0 423 mm WWW TEC IT COM Page 63 of 108 The following example refers to the product TBarCode If you want to generate a Data Matrix with TFORMer or Barcode Studio the workflow is just the same Example Original data Barcode Properties DEAW00A012690WA52345678000010205001099 JOB4711 850 WWW TEC IT COM Common Value Barcode type Data Matr
50. 27301023 20 5B604 Encoded data in the symbol 27301023 20 5B604 6 2 12 2 Japanese Extraction Mode Format parameter J triggers data extraction from the Japanese Address B field Description Value Format Property J Enable Japanese Compaction Postal code 273 0102 can contain Address B B3TB 20 5 HE ASbI FBs048 Barcode text Postal code Address B WWW TEC IT COM Page 51 of 108 Barcode text 273 0102 BS3TA 20 5 Se A8 amp bJ 7B6048 Encoded data in the symbol 27301023 20 5B604 after compaction Encoding SHIFT JIS CP932 gt Provide the data Provide the data gt In TBarCode DLL you have two possibilities in UNICODE with BCSetTextW and use BCSetCodepage Shift JIS in Shift JIS with BCSetTextA and use BCSetEncodingMode LowByte In TBarCode OCX and TBarCode NET you set CodePage Japanese Shift JIS 6 2 12 3 Standard Dimensions To draw the barcode according to the specification please follow these steps gt Set the module width to 0 577mm DLL function BCSetModWiath pBC 577 gt Set the height of the Bounding Rectangle in the draw function to 3 5 mm gt Switch off the display of the human readable text 6 2 13 KIX Dutch Postal Code Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio for
51. 3 2 2 AIl 01 gt If Al 01 is needed in the barcode please ensure it is the first Al encoded for optimal data representation 5 4 GS1 Composite Symbology The GS1 EAN UCC Composite Symbology was designed to hold primary data like the GTIN or Shipping Container Code in the linear symbol and additional data in the 2D Composite Component For specific Al combinations in the 2D add on symbol it is possible to perform a data compression as shown below This leads to a higher data density smaller barcode or more encode able characters 5 4 1 Compressed Sequences of Als The following Al sequences can be compressed for higher data efficiency Combinations Description Al 11 Al 10 Date and Lot Number Al 17 Al 10 Expiration Date und Lot Number Table 11 Als in Composite Codes 5 4 2 Al 90 Al 90 and the following data which starts with an upper case letter or a digit may be used for encoding of FACT IDs Compression takes place only if Al 90 is the first data element of the sequence WWW TEC IT COM Page 22 of 108 6 Barcode Symbologies This chapter describes all supported barcode types For each barcode the following values are specified Symbology Number This number is used in some TEC IT products to specify the barcode symbology Developers are usually specifying the barcode type via an enumeration which is documented in the respective developer documentation Val
52. 3 3 5 Compatibility Options 6 3 3 6 GS1 Data Matrix 6 3 3 7 Deutsche Post Premiumadress Data Matrix 6 3 3 8 Deutsche Post Werbeantwort Postmatrix 6 3 4 DotCode 6 3 4 1 Code Format 6 3 5 Han Xin Code 6 3 5 1 Data Capacity 6 3 6 MaxiCode 6 3 6 1 Data Capacity 6 3 6 2 Modes 6 3 6 3 MaxiCode amp UPS 6 3 7 MicroPDF417 6 3 8 Micro QR Code 6 3 9 PDF417 6 3 9 1 Data Capacity 6 3 9 2 How to optimize PDF417 for FAX 6 3 10 PDF417 Truncated 6 3 11 QR Code Model 2 6 3 11 1 Kanji and Chinese Compaction 6 3 11 2 QR Code Capacity 6 3 11 3 QR Code Creation Speed 6 3 11 4 Codepages Character Set 6 3 11 5 Encoding Special Latin 1 Characters 6 3 12 QR Code 2005 6 4 HIBC Health Industry Bar Code 6 4 1 Supplier Labeling Standard Formats 6 4 2 Provider Application Standard Formats 6 4 3 HIBC LIC 128 6 4 4 HIBC LIC 39 6 4 5 HIBC LIC Data Matrix 6 4 6 HIBC LIC QR Code 6 4 7 HIBC LIC PDF417 6 4 8 HIBC LIC MicroPDF417 6 4 9 HIBC LIC Codablock F 6 4 10 HIBC PAS 128 6 4 11 HIBC PAS 39 6 4 12 HIBC PAS Data Matrix 6 4 13 HIBC PAS QR Code 6 4 14 HIBC PAS PDF417 6 4 15 HIBC PAS MicroPDF417 6 4 16 HIBC PAS Codablock F 6 5 GS1 DataBar Symbologies RSS Codes 6 5 1 GS1 DataBar RSS 14 6 5 2 GS1 DataBar Truncated RSS 14 Truncated WWW TEC IT COM Page 5 of 108 6 6 1 6 6 2 GS1 DataBar Limited RSS Limited GS1 DataBar Stacked RSS 14 Stacked GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni directional RSS 14 Stacked Omni directional GS1 DataBar Expanded RSS
53. 32 Valid characters ASCII characters between 0 127 Standard print ratio 1 3 1 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S 2S Default check digit None eCDNone Vena Symbol size Telepen Alpha is the alphanumeric variant of Telepen 6 1 57 Telepen Symbology number 87 Valid characters pairs of digits pairs of one digit with an X Quiet zone n a Standard print ratio 1 3 1 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 18 2S 0123456X Default check digit None eCDNone Symbol size Telepen can encode pairs of characters only A pair must consist of 2 digits or of one digit and the letter X 6 1 58 UCC 128 Same as the EAN 128 see section 6 1 24 6 1 59 UPC 12 Digits Same as the UPC A see section 6 1 60 6 1 60 UPC Version A Symbology number 34 Valid characters 0 9 11 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone 9X Module width 0 33 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit UPC A eCDUPCA Possible check digits User supplied 0 12345 67890 5 Symbol size H 26 26mm B 37 29mm variations allowed see UPC A spec Print control C UA UPC A is used in the United States for marking of products in retail applications similar to EAN The numbers encoded into UPC bar codes are known as Global Trade Item Numbers for UPC A they are called GTIN 12 UPC A is mainly used for scanning of trade items at the point of sale The article number is maintained by GS1 US and identifies man
54. 5678901234 Human readable text 10 12345678 01 12345678901234 Encoded data 1012345678FNC 101 12345678901 234 gt The field separator FNC1 encoded by the sequence F has to be used because the batch number is a variable length data field 5 2 3 GS1 128 with embedded Check Digit Sometimes it is required to calculate a check digit only for a partial content of a barcode A good example is the Al 01 GTIN in combination with other data fields within an GS1 128 symbol Description Value Al for GTIN 01 Al for Date 11 GTIN without check digit 1234567890123 Production Date 060606 In our example the GTIN contains no check digit e g when created based on the EAN 13 number The check digit has to be generated only for the first 13 digits of the supplied data and not for the full data content Since TBarCode Version 7 you can use the format property to solve this problem Description Value Format property O1 eH 1 1 HAE Input Data Text property 12345678901 23060606 Check Digit Method EAN 14 Mod 10 Calculated Check Digit CD Mod 10 of 1234567890123 1 Result 01 1234567890123 CD 11 060606 Data used for encoding 0112345678901231 11060606 5 3 GS1 DataBar Expanded GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked The mentioned symbologies use an internal data compression algorithm for specific Application Identifiers Compression means that the barcode can en
55. 6 dpi 2 083 inches 52 91 mm This means In order to make sure that the barcode has the correct size on the printout you have to calculate the pixel size that is required for 96 dpi Therefore divide the size of the high resolution image by the printer resolution and then multiply it by 96 dpi This value must be used as width or as height attribute for the image Example Image width 900 pixel Printer resolution 600 dpi WWW TEC IT COM Page 99 of 108 900 600 96 144 pixel lt img src images barcode png width 144 height 60 gt Please note gt When using such high resolution images you have to increase the font size for the barcode to make the text look normal gt Linear barcodes To avoid large file sizes you can use a higher resolution in the horizontal dimension of the barcode image only Please note This approach will produce distorted fonts So switch off the font in the barcode and print the text separately using HTML gt Instead of generating the barcode image for a dedicated printer resolution you can also produce the barcode with twice or triple the resolution as displayed in the browser window This will produce a good approximation With more detailed source images the rasterizing errors are reduced and the printing quality is increased A 7 3 Optimizing Barcode Images with Respect to the Printer Resolution Below we will describe a general approach for optimizing
56. 76 2cm 1 to 30 20 mil 2 5 to 106 7 cm 1 to 42 55 mil 5 1 to 203 2 cm 2 to 80 Table 2 Example for Scanner Specification 4 3 Bar Width Reduction Pixel Shaving Another word for bar width reduction BWR is bar width correction BWC or pixel shaving Bar width reduction is a common issue with printing bar codes So called dot gain is part of every printing process and leads to enlargement of bars while the gaps are reduced Depending on the printing process these aberrations must be compensated with the appropriate bar width reduction WWW TEC IT COM Page 13 of 108 Sample values for dot gain to be compensated are approximately 100um with flexographic printing 50um with intaglio printing and 30um with offset printing The smaller the bar codes the more precise must be worked Depending on the bar code orientation to the printing direction the printing accuracy and printing process may change Bar width reduction may be applied also for laser printers e g with too high toner saturation or inkjet printers TEC IT Software allows fine tuning of the bar width reduction in percent mm um mils and inch 4 4 Quiet Zone A quiet zone an area free of any printing or marks should be maintained directly before and after the barcode symbol The quiet zone helps the scanner to determine the barcode correctly As a rule the quiet zone should be ten times the dimension of the module wi
57. 7B 8B 9B 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 68 7S 88 9S EAN 14 eCDEAN14 User supplied 12345678901 23 TEC IT IIF LE IA II rill 01 12345678901231 This is a GS1 DataBar Truncated barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B WWW TEC IT COM Page 84 of 108 6 6 5 GS1 DataBar Limited Composite Symbology Symbology number Valid characters RSS Lim Valid characters CC A B Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Possible check digits Encoded data 30 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 01 12345678901231 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 68 7S 88 9S EAN 14 eCDEAN14 User supplied 12345678901 23 TEC IT This is a GS1 DataBar Limited barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B 6 6 6 GS1 DataBar Stacked Composite Symbology Symbology number Valid characters RSS 14 Valid characters CC A B Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Possible check digits Encoded data 79 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit ISO 646 character set up to 338 1 characters J I j Il 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 l 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B Il l 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 68 7S 88 9S EAN 14 eCDEAN14 User supplied 12345678901 23 TEC IT This is a GS1 DataBar Stacked barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B 6 6 7 GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni d
58. 890128 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 13 digits 1 check digit Al 01 is encoded automatically Print control C RT This symbology is similar to GS1 DataBar but the height should be at least 13X Omni directional scanning may not be possible WWW TEC IT COM Page 81 of 108 6 5 3 GS1 DataBar Limited RSS Limited Symbology number 30 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone 1X left 5X right Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 2S 3S8 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S Default check digit EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 13 digits 1 check digit Print control C RL 01 01234567890128 This symbology is similar to GS1 DataBar but it is smaller in size and limited to a packaging indica tor first digit O or 1 6 5 4 GS1 DataBar Stacked RSS 14 Stacked Symbology number 79 Valid characters 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone none required 1X recommended Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 2S 3S8 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S Default check digit EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Possible check digits User supplied Size Print control C RS A aii This symbology is similar to GS1 DataBar but it is split into 2 rows to make the symbol smaller It is used for pharmaceutical packaging Omni directional scannin
59. AN 13 with 5 digits add on for encoding The 5 digit add on barcode is used to encode the book price For more information refer to section 6 1 39 1 Listed for the most common bar code types See user manual for the complete list of print controls WWW TEC IT COM Page 23 of 108 6 1 2 Codabar Rationalized Version Symbology number 18 Valid characters Org Pe AY B7 C D Quiet zone left right 10X Module width X 0 19 mm Sandor 13 13 YS AM UI TC Ratio format 1B 2B 1S 2S A12345A Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits User supplied e g Modulo 16 Symbol size 0 066mm Module width Deviation Print control C CODA This code was invented 1972 by Monarch Marking Systems for retail purposes 1977 the American Blood Commission defined Codabar 2 as standard symbology for blood banks ABC Codabar The characters A B C and D are useable as start or stop characters only The barcode uses 2 element widths and 4 different start stop characters A B C and D These start stop characters can be utilized for additional information e g B1234B The print ratio should be in the following range 1 2 1 3 Pr gt 2 25 1 Since the symbology is self checking there is no established check sum method The symbology is also known as Code 2 of 7 NW 7 ABC Codabar USD 4 Monarch Code 27 Ames code or Rationalized Codabar The rationalized version uses 2
60. Bearer Bars These are bars printed above and below the symbol The bearer bars are eliminating partial reads as drawn in the example on the right Sometimes the complete symbol is surrounded by bearer bars e g ITF 14 Substitution Error Due to reading errors a character is replaced by another during scanning Substitution errors can be excluded by adding a check digit Synchronizing Bars These bars are synchronizing the barcode reader E g UPC A and EAN 13 have synchronizing bars at the beginning in the middle and at the end of the symbol No Read A failure to decode resulting in no output Misread The data output of a reader decoder does not agree with the data encoded in the barcode field This yields to substitution errors Table 1 Barcode Glossary WWW TEC IT COM Page 11 of 108 4 Important Barcode Parameters In this chapter you will find an explanation about the most important barcode parameters 4 1 Barcode Symbology The symbology determines the format and the capabilities of the barcode Check out chapter 6 for a list of supported barcode symbologies It depends on your application which symbology you should use For help deciding the right symbology you can contact TEC IT Support 4 2 Module Width 4 2 1 Introduction Module Width UT Monitor 236 Figure 5 Module Width 116 775 The module width or X dimension is the width of the smallest
61. C IT products only TBarCode X and TBarCode Embedded SEH ISD 300 6 5 1 GS1 DataBar RSS 14 Symbology number 29 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone none required 1X recommended Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 6S8 7S 88 9S Default check digit EAN 14 eCDEAN14 01 01234567890128 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 13 digits 1 check digit Al 01 is encoded automatically Print control C R GS1 DataBar is used to encode the GTIN Global Trade Item Number with Application identifier Al 01 The GTIN consists of a packaging indicator 0 9 followed by a 12 digit number taken from the EAN 13 article number system followed by a check digit The check digit on the 14 posi tion is computed automatically if not provided in the input data The height of the symbol should be at least 33X in order to support omnidirectional scanning X module width TEC IT software prefixes the barcode data with the Al 01 automatically do not provide the Al 01 with your input data 6 5 2 GS1 DataBar Truncated RSS 14 Truncated Symbology number 78 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone none required 1X recommended Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 28 38 4S 5S 68 7S 88 9S Default check digit EAN 14 eCDEAN14 1 01234567
62. C company prefix Its symbology is called Interleaved 2 of 5 I 2 5 and uses a series of wide and narrow bands and spaces to represent digits and is surrounded on two or four sides by a frame called a bearer The packaging indicator historically called an assortment indicator can be any single digit except 8 which is reserved for future use Packaging f Description Indicator 0 Is always used when the UPC code on the case and on the individual items inside the case are different or when both a UPC Version A symbol and a UPC Shipping Container Symbol 1 2 5 must appear on the same carton for products where the shipping container also acts as the package for the consumer product 1 Is used traditionally when the UPC code on the case and on the individual items inside the case are the same 1 7 Can be used to signify a range of packaging levels 8 Reserved for future use 9 Is used only to signify a variable content shipment The 9 indicates to the scanner that a mandatory variable content add on symbol follows the primary symbol Table 15 Shipping Container Symbol Packaging Indicator WWW TEC IT COM Page 46 of 108 i 6 1 67 USD 4 This symbology is identical with Codabar 2 Widths and is also known as Code 2 of 7 and as NW 7 6 1 68 USS ITF 2 5 Uniform Symbology Specification ITF 2 5 Identical to Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Another alias is Code 25 6 1 69 USS Code 128 USS Code 128 stands f
63. EC IT COM Page 31 of 108 Symbology number 16 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 maximum 48 characters Quiet zone left right 10X min in Module width see Code128 uoma etn 100 001 C01 ANTI Ratio format 7 see Code J28 B EAN128 Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Modulo 103 eCDEAN128 Possible check digits Modulo 10 EAN 14 Symbol size the maximum physical width is 165 mm Print control C G128 C E128 The GS1 128 code is based upon Code 128 It has an FNC1 character at the 1st position after the start code This allows scanners and data processing software to differentiate GS1 128 from other symbologies The GS1 128 code is in wide spread use retail logistics food and beverage etc It is used for marking transport units in supply chains Besides the article number it encodes quantities weights prices dates and other information in a structured way This is supported by the use of so called Application Identifiers Als see chapter 5 Within the GS1 system these Application Identifiers Als prefix the encoded data gt Please note The TEC IT barcode software automatically inserts the FNC1 character at the beginning and computes the internal check digit Modulo 103 6 1 25 EAN 13 Symbology number 13 Valid characters 0 9 12 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 11X right 7X Module width X 0 33mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio form
64. EOT Macro 06 the data is prefixed with gt RS 06 GS and suffixed with RS EOT Reader Programming the barcode data is used to program the barcode reader 6 3 3 4 DP Postmatrix see 6 3 3 6 GS1 Data Matrix In order to generate a Data Matrix for GS1 applications you have to turn on the UCC EAN GS1 code format WWW TEC IT COM Page 61 of 108 Data Matrix Properties Code format UCC EAN GS1 v Symbol size 26 x26 7 Enforce binary encoding E Figure 11 Data Matrix Properties More information GS1 Data Matrix Introduction and Technical Overview Deutsche Post Premiumadress Data Matrix and 6 3 3 8 Deutsche Post Werbeantwort Postmatrix The following unprintable characters are used with the Macro 05 06 modes RS Record Separator 0x1e GS Group Separator 0x1d EOT End of Transmission 0x04 6 3 3 5 Compatibility Options The internal encoding mode switching is highly optimized and should be supported by all bar code readers on the market If you have problems with your image decoding solution try the following To provide compatibility with CAPTIVA IBML and maybe other document scanning solutions we introduced a compatible mode for these scanners available from TBarCode V10 0 2 gt To turn on this compatibility mode enter C into the format property Data Matrix only 6 3 3 6 GS1 Data Matrix In order to generate a Data Matrix for GS1 applications you
65. GB value each letter stands for a hexadecimal digit 0 f rr stands for the red gg for the green and bb for the blue value part The sequence Cx resets the color to default The barcode Format must be set to D and EscapeSequences must be activated The data for the barcode in the example above is as follows the color escape sequence is not displayed in the human readable text 111 C2a3282111 WWW TEC IT COM Page 40 of 108 6 1 50 Pharmacode Two Track Symbology number 53 Valid characters numeric 0 9 and generic Quiet zone left right 6 mm Module width E z i i i i wie a a I Standard print ratio 1 1 123456 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit None eCDNone Symbol size see Notes This code was invented and specified by Laetus Pharmacode assigns numeric values to the bars It is used for medicine packing in pharmaceutically area for small labels Usually Pharmacode is printed without a human readable text The dimensions are 2 track bar width 1 mm space bars 1 mm bar height above below 4 6 mm height of the long bar 8 12 mm It offers a high printing tolerance and is readable very fast 200 readings per second 6 1 51 Pharma Zentralnummer PZN 6 1 51 1 PZN7 6 Digits 1 Check Digit valid until 2012 12 31 Symbology number 52 Valid characters 0 9 6 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone see Code 39 Module width see Code 39 Standard print ratio see Code 39 Ratio
66. M Page 58 of 108 6 3 2D Symbologies 6 3 1 Aztec Code Symbology number 92 Valid characters ASCII 0 127 ISO 8859 1 Quiet zone left right top bottom 0X Module width Print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size Print control C AZT Aztec Code can encode from small to large amounts of data with user selected percentages of error correction The symbol size adjusts automatically depending on the amount of input data The input data is always analyzed and the appropriate encoding mode is chosen automatically Mode switching is done as required to produce the most efficient encoding 6 3 1 1 Character Set The default interpretation is ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 which corresponds to ECI 000003 The special FNC1 character is supported 6 3 1 2 Layers and Core Type The compact Aztec code core may be surrounded by 1 to 4 layers producing symbols from 15x15 through 27x27 pixels The full core version supports up to 32 layers that are up to 151x151 pixels The core type and the number of layers are controlled by the size parameter Size Enumeration Size Pixel Core Type Layers 0 Automatically selected Automatically selected Automatically selected 1 15x15 Compact 1 2 19x19 Compact 2 3 23x23 Compact 3 4 27x27 Compact 4 5 31x31 Full 4 6 37x37 Full 5 7 41x41 Full 6 i ah Full 33 151x151 Full 32 Table 17 Azte
67. Modulo 10 for Intelligent Mail Package Barcode eCDMod11W10 33 Modulo 11 using maximum weight 10 eCDUPU 34 Modulo 11 method for UPU Universal Postal Union eCDSwedishPostal Method for Swedish Postal Shipment Item ID Table 7 Check Digit Methods and Enumerators WWW TEC IT COM Page 19 of 108 5 Application Identifiers Al 5 1 Introduction Some barcode symbologies e g GS1 128 use Application Identifiers Als in order to provide information about the structure of the encoded data Application Identifiers are mostly used in industry specific barcode symbologies An Application Identifier Al is a prefix built from 2 to 4 characters used to identify the meaning and the format of the data that follows Als have been defined by GS1 formerly UCC EAN for identification traceability data dates quantity measurements locations and many other types of information The data presented can be alphanumeric or numeric and with fixed or variable data lengths The symbology character FNC1 is used as field separator in connection with variable length data fields gt Use FNC1 only with variable length data fields gt Don t use FNC1 after the last data field Depending on the barcode symbology you are able to concatenate multiple Als and encode more data fields into one symbol If an Al is of variable length type you have to separate the next data field with FNC1 FNC1 is specified in the barcode data with the escap
68. Please refer to Escape Sequences for an overview of available escape sequences The text should now look like 1Z212345677 x1dUSPN x1d123556 x1d089 x1d x1d1 1 x1d10 x1ldyY x1ld x1dSALT LAKE CITY x1dUT xle x04 This corresponds to the UPS Data fields gt Tracking Number SCAC UPS Account Number Julian Day of Collection place holder for Shipment ID Number Package n x Package Weight Address Validation Place Holder for Ship To Street Address Ship To City Ship To State End Of Transmission Atlast check Translate escape sequences property EscapeSequences This is necessary to translate the hexadecimal codes e g x1d into the special characters Rs Gs and Bot Setting SCM Parameters in the Barcode Data itself The parameters for SCM Structured Carrier Message used for UPS can be set directly in the barcode data string This allows complete control of all necessary parameters in one step Enable extracting of SCM data Set the Format property of TBarCode to S Set the EscapeSequences property to True WWW TEC IT COM Page 67 of 108 The values for the properties postal code country code service class preamble and date are then extracted from the barcode data Text property Values from the text string overdrive the belonging properties in the barcode component The Text property should contain the whole data string according to UPS standard see following picture including preamble date
69. R Code 4 cells 4X 4 cells 4X 79 GS1 DataBar Stacked RSS 14 Stacked 80 GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni directional RSS 14 Stacked Omni directional 81 GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked RSS Expanded Stacked Table 32 Quiet Zones 2D Symbologies WWW TEC IT COM Page 107 of 108 Appendix C Extended Channel Interpretation ECI C 1 ECI Overview Here a short overview about the available ECI specifiers for defining the encoding of subsequent bar code data see also section 4 7 ECI Number Description ECI 000000 equates to original GLI 0 The lower half of the character set decimal value 0 to 127 equates to ISO IEC 646 1991 IRV equivalent to ANSI X3 4 the upper half decimal value 128 to 255 equates to Code Page PC437 ISO IEC 15438 Bar code symbology specification PDF417 Default character set to 1994 specification with GLI rules ECI 000001 equates to original GLI 1 The lower half of the character set decimal value 0 to 127 equates to ISO IEC 646 1991 IRV equivalent to ANSI X3 4 and characters 128 to 255 being identical to those values of ISO 8859 1 ISO IEC 15438 Bar code symbology specification PDF417 Latin 1 character set to 1994 specification with GLI rules ECI 000002 PC437 code table equivalent to ECI 000000 without the reset to GLI 0 logic ECI 000003 eS eal code ta
70. W TEC IT COM ooo NNW N Page 3 of 108 6 1 23 DUNS 6 1 24 EAN 128 GS1 128 6 1 25 EAN 13 6 1 26 EAN 13 with 2 Digits Add On 6 1 27 EAN 13 with 5 Digits Add On 6 1 28 EAN 14 6 1 29 EAN 18 6 1 30 EAN 8 6 1 31 EAN 8 with 2 Digits Add On 6 1 32 EAN 8 with 5 Digits Add On 6 1 33 FIN Code Fahrzeug Identifizierungsnummer 6 1 34 Flattermarken 6 1 35 GS1 128 6 1 36 GTIN 6 1 37 HIBC 6 1 38 1 2 5 6 1 39 ISBN Code ISBN 13 6 1 39 1 Example 6 1 39 2 ISBN Additional Data 6 1 40 ISBT 128 6 1 41 ISMN 6 1 42 ISSN 6 1 43 ITF 14 6 1 44 JAN 6 1 45 LOGMARS 6 1 46 MSI 6 1 47 NVE 18 Nummer der Versandeinheit 6 1 48 NW 7 6 1 49 Pharmacode One Track 6 1 50 Pharmacode Two Track 6 1 51 Pharma Zentralnummer PZN 6 1 51 1 PZN7 6 Digits 1 Check Digit valid until 2012 12 31 6 1 51 2 PZNB 7 Digits 1 Check Digit valid from 2013 01 01 6 1 52 Plessey Code 6 1 53 Rational Codabar 6 1 54 SCC 14 6 1 55 SSCC 18 6 1 56 Telepen Alpha 6 1 57 Telepen 6 1 58 UCC 128 6 1 59 UPC 12 Digits 6 1 60 UPC Version A 6 1 61 UPC Version A 2 Digits Add On 6 1 62 UPC Version A 5 Digits Add On 6 1 63 UPC Version E 6 1 64 UPC Version E 2 Digits Add On 6 1 65 UPC Version E 5 Digits Add On 6 1 66 UPC SCS Shipping Container Symbols 6 1 67 USD 4 6 1 68 USS ITF 2 5 6 1 69 USS Code 128 6 1 70 USS Code 39 6 1 71 VIN Code Vehicle Identification Number 6 2 Postal Codes Linear 1D 6 2 1 Australian Post Customer 6 2 2 Australian Post Customer 2 6 2 3 Aus
71. WWW TEC IT COM TEC IT Barcode Software Barcode Overview Version 11 Reference 30 October 2015 TEC IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Hans Wagner Str 6 A 4400 Steyr Austria t 4 43 0 7252 72720 f 443 0 7252 72720 77 office tec it com www tec it com 1 Disclaimer The actual version of this product document is available as is TEC IT declines all warranties which go beyond applicable rights The licensee or reader bears all risks that might take place during the use of the system the documentation TEC IT and its contractual partner cannot be penalized for direct and indirect damages or losses this includes non restrictive damages through loss of revenues constriction in the exercise of business loss of business information or any kind of commercial loss which is caused by use or inability to use the product documentation although the possibility of such damage was pointed out by TEC IT bos We reserve all rights to this document and the information contained therein Reproduction use or disclosure to third parties without express authority is strictly forbidden Fur dieses Dokument und den darin dargestellten Gegenstand behalten wir uns alle Rechte vor Vervielf ltigung Bekanntgabe an Dritte oder Verwendung au erhalb des vereinbarten Zweckes sind nicht gestattet 1998 2015 TEC IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Hans Wagner Str 6 A 4400 Austria t 43 0 7252 72720 f 43 0 7252 72720 77 http
72. allaldallulashb lull Standard print ratio 11 LLL LLL rer LLL Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit POSTNET eCDPostNet Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 5 digits 1 check digit Same as Postnet 5 but the check digit can be specified the 6 digit 6 2 24 3 USPS Postnet 9 Symbology number 42 Valid characters 0 9 9 1 check digit Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch Module width 7 Llalsllatattdudb allah Standard print ratio 1 1 1234567895 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit POSTNET eCDPostNet Symbol size 9 digits 1 check digit Print control C PSN9 This code was used by the United States Postal Services for mass mailing applications Encoded are a 5 digit ZIP code and 4 additional digits The check digit is computed automatically it cannot be specified in the input data WWW TEC IT COM Page 57 of 108 The barcode height should be adjusted to 3 2 mms the module width to 0 423 mms usually no plain text is displayed The newer USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode or IM Barcode 4 State Customer Barcode additionally includes a 20 digits tracking code 6 2 24 4 USPS Postnet 10 Symbology number 43 Valid characters 0 9 9 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch Module width PAA A LA Standard print ratio 1 1 1234567895 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit POSTNET eCDPostNet Possible check
73. asiest method is to set the check mark in This will automatically optimize the barcode for the given output resolution see As an alternative you can also set the scaling unit to Pixel see and then adjust the module width in Since you can only adjust integer values for the unit pixel the barcode must neces sarily fit the raster and you will get an optimal barcode for the specified resolution A 5 2 TFORMer In the barcode label software TFORMer Designer you can set Optimal Resolution to True see This will optimize the barcode for the printer on which the document is actually printed Common Advanced Position All Name Barcode Printing Condition Layer Base Escape Sequences False Format Bearer Width 0 000 mm Module Width auto Notch Height auto Bar Space Ratio Suppress Error Mess False Optimal Resolution Tue Bar Width Reduction 0 Comment Figure 18 Barcode Optimization in TFORMer Designer A 5 3 TBarCode In the barcode generator SDK TBarCode you have two different adjustments for optimization Either you can generate the smallest possible barcode optimized for the selected decoder type and for the specified resolution see Figure 19 Or for any custom sized barcodes you can turn on the optimization by setting the OptResolution property to true see Figure 20 Page 96 of 108 WWW TEC IT COM TBarCode9 Properties Barcode Appearance Multiple Barc
74. at 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 13 eCDEAN13 o 725272 720776 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Standardized symbol sizes see EAN Print control C E13 This code is reserved for the International Article Number administered by the standards organization GS1 The numbers encoded into EAN bar codes are known as Global Trade Item Numbers for EAN 13 they are called GTIN 13 EAN 13 is used for identifying articles or products uniquely often sold at retail point of sale Encoded are a 2 digit country code 5 digits manufacturer code and a 5 digits products code JAN and IAN are identical to EAN 13 The check digit is calculated automatically if it not specified in the input data that is when only 12 digits are used for creating the code 2 Formerly European Article Number EAN WWW TEC IT COM Page 32 of 108 6 1 26 EAN 13 with 2 Digits Add On Symbology number 14 Valid characters 0 9 14 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 7 10X right 5X Module width X 0 33mm 12 Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 13 eCDEAN13 peresere 2e0tes Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Standardized symbol sizes see EAN This symbology extends EAN 13 with 2 add on digits see also EAN 8 with 2 Digits Add On The check digit will be calculated automatically if not specified in the input data
75. ation For your understanding the following examples show the barcode optimization by code The first four examples do the optimization by programmatic adaption of the module width The last sample shows the usage of the function BCGetOptimalBitmapSize A 9 1 Linear Barcodes In this example a linear barcode will be optimized for output We assume the following specification Barcode width 60 mm Barcode height 30 mm Resolution of the output device 200 dpi dots per inch Based on this specification we first calculate the projected barcode size in target device pixels This size actually only the width is then adjusted so that each bar and each space of the barcode exactly matches the output raster This is achieved by making sure that the width of one module is a multiple of one device pixel A similar height adjustment is not necessary because the scanning process is usually not affected by the height of the barcode WWW TEC IT COM Page 101 of 108 First we calculate the barcode width in device pixels Therefore we convert the width which is given in mm to inches Then we multiply the result by the resolution dots per inch of the output device 60 25 4 200 472 44 dots or pixels Then we calculate the module width and adopt it so that all bars and spaces can be displayed with whole pixels 1 Specify the barcode type the barcode data etc i Do your barcode adjustments here 2 Specify the favored bar
76. ault check digit Automatic symbology specific Alphanum Modulo 103 eCDCode1 28 Possible check digits Modulo 10 EAN 14 Symbol size Print control C 128 Code 128 is heavily used in all areas It is a modern high density symbology and was invented 1981 by Computer Identics TEC IT software analyzes input data and chooses the best suitable barcode representation with the highest data density This is done by so called subset switching 3 different internal characters subsets sets are used Code128A Upper Case Non Printable Characters ASCII 0 31 Code128B Upper Lower Case All Printable Characters Code128C Numeric with doubled density Code128 uses a built in check digit Modulo 103 This check digit is part of the code and cannot be omitted It is never printed in the human readable text Scanners are checking it when reading a code but do not deliver the check digit to connected systems In conjunction with the symbology character FNC1 this code is also known as GS1 128 barcode see section 6 1 24 6 1 5 Code 128 Subset A Symbology number 59 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific ABab123 Modulo 103 eCDCode1 28 Possible check digits Modulo 10 EAN 14 Symbol size Pri
77. axiCode UPS Encoding WWW TEC IT COM Page 68 of 108 6 3 7 MicroPDF417 Symbology number 84 Valid characters Alphanumeric and or bytes Quiet zone left right 1X Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 1S 2S 3S 4S 5S 6S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size Print control C MPDF TBarCode X control sequence For V1 x _tbcs b84 dThis is a MicroPDF417 _tbce For V2 x _tbcs b84 d This is a MicroPDF417 _tbce This stacked 2D symbology is used to encode large quantities of data The input data is always analyzed and the appropriate encoding mode is chosen automatically Mode switching is done as required to produce the most efficient encoding 6 3 8 Micro QR Code Symbology number 97 Valid characters Alphanumeric and or bytes Kanji character set Quiet zone left right top bottom 2X or 4X Module width Print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size Print control C MQR This 2D symbology is a small variant of QR Code with a reduced number of overhead modules and a restricted range of sizes It was developed for fast readability QR Quick Response by Denso The symbol size adjusts automatically depending on input data Micro QR Code has 4 different symbol sizes M1 M4 The smallest version size M1 is restricted to numeric data and error detection M2 may contain also
78. bar or space in the barcode The minimal module width depends on the used symbology In most specifications the recommended module width is at least 0 19 mms The default setting in TEC IT software adapts the module width according to the bounding rectangle of the barcode The module width is computed automatically by dividing the width of the object by the number of required modules This depends on the number of data characters to be encoded The module width decreases as the data content increases When adjusting the module width to a fixed value the resulting barcode can be wider than the bounding rectangle To avoid clipping ensure that the entire barcode can be displayed with the maximum data content and enlarge the barcode object if required 4 2 2 Optimize the Module Width Printing tolerances can lead to problems when decoding a barcode A remedy for this problem is to optimize the module width with respect to available printing resolutions Assume you want to print a barcode with a resolution of 300 dpi then one pixel equals 0 003333 inch or 0 08466 mm in such a case To avoid raster errors you should select a module width that is an integer multiple of the pixel width e g for 300 dpi a multiple of 0 08466 mm 200 dpi 2 modules a one pixel 0 127 mm 0 254 mm 202 dpi 2 modules one pixel 0 1257 mm 0 251 mm 300 dpi 3 modules one pixel 0 08467 mm 0 254 mm 600 dpi 5 modules one pixel 0 04233 mm 0 212
79. ble equivalent to ECI 000001 without the reset to GLI 0 ogic ECI 000004 ISO 8859 2 Latin 2 Central European ECI 000005 ISO 8859 3 Latin 3 South European ECI 000006 ISO 8859 4 Latin 4 North European ECI 000007 ISO 8859 5 Latin Cyrillic ECI 000008 ISO 8859 6 Latin Arabic ECI 000009 ISO 8859 7 Latin Greek ECI 000010 ISO 8859 8 Latin Hebrew ECI 000011 ISO 8859 9 Latin 5 Turkish ECI 000012 ISO 8859 10 Latin 6 Nordic ECI 000013 ISO 8859 11 Latin Thai ECI 000015 ISO 8859 13 Latin 7 Baltic Rim ECI 000016 ISO 8859 14 Latin 8 Celtic ECI 000017 ISO 8859 15 Latin 9 ECI 000018 ISO 8859 16 Latin 10 South Eastern European ECI 000020 Shift JIS JIS X 0208 Annex 1 JIS X 0201 ECI 000021 Windows 1250 Latin 2 Central Europe 2001 02 12 ECI 000022 Windows 1251 Cyrillic 2001 02 12 ECI 000023 Windows 1252 Latin 1 2001 02 12 ECI 000024 Windows 1256 Arabic ECI 000025 ISO IEC 10646 UCS 2 High order octet first ECI 000026 ISO IEC 10646 UTF 8 Table 33 ECI Numbers gt Character set overview http Awww unicodecharacter com charsets iso8859 htm WWW TEC IT COM Page 108 of 108
80. c Code Symbol Sizes The full core 1 3 layer versions are not supported instead the compact version is used 6 3 1 3 The Maximum Data Capacity of Aztec Code The Aztec Code specification defines the following Numerical data only 3832 Bytes 1914 Text characters 3067 only uppercase letters used A Z WWW TEC IT COM Page 59 of 108 If you mix the character types the maximum data capacity cannot be predicted exactly due to internal compression and character set switching this is by design If you use a combination of digits and text lower amp uppercase letters the maximum data capacity would be about 2500 characters but this can vary due to your input data If you want to encode large data amounts we recommend using only capital letters or multiple symbols structured append 6 3 1 4 Format Beside the default format for general purposes Aztec Code supports GS1 and Industry formats The GS1 format adds a leading FNC1 in front of the encoded data to signal usage within the GS1 system The FNC1 is not transmitted but has an influence to the symbology identifier If industry format is used the internal data representation in the bar code will be lt format specifier gt FNC1 lt bar code data gt In that case the bar code reader transmits z2 symbology identifier for industry standards followed by the lt format specifier gt and the data 6 3 2 Codablock F Symbology number 74 Valid characte
81. cified by the last two parameters is only stored as 4 information in the image attributes if supported by the image type It has no influence on the pixel size of the generated image TBarCodell11 SaveImage C temp Docl bmp TBarCodellLib eIMBmp lWidth lHeight 72 72 WWW TEC IT COM Page 104 of 108 Appendix B Barcode Quiet Zones The information contained in this chapter is subject to be changed without notification We are sorry but we cannot guarantee that all information is error free TEC IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH is not liable for any damages or lost profits if somebody relies on the information in this chapter We recommend the following quiet zones to be used with the listed bar code symbologies Please consider that quiet zones often depend on a specific label format so please hold on to your specification if you have one The X stands for module width narrow bar width B 1 Linear Symbologies No Barcode Symbology Vertical quiet zone Horizontal quiet zone top bottom left right 63 Australian Post Customer 64 Australian Post Customer 2 65 Australian Post Customer 3 2mm 6mm 68 Australian Post Redirection 66 Australian Post Reply Paid 67 Australian Post Routing 18 Codabar 10X 2 Code 2 of 5 Standard Code 2 of 5 Matrix 6 Code 2 of 5 Data Logic 4 Code 2 of 5 IATA
82. code more data or can be made smaller This optimization takes effect if the Als are applied in the following predefined order 5 3 1 Als with a Fixed Length 5 3 1 1 Al 01 and Weight Al 01 must begin with an indicator digit of 9 for variable units Combinations Description Max Weight Al 01 Al 3103 Weight in kg with 3 decimal places n nnn kg 32 767 Al 01 Al 3202 Weight in pound with 2 decimal places n nn Ibs 999 99 Al 01 Al 3203 Weight in pound with 3 decimal places n nnn Ibs 22 767 Table 8 Fixed length Als in RSS Expanded Expanded Stacked Codes WWW TEC IT COM Page 21 of 108 5 3 1 2 Al 01 Weight and Date Two or three data elements will be used for the barcode Combinations Description Addition Al 01 Must start with 9 for variable units Al 310n or Al 320n For declaration of the Weight n 0 9 Al 11 Al 13 Al 15 Al 17 For the Date Table 9 Als in GS1 DataBar Expanded Expanded Stacked Codes If the date is not required this order of Als still leads to a better barcode representation 5 3 2 Als with Variable Lengths 5 3 2 1 Al 01 and Price Combinations Description Addition Al 01 Must start with 9 for variable units Al 392x For the price x 0 3 or Al 393x For the price in the ISO currency format x 0 3 Table 10 Variable length Als in RSS Expanded Expanded Stacked Codes 5
83. code size Wik To optimize the output quality we will do all calculations in device pixels Wi Therefore the given size in this case in mm must be converted to device pixels Wil with respect to the resolution of the output device LONG ldpi 200 LONG 1BarcodeWidth LONG ConvertMMToPixel 60 0f ldpi 60 mm gt 472 44 pix LONG 1BarcodeHeight LONG ConvertMMToPixel 30 0f ldpi 30 mm gt 236 22 pix 3 Get the horizontal module count Hil This function returns the number of modules that was calculated for the given Hil barcode This is usually an integer For non integer values the optimization a will not work DOUBLE dCountModules BCGetCountModules pBC DOUBLE dModuleWidth avoid division by zero if dCountModules gt 0 0 4 Calculate the current module width 1 gt Divide the barcode width by the horizontal module count dModuleWidth DOUBLE 1BarcodeWidth dCountModules 5 Optimize the module width For an optimal barcode the module width must be a multiple of one device pixel Wa Thus all decimal places have to be eliminated il In this case the value is rounded up with the ceil function dModuleWidth ceil dModuleWidth 6 Now that you have found the optimal module width Hi calculate the width of the complete barcode in target device pixels 1BarcodeWidth LONG dCountModules dModuleWidth 71 The optimized barcode width can now be used to
84. dard Formats The Supplier Labeling Standard is used for all HIBC LIC bar codes For a full specification please refer to the document Health Industry Bar Code Supplier Labeling Standard HIBC SLS ANSI HIBC 2 2 2006 It consists of a Primary and a Secondary data structure which may be encoded together in bar code or split into 2 single symbols The Primary Data Structure is specified as follows teal JEW AL fe With Character Description Data Type Length HIBC Supplier Labeling Flag 1 l Label Identification Code LIC Alphanumeric first 4 character is a letter P PCN Labelers Product or Catalog Alphanumeric 1 13 U Unit of Measure ID Numeric 1 C Check Digit mod 43 also used as Link Character in the 1 Secondary Data Structure Table 23 HIBC LIC Primary Format The Secondary Data Structure is defined as R Q D B LC With Character Description Data Type Length HIBC Supplier Labeling Flag 1 R Quantity Date Reference Identifier or 5 digits 1 2 or 5 Q Quantity Field Numeric 0 3 or 6 D Date Field Numeric 0 or 5 9 B Lot Batch Serial Number Alphanumeric 0 13 L Link Character conforms to the check digit in the Primary Data 1 Structure C Check Digit mod 43 1 Table 24 HIBC LIC Secondary Format The Combined Data Structure Primary and Secondary data structure in one piece is defined as
85. de 2 of 5 Matrix Symbology number 2 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 4 5 1 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 1S 2S Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 Symbol size Print control C 25M 12345 This is a self checking code It is used for industrial applications article numbering photo development ticketing WWW TEC IT COM Page 26 of 108 6 1 9 Code 2 of 5 Data Logic Symbology number 6 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width Standard print ratio 1 3 1 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 18 2S Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 Symbol size This symbology is proprietary variant of Code 2 of 5 Standard 6 1 10 Code 2 of 51IATA Symbology number 4 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone left right 10X min 1 4 inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 1 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 Symbol size Print control C 25A 0123456789 12345 This is a self checking code Start stop characters are identical to Code 2 of 5 Industry It supports distance reading gt 1m and can be printed with very simple printing techniques It is used for baggage handling in air transp
86. de 7 and higher EPS No compression is used PCL No compression is used SVG No compression is used Al No compression is used Table 29 Supported Image Compression Modes WWW TEC IT COM Page 89 of 108 8 Character Encoding 8 1 UNICODE gt Code Pages Due to internationalization and localization strings are often encoded in the UNICODE character set because it makes it possible to represent characters from many different languages and scripts However barcode symbologies are usually able to process only a relatively small set of characters Whereas most of them are only capable of encoding a fix character set with a fix character encoding these symbologies are not affected by the encoding topic some others particularly 2D symbologies are able to switch between several code pages Because even these barcodes types cannot display all character sets at the same time unlike UNICODE TBarCode offers the possibility to let the user decide how the input data should be interpreted see the properties EncodingMode and CodePage 8 2 Default Code Pages Different barcode symbologies use different default character encodings code pages Symbology Default Encoding Default Code Page PDF417 ASCII Extended Code Page 437 MicroPDF417 QR Code Shift JIS Code Page 932 Micro QR Code Japanese Postal Aztec Code Latin 1 ISO 8859 1 Windows 28591 CODABLOCK F
87. different element widths in spite of the original symbology which used 18 different element widths Standard Codabar gt Use the format property to determine the Start and Stop characters see section 9 3 gt FedEx is using a special variant of the Codabar barcode The format of the encoded number is as follows XXXX XXXX XXXY with a 4 digit ID at the end The first 12 digits contain the tracking number The barcode starts with C start character and ends with D stop character 6 1 3 Code 11 Symbology number 1 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone left right 10X Module width X 0 191 mm a o OBIA OE DAIT IT Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 1S 2S 123457 Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits 1 check digit eCD1Code11 or 2 check digits eCD2Code1 1 Symbol size This symbology is mainly used in telecommunications for marking equipment and components It was invented in 1977 by INTERMEC It is similar to Code 2 of 5 Matrix The symbology is not self checking therefore 2 check digits are recommended Code 11 is a high density code but requires also a high density output device mainly because of the print ratio utilized WWW TEC IT COM Page 24 of 108 6 1 4 Code 128 Symbology number 20 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm E 11041 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Def
88. digits User supplied Symbol size 9 digits 1 check digit Same as Postnet 9 but the check digit can be specified the 10t digit 6 2 24 5 USPS Postnet 11 Symbology number 44 Valid characters 0 9 11 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch Module width i ballaldatllaldtalullaldatuthnulh ul Standard print ratio 1 1 123456789014 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit POSTNET eCDPostNet Symbol size 11 digits 1 check digit Print control C PSN11 This code was used by the United States Postal Services for mass mailing applications Encoded are a 5 digit ZIP code and 4 to 9 additional digits The check digit is calculated automatically It cannot be specified in the input data The barcode height should be adjusted to 3 2 mms the module width to 0 423 mms usually no plain text is displayed The newer USPS Inteligent Mail Barcode or IM Barcode 4 State Customer Barcode additionally includes a 20 digits tracking code 6 2 24 6 USPS Postnet 12 Symbology number 45 Valid characters 0 9 11 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch Meana hull lflduldtdlhtlflulhl Standard print ratio 1 1 TTT a NAHI Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit POSTNET eCDPostNet Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 1 digits 1 check digit Same as Postnet 11 but the check digit can be specified the 12t digit WWW TEC IT CO
89. draw the barcode or to save Hi the barcode as an image In this sample the barcode will be saved as an image BCSaveImage pBC C MyBarcode BMP eIMBmp 1BarcodeWidth lBarcodeHeight ldpi ldpi A 9 2 2D Barcodes For 2D barcodes we have to do both a vertical and a horizontal size adjustment Barcode width 60 mm Barcode height 30 mm assuming a rectangular 2D barcode like PDF417 Resolution of the output device 200 dpi The following code example shows the complete calculation which is necessary for optimizing a 2D barcode for the given output device resolution 1 Specify the barcode type the barcode data etc Hi Hi Do your barcode adjustments here 2 Specify the favored barcode size Vi For optimizing the output quality we will do all calculations in device pixels H Therefore the given size in this case in mm must be converted to device pixels WWW TEC IT COM Page 102 of 108 Wil with respect to the resolution of the output device LONG ldpi 200 LONG 1BarcodeWidth LONG ConvertMMToPixel 60 0f ldpi 60 mm gt 472 44 pix LONG 1BarcodeHeight LONG ConvertMMToPixel 30 0f ldpi 30 mm gt 236 22 pix 3 Get the horizontal and vertical module count This function returns the number of modules that was calculated for the given Hil barcode This is usually an integer For non integer values the optimization Hil will not work LONG ICs 2 BCC CDEC OEEC LONG lRows
90. dth or at least 1 4 inch 6 5 mm the exact value depends on the barcode symbology 775116 Quiet Zone Quiet Zone Monitor 236 0 Figure 7 Quiet Zone 4 5 Print Ratio and Ratio Format The print ratio the bar width ratio is the width relationship of all elements of a barcode with respect to the smallest element TEC IT Software allows fine tuning of the print ratio by supporting three parameters Print ratio The read write property Ratio is used to adjust the print ratio The value of this property has to comply with the ratio format Format of ratio The read only property RatioHint shows the format syntax of the print ratio setting It is intended as a hint for the programmer or user Default print ratio The read only property RatioDefault contains the default print ratio for the selected barcode symbology It most cases the default ratio is the best choice for printing the barcode TTT ATT i 4B 2B 775116 1s Monitor 236 0 Figure 8 Print Ratio Example WWW TEC IT COM Page 14 of 108 The picture above shows a barcode with 4 different bar widths and 4 different space widths Because TEC IT software maintains the print ratio of bars and spaces separately the ratio format is composed as follows 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 2S5 3S8 4S The first four values 1B 2B 3B 4B refer to the 4 different widths of the Bars the second four values 1S 2S 3S 4S refer to the 4 different widths of the Spaces The numb
91. e Optimize Barcode for the Output Device Resolution Enable Optimization in TEC IT Software Barcode Studio TFORMer TBarCode Application Notes for Optimal Resolution Printing Barcodes Directly Barcode Images Embedding Barcode Images Barcode Images in HTML Optimizing Barcode Images with Respect to the Printer Resolution Barcode Vector Graphics Code Examples for Barcode Optimization Linear Barcodes 2D Barcodes Prepare a Barcode with a specific Module Width for a Web Page Create a 2D Barcode Image with the Module Width specified in Pixels Optimize an Image using BCGetOptimalBitmapSize Appendix B Barcode Quiet Zones B 1 B 2 Linear Symbologies 2D Symbologies Appendix C Extended Channel Interpretation ECI C 1 ECI Overview WWW TEC IT COM Page 6 of 108 2 1 Table of Figures Figure 1 Linear Barcode Sample Figure 2 2D Stacked Barcode Sample Figure 3 2D Barcode Sample Figure 4 Composite Barcode Sample Figure 5 Module Width Figure 6 Raster Optimization Figure 7 Quiet Zone Figure 8 Print Ratio Figure 9 Flattermarken Coding Sample Figure 10 UPC Shipping Container Symbol SCS Figure 11 Data Matrix Properties Figure 12 Data Matrix Properties Figure 13 Data Matrix Properties Figure 14 MaxiCode UPS Encoding Figure 15 Quiet Zone for Linear Barcode Figure 16 Optimize Barcode for Output Device Resolution Figure 17 Barcode Optimization in Barcode Studio Figure 18 Barcode Optimization i
92. e recognizes this marker More information in our FAQ http www tec it com en support faq tbarcode barcode dll aspx 6 3 12 QR Code 2005 Symbology number 58 Valid characters Alphanumeric and or bytes Kanji character set Quiet zone left right top bottom 4X Module width Print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size Print control C QR2 Based upon standard ISO IEC 18004 2006 QR Code 2005 is closely similar to QR Code Model 2 and in its QR Code format differs only in the addition of the facility for symbols to appear in a mirror image orientation for reflectance reversal light symbols on dark backgrounds and the option for specifying alternative character sets to the default The default interpretation for QR Code 2005 is ECI 000003 representing the ISO IEC 8859 1 character set WWW TEC IT COM Page 73 of 108 QR Code 2005 is the form of the symbology recommended for new and open systems applications 6 4 HIBC Health Industry Bar Code HIBC bar codes are commonly used by the health industry HIBC standards do not really describe unique symbologies but a family of data structures These data structures may be represented by several symbologies There are two categories of HIBC Label Identification Code LIC specified by the Supplier Labeling Standard Provider Applications Standard PAS 6 4 1 Supplier Labeling Stan
93. e sequence F see section 4 7 gt For encoding the FNC1 you have to activate Translate Escape Sequences gt Do not encode the brackets which are usually used to denote an Application Identifier TEC IT software generates the brackets automatically for the human readable text The brackets are not encoded in the barcode itself For more information e g a list of all available Als please follow the links below http www gs1uk org what we do GS 1 standards Pages default aspx http www gs1 org productssolutions barcodes technical genspecs index htm http en wikipedia org wiki GS1 128 Additional links can be found in our support area as well http www tec it com support links barcode aspx 5 2 Examples 5 2 1 Batch Number A batch number is encoded with Al 10 The format of Al 10 is n2 an 20 This means the Al has two digits 10 followed by variable length data with maximum 20 characters Description Value Data Text property 10 Production Number 1012345678 Human readable text 10 12345678 Encoded data 1012345678 5 2 2 Multiple Als within one Barcode Two data fields should be encoded in one barcode Following fields are used WWW TEC IT COM Page 20 of 108 Description Value Batch number Al 10 format n2 an 20 Item number Al 01 format n14 Data Text property 10 Batch Number F 01 Item Number 1012345678 F011234
94. e width Such images have an optimal barcode quality and can be up scaled to any re quired size Since you do not know if the printer driver uses anti aliasing and produces half tones when up scaling an image or if you want to get a readable barcode text the optimization as des cribed above is recommended A 8 Barcode Vector Graphics In TEC IT software you do not only have the possibility to use bitmap images but also vector graphics images Vector graphics have the advantage that they do not contain any rastered data but only structural information about the barcode positions and sizes of all bars Therefore gt All vector graphics can be arbitrarily scaled without gaining any loss of quality gt The file size is usually rather small it is independent of the barcode dimensions gt However during printing also vector graphics will eventually be rastered Therefore the module width of the barcode should ideally always be a whole multiple of the dot size of your printer If the module width does not fit the printing raster there will be inaccuracies on the printout As a vector based file format TEC IT supports the Encapsulated PostScript format or short EPS format Considering the advantages as stated above it is usually a good idea to use the EPS format instead of bitmap files wherever possible However please note that this format is only supported by a few applications A 9 Code Examples for Barcode Optimiz
95. efault check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 n Size HIBC LIC QR Code is based on the 2D symbology QR Code The data format corresponds to the HIBC LIC Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 7 HIBC LIC PDF417 Symbology number 106 Valid characters 0 9 APZ 6 Space 7 Quiet zone left right 2X l Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B rian 1 28 38 4S 5S8 6S Default check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Size X gt 0 19 mm HIBC LIC PDF417 is based on the 2D symbology PDF417 The data format corresponds to the HIBC LIC Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required WWW TEC IT COM Page 77 of 108 6 4 8 HIBC LIC MicroPDF417 Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Size 108 0 9 AZ e So Space Ea Pi g o left right 1X 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 1S 2S 3S 4S 58 6S r Modulo 43 eCDMod43 HIBC LIC MicroPDF417 is based on the 2D symbology MicroPDF417 The data format corresponds to the HIBC LIC Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 9 HIBC LIC Codablock F Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Size 110 07 9
96. en enabling the switch optimal resolution see and the barcode will always be reduced to the next smaller size in which it can be printed in optimal quality Under unfortunate circumstances this size reduction might cause the module width to drop be low a given minimal module width Therefore it is recommended to enlarge the bounding rect angle of the barcode to the maximum available area whenever possible This way you will get the largest possible optimized barcodes on the printout However instead of using OptResolution the following approach may sometimes be even more suitable Experienced users can adjust the module width of the barcode manually E g in TFORMer you can specify the module width in mm When doing this you have to take care that the ad justed module width is suitable for the printer resolution Example printer resolution 600 dpi gt One dot has 1 600 inch 0 00167 inches 0 0423 mm gt For this printer you could use N 0 0423 mm for N is an integer greater than 0 as module width Hint You can also use Barcode Studio to do the necessary module width calculations WWW TEC IT COM Page 97 of 108 For creating images software developers should use BCGetOptimal BitmapSize instead of OptResolution Using this function you have more control over the output A 6 Printing Barcodes Directly By default TEC IT software uses the whole available space the bounding rectangle to render
97. ers in the ratio hint e g 1B stands for the smallest bar 2B for the bar with the next larger width and so on are only used to denote the order they have no meaning with respect to the ratio itself Now set a new print ratio value This string must be formatted according to the ratio format but without the letters A value of 1 3 5 7 3 1 3 5 7 3 for the Ratio indicates that the width of the widest bar 4B is 7 3 times the width of the smallest bar 7 3 1 Ratio Format Specifier Description nB The ratio of bar width n with respect to the width of the smallest bar bar width 1 ns The ratio of space width n with respect to space width 1 smallest space 1T This is specific to the symbology Plessey Bidirectional It denotes the ratio of the width of the terminator bar 1 to bar width 1 nc This is specific to the symbology Pharmacode It denotes the ratio of the width of color bar n to the width of the smallest bar Table 3 Print Ratio Adjustment 4 6 Format Format acts like a mask for formatting the barcode data prior to encoding it Placeholders in the format string can be mixed with constant data characters to build a final data string With this feature it s possible to Select subsets in Code 128 GS1 128 even within the code Insert control characters into the barcode Select the required start stop character for CODABAR Change the position of the check digi
98. format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 2S 3S8 4S 5S 68 7S 8S 9S Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Encoded data ABCabc123 TEC IT This is a GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B 6 6 10 GS1 128 Composite Symbology Symbology number 16 Valid characters EAN 128 ASCll characters between 0 127 Valid characters CC A B C ISO 646 character set up to 2361 characters Standard print ratio 4 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B1S 28 38 4S Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Encoded data 1234567890 TEC IT a m 1234567890 This is a GS1 128 barcode with an attached 2D component CC A CC B or CC C WWW TEC IT COM Page 86 of 108 6 6 11 EAN 8 Composite Symbology Symbology number 10 Valid characters EAN 8 0 9 7 digits 1 check digit Valid characters CC A B ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 8 eCDEAN8 Possible check digits User supplied Encoded data 1234567 TEC IT a LL 1234 5670 This is an EAN 8 barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B 6 6 12 EAN 13 Composite Symbology Symbology number 13 Valid characters EAN 13 0 9 12 digits 1 check digit Valid characters CC A
99. g Quiet Zone and Bearer Bars Print control C 114 ITF 14 encodes the GTIN 14 this is a 14 digit number used to identify trade items at various packaging levels also referred as GTIN ITF 14 is based on the Code 2 of 5 Interleaved symbology It encodes 14 digits 13 usable digits 1 modulo 10 check digit The check digit method complies with the EAN 14 method ITF 14 uses Bearer Bars these are horizontal or surrounding bars to prevent misreads gt Symbol size and Bearer Bars are depending on printing method and scanning environment for details please follow the GS1 specification gt When using vertical Bearer Bars they must have at least a distance of 10 modules to the bar code This is why you have to adjust a minimum of 12 modules for the quiet zone to see a vertical Bearer Bar in TEC IT Software WWW TEC IT COM Page 38 of 108 6 1 44 JAN JAN is the abbreviation for Japanese Article Number This code uses EAN 13 symbology The first two digits have to be either 45 or 49 for identifying Japan 6 1 45 LOGMARS Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Possible check digits Symbol size 50 Space left right 10X min 1 4 inch X gt 0 19 mm 1 3 1 3 1B 2B 1S 2S None eCDNone AB12 Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Modulo 11 Weight 7 eCDMod11W7 H gt 15 of L H gt 6 3 mm H Height of barcode symbol w
100. g is not possible 6 5 5 GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni directional RSS 14 Stacked Omni directional Symbology number 80 Valid characters 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone none required 1X recommended Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 2S 3S8 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S Default check digit EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Possible check digits User supplied Size Print control C RO WWW TEC IT COM ill This symbology is similar to the GS1 DataBar Stacked and supports omnidirectional scanning Page 82 of 108 6 5 6 GS1 DataBar Expanded RSS Expanded 31 A Z a z 0 9 ISO 646 character set Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone none required 1X recommended Module width Print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 6S 7S 88 9S Ratio format Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Size Numeric 74 digits Alphanumeric 41 characters Print control C RE This is a variable length symbology It encodes up to 74 numeric or should be encoded with Application Identifiers Als Omni directional ABab 41 alphabetic characters Data scanning is possible 6 5 7 GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked RSS Expanded Stacked Lill Symbology number 81 Valid characters A Z
101. g steps Step 1 Create the Image First we calculate the horizontal size of the barcode image in pixels Therefore we multiply the number of barcode modules width the intended module width in pixel the number of modules in the barcode CntModules tbc CountModules one module will be 3 pixels in the generated image BitmapWidth 3 CntModules the height of the barcode image is half an inch BitmapHeight 100 convert to bitmap stream ImgByteArray ConvertToStream eIMPng BitmapWidth BitmapHeight Step 2 Scale the Image Now we calculate the desired display size in the browser so that the barcode will finally be printed in the correct size on the printout HTML assumes a screen resolution of 96 dpi The image was optimized for 200 dpi Thus we have to scale the image for display in the browser by 96 200 6 In TBarCode SDK V10 you can use DLL function BCGetOptimalBitmapSize 7 In TBarCode SDK V10 you can use COM method GetOptimalBitmapSize WWW TEC IT COM Page 103 of 108 DispWidth BitmapWidth 96 200 DispHeight BitmapHeight 96 200 lt img src lt Barcode asp amp URLPARAM gt width lt DispWidth gt height lt DispHeight gt This procedure works for web applications ConvertToStream method as well as for storing image files Savelmage method A 9 4 Create a 2D Barcode Image with the Module Width specified in Pixels To get a precise image you can adjust
102. he article number the package number and a check digit The secondary code contains the serial number the expiration date and the units per package The following symbologies are commonly used for encoding Code 39 Code 128 Codablock F For more information please refer to section 6 4 and to http www hibcc org 6 1 38 1 2 5 Short for Code 2 of 5 Interleaved see section 6 1 12 It is also known as Code 25 6 1 39 ISBN Code ISBN 13 Symbology number 69 without add on or 23 with add on Valid characters 0 9 12 digits 1 check digit optionally 5 add on digits Quiet zone See EAN13 EAN13 5 Digits Module width See EAN13 EAN13 5 Digits Standard print ratio See EAN13 EAN13 5 Digits Ratio format See EAN13 EAN13 5 Digits Default check digit EAN 13 eCDEAN13 9 780201 379686 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size See EAN13 EAN13 5 Digits Print control C ISBN ISBN is the abbreviation of International Standard Book Number It uses the symbology EAN 13 and can be optionally extended with 5 Add On Digits The add on is used for additional pricing information For more information please refer to http www isbn org The EAN 13 barcode for a book is generated from the ISBN number assigned to it When encoding ISBN in an EAN 13 barcode the ISBN number is preceded by the number 978 and the ISBN check digit is not used the rightmost digit of the ISBN When the ISBN number is encoded in
103. id characters Lists the available characters or character sets which can be encoded with the symbology Quiet zone This is the recommended quiet zone for the barcode symbology in question Please note that the quiet zone often depends on your individual application Module width The recommended minimal module width of the barcode This value may be adapted to your special requirements Standard print ratio This setting describes the print ratio used by TEC IT software if no custom ratios are adjusted For most applications you can use this default value Ratio format This value serves as a hint for specifying user defined print ratios Default check digit Describes which check digit method is used by default for the barcode symbology in question For 2D codes check digits are not applicable these codes are using an error correction scheme Possible check digits Provides information whether additional or user defined check digits methods may be adjusted Size Describes the requirements with respect to the symbol size if available Print control Control character sequence used by TBarCode SAPwin Barcode DLL for SAP 6 1 Linear Symbologies 1D Codes 6 1 1 Bookland The Bookland barcode encodes the ISBN number in EAN 13 format followed by a 5 digit supplemental code The barcode data always consists of the digits 978 the EAN article identifier followed by a 9 digit number and one check digit You can use the E
104. ing the correct sequence of pages in print shops Flattermarken Coding Sample Data Content 1507 A Flattermarken symbol consists of several bars which can be placed in sub segments with 9 different positions 1 9 The sample below consists of 4 segments with 3 bars 123456789 1 23456789 M2 s lll 1 bar in first sub segrment 0 draw no bar 123456789 D The value of each digit specifies the sub segment 0 9 Figure 9 Flattermarken Coding Sample 6 1 35 GS1 128 The GS1 128 is simply another name for the existing EAN 128 or UCC 128 barcode The EAN and UCC standardization organizations founded GS1 in order to globalize and harmonize their different standards See section 6 1 24 6 1 36 GTIN GTIN stands for Global Trade Item Number and is not a barcode symbology A GTIN is used for the unique identification of trade items worldwide within the GS1 EAN UCC system The GTIN may be encoded in UPC A EAN 8 EAN 13 EAN 14 ITF 14 and GS1 128 symbologies Depending on the number of digits available in the bar code the GTIN is divided into GTIN 8 GTIN 12 GTIN 13 and GTIN 14 WWW TEC IT COM Page 35 of 108 6 1 37 HIBC HIBC is an abbreviation for Health Industry Bar Code The HIBC is a numbering system and not a specific barcode symbology It is used for product identification codes as well as for worldwide identification of shipping units The primary code contains the manufacturer id t
105. international org 6 1 42 ISSN Symbology number 26 without add on or 27 with add on Valid characters 0 9 12 digits 1 check digit optionally 2 add on digits Quiet zone See EAN13 EAN13 2 Digits Module width See EAN13 EAN13 2 Digits Standard print ratio See EAN13 EAN13 2 Digits Ratio format See EAN13 EAN13 2 Digits 9 771234 567898 Default check digit EAN 13 eCDEAN13 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size See EAN13 EAN13 2 Digits ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number The ISSN is a standardized international code which identifies any serial publication independently of its country of origin its language or alphabet or its frequency medium etc The ISSN is preceded by the digits 977 The check digit of an 8 digit ISSN code the last of the 8 digits must be omitted A two digit price code almost always 00 is added to the end Finally the EAN 13 check digit calculated automatically by TEC IT software is added Optionally the issue number can be appended as 2 digit add on For more information please refer to http www issn org 6 1 43 ITF 14 Symbology number 89 Valid characters 13 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left right 10X Module width 0 051 1 02 mm nominal size Standard print ratio 1 2 5 1 2 5 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S8 2S Default check digit Mod 10 eCDMod10 09312345678907 Symbol size 152 43 x 41 60 mm at nominal size includin
106. irectional Composite Symbology Symbology number Valid characters RSS 14 Valid characters CC A B Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Possible check digits Encoded data 80 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 68 7S8 88 9S EAN 14 eCDEAN14 User supplied 12345678901 23 TEC IT ifl This is a GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni directional barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B WWW TEC IT COM Page 85 of 108 6 6 8 GS1 DataBar Expanded Composite Symbology Symbology number 31 Valid characters RSS Exp ASCII characters between 0 127 Valid characters CC A B ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 2S 3S8 4S 5S 6S 7S 8S 9S Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 EAN 14 eCDEAN14 Encoded data 12345678901 23 TEC IT UN C 1234567890123 This is a GS1 DataBar Expanded barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B 6 6 9 GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite Symbology Symbology number 81 Valid characters RSS ES ASCII characters between 0 127 Valid characters CC A B ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ratio
107. istered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Navision is a registered trademark of Microsoft Business Solutions ApS in the United States and or other countries Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation PCL is a registered trademark of the Hewlett Packard Company PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc SAP SAP Logo R 2 R 3 ABAP and SAPscript are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries All other products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies If any trademark on our web site or in this document is not marked as trademark or registered trademark we ask you to send us a short message mailto office tec it com WWW TEC IT COM Page 93 of 108 Appendix A Creating Optimal Barcodes A 1 General Generating optimal barcodes means to 1 Determine the optimal barcode size required by the application see section A 2 2 Maintain a minimal quiet zone to guarantee the readability of the barcode see section A 3 3 Produce the best possible output on the target device see sections A 4 The last and most important step the optimization for the output device is described in detail in sections A 5 and following It is described how the optimization is supported by TEC IT barcode software Furthermore it is described what you should consider when printing barcodes directly or when using barcode images In the
108. ithout human readable text L Width of barcode This is a special variant of Code 39 used by the U S Department of Defense This standard defines acceptable ranges for a number of variables include density ratio bar height and size of the human readable interpretation line The modulo 43 check digit which is optional for Code 39 is de fined and recommended in the specification 6 1 46 MSI Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check Digit Possible check digits Symbol size Print control 47 g g left right 12X 1 2 1 2 1B 2B 1S 2S 012345674 MSI 1 digit eCDMSI1 User supplied and MSI 2 digit eCDMSI2 14 digits incl check digits C MSI The MSI Code is a variant of the Plessey Code MSI uses various check digit calculation methods TEC IT implemented the 2 most common used Please contact TEC IT if you need a different one WWW TEC IT COM Page 39 of 108 6 1 47 NVE 18 Nummer der Versandeinheit Symbology number 75 Valid characters 0 9 Check digit method Modulo10 Default check digit Modulo10 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S 00 123456789012345675 Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Modulo 10 eCDMod10 and Modulo 103 eCDEAN128 Symbol size NVE stands for
109. ix Data Matrix Value Code format DP Postmatrix Symbol size 26x26 Enforce binary encoding Disabled Data Matrix Properties Ea Code format DP Postmatrix v Symbol size 26 x26 7 Enforce binary encoding E C Figure 13 Data Matrix Properties 6 3 4 DotCode Symbology number 115 ba Pig ss e gA band e ea ha e bg lhe Ley i A aar ee e Dea Pad Pod e Valid characters Alphanumeric ASCII 0 255 and or en e Se e 9era te bytes sore e x ees oe e oe s A Quiet zone left right top bottom 3X Sote o o e 8 otee e Module width e ve ett t o o e eee o eo eeece Print ratio 1 1 eet ats Oe ae Fie E os an Ratio format 1B 1S oe eve 0 foe s Mo e Sere _ p Pig bt ee ee a ever Ea Se Default check digit Automatic symbology specific eee en 8 we so Mote ene Size e ere ee ee e ee s e af DotCode is 2D dot code symbology designed to be reliably readable when printed by high speed inkjet or laser dot technologies The encoding modes of DotCode are based on the Code128 data encoding with modes A B and C extended by a so called Binary Mode The default interpretation for DotCode data is ECI 000003 representing the Latin I character set The DotCode symbology does not have absolute capacity limits but a maximum symbol size of 124x124 dots is recommended 6 3 4 1 Code Format The following code format is supported by TEC IT software Auto Discriminate If the data start
110. k digit Quiet zone left right 1 25 inch top bottom 1 8 inch MAAA blaah Standard printratio di aE LTS T Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Modulo 10 Planet eCDMod10Pla Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 11 digits 1 check digit This code was developed for the United States Postal Services It is a 3 of 5 variant of the Postnet barcode It was fully superseded by Intelligent Mail Barcode 6 2 22 by January 28 2013 6 2 16 Planet 14 Deprecated Symbology number 83 Valid characters 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left right 1 25 inch top bottom 1 8 inch Ha N Standard print ratio 1 1 U Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Modulo 10 Planet eCDMod10Pla Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size 13 digits 1 check digit This code was developed for the United States Postal Services It is a 3 of 5 variant of the Postnet barcode It was fully superseded by Intelligent Mail Barcode 6 2 22 by January 28 2013 6 2 17 Royal Mail 4 State RM4SCC Symbology number 70 Valid characters sor rOn WAZ Quiet zone left right 2 mm Module width Standard print ratio 1 1 I 1A fy Il Ratio format 1B 1S Il Default check digit Automatic symbology specific 12345678 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size max 9 digits without check digits Print control C RM This code is a height modulated code using 4 different vertical bars
111. lect the most suitable barcode type to meet the requirements of a particular industry 3 2 1 1 Linear 1D Barcodes Figure 1 Linear Barcode Sample Linear barcodes are known under names like Code 39 Code 128 UPC EAN 2of5 Linear barcodes encode the information in one way one dimension so they are also called one dimensional barcodes 1D The information is stored in the relationship of the widths of the bars spaces to each other In most of these symbologies the height of the bars is not relevant except for some height modulated Postal Codes e g Australian Post 4 State or USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode IM Barcode 3 2 1 2 2D Barcodes Stacked yl Hed ty niy 2D Stacked Barcode Sample Two dimensional barcodes are known under names like PDF417 or Codablock F WWW TEC IT COM Page 9 of 108 Such stacked or multi row barcodes store information in two dimensions Several stacked linear barcodes are used to encode the information 3 2 1 3 2D Barcodes Matrix Codes m p m m A Figure 3 2D Barcode Sample Two dimensional barcodes like MaxiCode Data Matrix or QR Code encode information in two dimensions Compared to stacked symbologies the information is not stored by using different bar space widths Instead the position of black or white dots is relevant 3 2 1 4 Composite Codes IIF E LE AA
112. ll other specifications that require ECC200 6 3 3 1 Encoding Modes The input data is always analyzed and the appropriate encoding mode is chosen automatically Mode switching is done as required to produce the most efficient encoding Supported encoding modes are BASE256 C40 TEXT ASCII 6 3 3 2 Data Capacity The data capacity depends on the format of the encoded data Format Data Capacity Numeric 3116 Alphanumeric 2355 Binary 1556 Table 18 Data Matrix Data Capacity The maximum data capacity for binary data is equal to 1556 bytes using a Matrix of 144x144 dots With a dot size of 0 35 mm minimum you get a symbol size of 50 4 50 4 mm The maximum data capacity for a matrix of 120x120 dots 1048 Bytes The maximum data capacity for a matrix of 96x96 dots 694 Bytes In practice with a hand held scanner you can scan sizes up to 96x96 dots without problems Symbol sizes of 120x120 dots are ok if you are using very good scanners However TEC IT recommends splitting up the 1 KB input data into 2 or more symbols 6 3 3 3 Code Format The following code formats are supported by TEC IT software Default Standard UCC EAN GS1 the internal data is prefixed with an FNC1 this format is used for the GS1 Data Matrix Industry a peculiar industry format which adds FNC1 at 2nd position Macro 05 the data is prefixed with gt RS 05 GS and suffixed with RS
113. ly developed for Japanese bar code applications The supported character set of QR Code Model 2 consists of JIS X 0208 http en wikipedia org wiki JIS X 0208 JIS X 0201 http en wikipedia org wiki JIS X 0201 SHIFT JIS CP932 contains both of these character sets and is the Multi Byte character set used by TBarCode for QR Code CP932 table http msdn microsoft com de at goglobal cc305152 en us aspx The new ISO IEC 18004 2006 standard for QR Code 2005 defines ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 as default character set in Byte mode Latin 1 http en wikipedia org wiki ISO IEC 8859 1 So the old QR Code uses Shift JIS and the new QR Code 2005 uses Latin 1 as default character set QR Code 2005 is available in TBarCode V10 and later 6 3 11 5 Encoding Special Latin 1 Characters If you want to encode special Latin 1 characters such as the R sharp s you come to the problem that the SHIFT JIS table does not contain the R sharp s character So with QR Code 1997 2000 version you cannot encode these special Latin 1 characters in the default encoding gt Encoding the full Latin 1 character set is supported in QR Code 2005 WWW TEC IT COM Page 72 of 108 Using UTF 8 or ISO 8859 1 One possibility to encode sharp s would be to switch to ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 or UTF 8 encoding Disadvantage Using other code pages or other character sets as the default character set of a 2D bar code can lead
114. m module width default is 0 870 mm 6 3 6 1 Data Capacity The data capacity depends on the format of the encoded data Format Data Capacity Characters Numeric 138 0 9 Alphanumeric 93 0 9 A Z uppercase Table 20 Maxi Code Data Capacity The maximum data capacity of one symbol is 93 alphanumeric characters By using the UPS MaxiCode compression software you can extend this value to about 100 characters The actual quantity of the utilizable data depends on the selected mode how often special characters are used whether numeric sequences are used which can be compressed and the level of error correction With Structured Append you can divide larger quantities of data into several MaxiCode symbols they are joined by the scanner when being read 6 3 6 2 Modes The internal data structure is regulated by different modes For standard purposes data can be encoded with two different error correction levels Mode 4 SEC Standard Error Correction Mode 5 EEC Enhanced E C The modes for Structured Carrier Message SCM were defined by the parcel transport service UPS If you want to use MaxiCode for UPS please use these SCM modes Mode 2 SCM numeric Mode 3 SCM alphanumeric 6 3 6 3 MaxiCode amp UPS In order to generate a MaxiCode symbol for UPS follow the steps below The following sample uses the properties of the barcode software component TBarCode OCX WWW
115. mainly used for encoding the price or the weight The check digit will be calculated automatically if it not specified in the input data e g 9031101712 This symbology is also used for bar coding paperbacks or newspapers In this case a 2 3 digits country code and a 4 5 article code are encoded 6 1 32 EAN 8 with 5 Digits Add On Symbology number 12 Valid characters 0 9 12 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 7 10X right 5X Module width X 0 33mm 72077 Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit EAN 8 eCDEAN8 0725 272 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size Standardized symbol sizes See EAN Print control C E8 5 This symbology extends EAN 8 with 5 add on digits which are mainly used for encoding the price or the weight The check digit will be calculated automatically if it not specified in the input data e g 072527272077 WWW TEC IT COM Page 34 of 108 6 1 33 FIN Code Fahrzeug Identifizierungsnummer This code is identical to the VIN Code Vehicle Identification Number 6 1 34 Flattermarken Symbology number 28 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone Application dependent Module width 2 3 mm Standard print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit None eCDNone Symbol size Symbol height between 5 and 10mm Print control C FLM This is a special barcode used for recogniz
116. mat Default check digit Symbol size 90 0 9 An Zi ae D left right top bottom 2 mm 0 38 0 63 mm 11 1B 1S None eCDNone fg a pati 2500GG30250 This code is used by the Dutch Postal system 6 2 14 Korean Postal Authority Symbology number Valid characters Check digit method Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size 77 0 9 6 digits 1 check digit Check digit included in the code 10X not exactly specified 1 3 4 1B 1S8 2S Automatic symbology specific Modulo10 eCDMod10Kor 1234569 This code is used by the Korean Postal system Encoded are a 6 digit ZIP and 1 check digit 6 2 14 1 Example Description Value Post number 305 600 Barcode Text property 305600 no hyphen 6 digits Encoded data in the symbol 0065036 The check digit 7 digit marked red will be calculated automatically 3 Shift JIS will be the default code page for Japanese Postal in TBarCode SDK 10 2 6 and later WWW TEC IT COM Page 52 of 108 Parameters width 70 height 4 mm module width 0 417 mm gt Hint Will be scanned from right to left so the data is encoded in the reverse order The check digit will be added at the right side so it is the first digit read by a scanner 6 2 15 Planet 12 Deprecated Symbology number 82 Valid characters 0 9 11 digits 1 chec
117. mm For printer solutions over 300 dpi normally the optimizing of the module width isn t necessary vvvvy WWW TEC IT COM Page 12 of 108 Sample 1 Bad module width bar does not fit into the matrix of printer resolution Printer Resolution matrix with dot size of printer pixels Sample 2 Good module width bar fits into the matrix of printer resolution ce Figure 6 Raster Optimization 4 2 3 Module Width and Reading Distance The actual reading distance for barcodes depends on two factors the scanner hardware and the module width of the barcode There is no scanner which can read all barcodes ranging from high density codes to barcodes with wide tracking from all distances Each barcode scanner has an optimum reading distance for bar codes with a certain module width The correlation between the module width and the reading distance is usually specified by the manufacturer of the barcode scanner The following table shows such an exemplary specification Thus depending on the module width the optimum reading distance for a specific scanner can be identified On the other hand if the reading distance is given by the application the required module width for printing the barcodes may be adjusted Module Width Depth of Field 1 mil 1 1000 mm Reading Distance 5 mil 7 6to15 2cm 3to6 7 5 mil 5 1 to 40 6 cm 2 to 16 10 mil 3 8 to 55 9cm 1 5 to 22 13 mil 2 5 to
118. n TFORMer Designer Figure 19 Barcode Optimization in TBarCode OCX Version 1 Figure 20 Barcode Optimization in TBarCode OCX Version 2 2 2 List of Tables Table 1 Barcode Glossary Table 2 Example for Scanner Specification Table 3 Print Ratio Adjustment Table 4 Format Placeholders Table 5 Format Examples Table 6 Implemented Escape Sequences Table 7 Check Digit Methods and Enumerators Table 8 Fixed length Als in RSS Expanded Expanded Stacked Codes Table 9 Als in GS1 DataBar Expanded Expanded Stacked Codes Table 10 Variable length Als in RSS Expanded Expanded Stacked Codes Table 11 Als in Composite Codes Table 12 ISBN Sample Table 13 ISBN Encoding Country and Currency Table 14 ISBN Encoding Price Samples Table 15 Shipping Container Symbol Packaging Indicator Table 16 DPD Format Table 17 Aztec Code Symbol Sizes Table 18 Data Matrix Data Capacity Table 19 Han Xin Code Data Capacity Table 20 Maxi Code Data Capacity Table 21 PDF417 Data Capacity Table 22 QR Code Data Capacity Table 23 HIBC LIC Primary Format Table 24 HIBC LIC Secondary Format Table 25 HIBC PAS Single First Data Structure Table 26 HIBC PAS Second Data Structure Table 27 HIBC PAS Combined Data Structure Table 28 Supported Image Types Table 29 Supported Image Compression Modes Table 30 Default Code Pages WWW TEC IT COM 10 10 12 13 14 14 35 46 62 63 64 68 95 95 96 96 97
119. nforms to the check digit in the First Data 1 Structure C2 Check Digit mod 43 equal to the Link Character of the Second 1 Data Structure Table 26 HIBC PAS Second Data Structure The Combined Data Structure First and second data structure in one piece is defined as F G1 DiDiD1 G2 D2D2D2C WWW TEC IT COM Page 75 of 108 With Character Description Data Type Length HIBC Provider Applications Standard Flag 2 F Where Flag Alpha 1or3 Gi What Flag for D Alpha 1or3 D First Application Data Alphanumeric 1 15 Separator Character between First and Second Data Structure P 1 G What Flag for D2 Alpha 1or3 D2 Second Application Data Alphanumeric 1 15 C Check Digit mod 43 1 Table 27 HIBC PAS Combined Data Structure In following you find a list of the bar code symbologies that are able to encode HIBC 6 4 3 HIBC LIC 128 Symbology number 98 Valid characters 0 9 AZ Space P 7 Hy HO Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Symbol size X gt 0 19 mm left right 10X min 1 4 inch Il A99912345 99015190X3M HIBC LIC 128 is based on the symbology Code 128 The data format corresponds to the HIBC LIC Format described above An additional modul
120. nstance the Australian Postal Codes or the Royal Mail 4 State code Each input character stands for a specific bar type and there are 4 different bar types a D or d Descender A or a Acsender FP or ff Full P or t Transmitter 6 1 21 DOD Logmars DOD Logmars stands for Department of Defense Logmars Same as Logmars see section 6 1 45 6 1 22 DUN 14 The DUN 14 Distribution Unit Number is not a barcode type It s a numbering system for shipping containers The DUN 14 uses the ITF 14 or the EAN 14 barcode symbols Modern installations always use the EAN 14 EAN 128 to encode the DUN 14 The DUN 14 encodes the following data The first digit represents the number of units in the container 1 6 units 2 10 units 3 12 units 4 20 units 5 24 units The digits 6 7 and 8 are standing for other numbers of units The next 12 digits are representing the product number In general this is the EAN 13 number without check digit The last digit is the check digit 6 1 23 DUNS This is not a barcode standard DUNS is a nine digit number assigned and maintained by Dun and Bradstreet to identify unique business establishments DUNS numbers are assigned worldwide and include US Canadian and international organizations 6 1 24 EAN 128 GS1 128 The EAN 128 code was renamed to GS1 128 It is the same as the UCC 128 and sometimes referenced as UCC EAN 128 in this document WWW T
121. nt control C 128A This is a variant of Code128 which uses character set subset A It is suitable for encoding upper case characters ASCII control sequences It switches to other Code128 subsets when required WWW TEC IT COM Page 25 of 108 6 1 6 Code 128 Subset B Symbology number 60 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Modulo 103 eCDCode1 28 Possible check digits Modulo 10 EAN 14 Symbol size Print control C 128B ABab123 This is a variant of Code128 which uses character set subset B It is suitable for encoding lower amp upper case letters It switches to other Code128 subsets when required 6 1 7 Code 128 Subset C Symbology number 61 Valid characters ASCll characters between 0 127 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 38 4S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Modulo 103 eCDCode128 Possible check digits Modulo 10 EAN 14 Symbol size Print control C 128C ABab123 This is a variant of Code128 which uses character set Subset C It is suitable for encoding digits It switches to other Code128 subsets when required 6 1 8 Code 2 of 5 Standard Co
122. ntry and Currency Values Description 59999 Price for 100 and more 90000 98999 For internal purposes BISG recommend 90000 if no price is given 99000 99999 Reserved for the industry market 99990 99999 Reserved for Nat l Ass n College Stores NACS 99990 NACS used books 99991 NACS copies Table 14 ISBN Encoding Price Samples 6 1 40 ISBT 128 This is the International Standard for the transfer of information associated with tissue transplan tation and Blood Transfusion It provides a globally unique donation numbering system inter nationally standardized product definitions and standard data structures for bar coding and electronic data interchange It uses but is not limited to Code128B For more information please refer to http iccbba org 6 1 41 ISMN Symbology number 24 Valid characters 0 9 12 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone See EAN13 Module width See EAN13 Standard print ratio See EAN13 Ratio format See EAN13 Default check digit EAN 13 eCDEAN13 9 790123 456785 Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size See EAN13 ISMN stands for International Standard Music Number The ISMN is a standardized international code which identifies printed music WWW TEC IT COM Page 37 of 108 The ISMN is preceded by the digits 9790 The ISMN EAN 13 check digit is calculated and appended automatically For more information please refer http Awww ismn
123. o 43 check digit is required 6 4 4 HIBC LIC 39 Symbology number 99 Valid characters 0 9 AZ Space P 7 ye A Quiet zone left right 10X min 1 4 inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 1 3 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S 2S Default check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Symbol size H gt 15 of L H gt 6 3 mm H Height of the barcode without human readable text L width of the barcode 23BJC5D 3278F8G9H J2G HIBC LIC 39 is based on the symbology Code 39 The data format corresponds to the HIBC LIC Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required WWW TEC IT COM Page 76 of 108 6 4 5 HIBC LIC Data Matrix Symbology number 102 Valid characters 0 9 APZ Space 7 E n e Quiet zone left right top bottom 1X m Module width m Print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Modulo 43 eCDMod43 Size 001 till 14 0 square inch HIBC LIC Data Matrix is based on the 2D symbology Data Matrix The data format corresponds to the HIBC LIC Format described above An additional modulo 43 check digit is required 6 4 6 HIBC LIC QR Code Symbology number 104 Valid characters 0 9 APPZ e Space P 7 ia opo Quiet zone left right top bottom 4X m Module width Print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S m D
124. odes Font Color Orientation 9 Print ratio 4 1 M Default Back style Transparent Bar width reduction 0 0 Default Bearer bars None Bearer bar width 1 1000 mm F Defau Draw mode Default Quiet zone Adjust gt Text options I Print text Above symbol T Barcode size and module width 4 Mode Minimal Dptimize for readability e Resolution 300 dpi Poor print quality Decoder Hardware decoder v Figure 19 Barcode Optimization in TBarCode OCX Version 1 The settings shown in the figure above are available in the properties dialog of the barcode control The Minimal mode creates all barcodes with the recommended minimum module widths For the decoder type Hardware decoder e g suitable for barcode scanners this would produce linear and stacked barcodes with a module width of approximately 0 254 mm 10 mils and 2D barcodes like QR Code or Data Matrix with a module width of about 0 5 mm 20 mils TBarCode91 TBarCode9 x Alphabetic Categorized PrintTextAbove Quality QuietZoneBottom Figure 20 Barcode Optimization in TBarCode OCX Version 2 In the application specific property window and not in the properties page as shown in Figure 19 you will find the property OptResolution When set to true the barcode will be optimized for its predefined size A 5 4 Application Notes for Optimal Resolution Please note Wh
125. of printer resolution che Figure 16 Optimize Barcode for Output Device Resolution Optimization After the optimization the module width is exactly N times the width of a device pixel for N is an integer greater than 0 In practice the optimization can be done using different methods Section A 5 describes all neces sary adjustments which are required to enable the automatic optimization in TEC IT software products Alternative you can also choose an appropriate module width which fits the printing raster by yourself Whenever printing a barcode directly or when using barcode images you should additionally con sider a few rules see sections A 6 to A 7 Finally for developers in section A 9 all programming steps which are required to optimize a barcode are explained with a few code examples WWW TEC IT COM Page 95 of 108 A 5 Enable Optimization in TEC IT Software In TEC IT software per default the barcode optimization for a given resolution is turned off Instead all barcodes are created in the exact size as specified If you want to turn the optimization on please do the following A 5 1 Barcode Studio With the barcode image designer Barcode Studio you have two possibilities to optimize a barcode Appearance w pa CE width 202 px Height 113 px Module Width 2 px 3 Resolution Screen Resolution O Optimal size O Figure 17 Barcode Optimization in Barcode Studio The e
126. oose a suitable size of the bounding rectangle to ensure that the barcode is not clipped gt The dimension of the bounding rectangle must be wide enough to hold the largest data content possible Use the property MustFit to check whether a barcode does not fit into the bounding rectangle gt The SizeMode property available since TBarCode V7 must be set to Custom Module Width if you want your settings to take effect 9 8 More FAQ http www tec it com support faq barcode printing decoding aspx http www tec it com support faq tbarcode barcode ocx aspx WWW TEC IT COM Page 92 of 108 10 Contact and Support Information TEC IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Address Hans Wagnerstr 6 AT 4400 Steyr Austria Europe Phone 43 0 7252 72 72 0 Fax 43 0 7252 72 720 77 Email mailto support tec it com Web http www tec it com support AIX is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation HTML DHTML XML XHTML are trademarks or registered trademarks of W3C World Wide Web Consortium Laboratory for Computer Science NE43 358 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 545 Technology Square Cambridge MA 02139 JAVA is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 USA JAVASCRIPT is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc used under license for technology invented and implemented by Netscape Microsoft Windows Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel are reg
127. or Uniform Symbology Specification Code 128 It is identical to Code 128 6 1 70 USS Code 39 USS Code 39 stands for Uniform Symbology Specification Code 39 It is identical to Code 39 6 1 71 VIN Code Vehicle Identification Number Symbology number 73 Valid characters 0 9 A Z without I O and Q Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 1 3 ac UNUM URN Default check digit None eCDNone VB1YVY1IX3M386752 Possible check digits VIN eCDVin Symbol size H gt 15 of L H gt 6 3 mm H Height of the barcode without human readable text L width of the barcode VIN Code is used for vehicle identification It is based on Code 39 but does not contain start and stop characters The set of valid characters consists of digits and upper case letters The letters l O and Q are not allowed because they could be easily mixed up with the digits O and 1 VIN Code is implemented differently in Europe and North America Both kinds are compatible but the North American version is defined more strictly So the check digit calculation method is only valid for the North American implementation of the code WWW TEC IT COM Page 47 of 108 6 2 Postal Codes Linear 1D 6 2 1 Australian Post Customer Symbology number 63 Valid characters 0 9 8 digits Quiet zone left right 6 mm top bottom
128. ort applications International Air Transport Agency IATA WWW TEC IT COM Page 27 of 108 6 1 11 Code 2 of 5 Industrial Symbology number 7 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone left right 10X min inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Standard print ratio 1 3 1 Ratio format 1B 2B 1S Default check digit None eCDNone 0123456 Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 Symbol size Print control C 25l 6 1 12 Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Symbology number 3 Valid characters 0 9 Quiet zone left right 10X min 1 4 inch Module width X gt 0 19 mm Siard prntato 13 MED ELIEN Ratio format 7 1B 2B 1S 2S 012345 Default check digit None eCDNone Possible check digits Modulo 10 eCDMod10 Symbol size Print control C 25L Code 2 of 5 Interleaved is in wide spread use article numbering industrial applications This self checking code offers high data capacity due to encoding pairs of numbers the first digit is encoded in the bars the second in the spaces Thus this symbology can encode only an even number of digits If the number of digits is odd a leading zero will be inserted automatically 6 1 13 Code 2 of 7 This symbology is identical with Codabar 2 Widths and is also known as NW 7 or USD 4 See sec tion 6 1 2 6 1 14 Code 25 Uniform Symbology Specification ITF 2 5 Identical to Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Another alias is USS ITF 2 5 WWW TEC IT COM Page 28 of 108
129. ottom 2 mm Module width A a ge O L ll Standard print ratio 1 1 12345678ABCabc Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Symbol size see Australian Post Customer This is the same barcode as the Australian Post Standard Customer but with additional 10 characters for customer specific data The first 8 characters must be digits This symbology is also called Australia Post 67 CUST Due to its 67 bars 6 2 4 Australian Post Redirection Symbology number 68 Valid characters 0 9 8 digits OUT UT rere coo coe Quiet zone left right 6 mm top bottom 2 mm 12345678 Module width aa WWW TEC IT COM Page 48 of 108 Standard print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Symbol size see Australian Post Customer 6 2 5 Australian Post Reply Paid Symbology number 66 Valid characters 0 9 8 digits Quiet zone left right 6 mm top bottom 2 mm Module width Li eyo TT Standard print ratio tat 12345678 Ratio format 1Bi1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Symbol size see Australian Post Customer 6 2 6 Australian Post Routing Symbology number 67 Valid characters 0 9 8 digits Quiet zone left right 6 mm top bottom 2 mm Module width LT UTALL be Standard print ratio 11 12345678 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Symbol size
130. postal code country code and service class Special characters and separators must be replaced by escape sequences also refer to Escape Sequences Gs gt x1d Rs gt xte Eot gt x04 Example 1 A typical international data string would appear as There are additional characters contained in the data follows string gt Rs01Gs96841706672Gs840Gs066Gs Z12345677GsUPS Rs is the message header NGs123556Gs089GsGs1 1Gsl10GsYGsGsSALT LAKE e Gs is used to separate field in a message CITYGsUTRsEot e Rs is used to separate format types e Eot is the end of transmission character Most of the information is easily identified and can be separated into its component data elements as shown Notice that in example 1 the Shipment ID Number and below Ship to Street Address are blank data elements that are separated with a Gs D gt Rs Message Header 01Gs96 Transportation Data The class of service and shipper number fields in the 1Z Format Header number have been omitted in the MaxiCode tracking 841706672Gs Postal Code number field to avoid duplication within the symbol 840Gs Country Code 066Gs Class of Service 1Z12345677Gs Tracking Number UPSNGs SCAC 123556Gs UPS Account Number 089Gs Julian Day Of Collection Gs Place holder for Shipment ID Number 1 1Gs Package n x 10Gs Package Weight YGs Address Validation Gs Place holder for Ship To Street Address SALT LAKE CITYGs Ship To City UTRs Ship To State Eot End of Transmission Figure 14 M
131. racking number Numeric 10 S Service Code Numeric C Destination Country Code Numeric D Check digit modulo 36 in human readable text only Alphanumeric 1 Table 16 DPD Format 6 2 11 Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size Italian Postal Code 2 of 5 94 0 9 left right 10X min 1 4 inch X gt 0 19 mm 1 3 1 3 1B 2B 18 2S None eCDMod1OltIPst25 12345678901 2 Italian Postal Code 2 of 5 is based upon Code 2 of 5 Interleaved but it is limited to 12 digits 11 usable digits 1 modulo 10 check digit 6 2 12 Japanese Postal Code Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size 76 0 9 AP Z 8 7 digits ZIP code additional data left right top bottom 2 mm TA 1B 1S Automatic symbology specific 1234567 This code is used by the Japanese Postal system You can encode 7 digits followed by block and street number uppercase alphanumeric The special compaction mode of Japanese characters can be enabled on demand see below 6 2 12 1 Direct Encoding Mode Description Value Format Property default empty Postal code 2730102 no hyphen Address B 3 20 5B604 Barcode text Postal code Address B no space between Barcode text
132. rs ASCII 0 127 ISO 8859 1 Quiet zone left right top bottom 10X Module width X gt 0 19mm Print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 2S 3S8 4S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size 2 44 rows 4 62 characters per row Print control C CBF Codablock F is de facto a stacked Code128 symbology It is based upon Code 128 each row is a single Code 128 symbol extended with row indicator information and additional check digits The UCC EAN GS1 format indicator is supported 6 3 3 Data Matrix Symbology number 71 Valid characters Alphanumeric ASCII 0 255 and or 2 bytes Quiet zone left right top bottom 1X Module width Print ratio 1 1 H m Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific a a Size 001 till 14 0 square inch Print control C DMX Data Matrix is used for encoding large amounts of data and is also ideal for marking small objects The symbol size adjusts automatically depending on the amount of input data It was developed by RVSI Acuity CiMatrix for the Space Shuttle Program and then enhanced by the NASA and the Symbology Research Center It is the de facto standard symbology in the following areas Automotive Aviation SPEC2000 Pharmaceutical areas WWW TEC IT COM Page 60 of 108 TEC IT s Data Matrix implementation complies to ECC200 ANSI AIM BC11 ISO IEC 16022 Department of Defense UID MIL STD 130L a
133. rs are converted into ASCII characters by a defined rule WWW TEC IT COM Page 15 of 108 Placeholder Description character S Only for MaxiCode enables setting the values of Date Preamble Service Class Postal and Country Code directly in the barcode data only in conjunction with escape sequences lt Adds quiet zone markers at the left lt and or at the right gt side of the barcode These markers are supported by the following barcode types EAN 8 and add on variants both sides EAN 13 and add on variants only right side UPC A with 2 and 5 digit add on only right side UPC E with 2 and 5 digit add on only right side ISBN only right side Table 4 Format Placeholders 4 6 1 Format Examples Input data Barcode type Format string Data used for Notes encoding 123 Irrelevant 123 123 Irrelevant 5 amp 5123 123 Irrelevant amp 6 1236 123 Irrelevant q w e qiw2e3 123 Irrelevant q amp 1q23 123 Irrelevant amp 123c 123 Irrelevant amp c123 This format string may be used for TBarCode 6 or earlier Newer versions always return 0 in this case 12345 Irrelevant HHHH 1234c5 When using Modulo 10 for check digit calcu lation c will be Mod 10 12345 5 for TBarCode 6 or earlier Mod 10 1234 0 for TBarCode 7 or later Hello Code 128 A amp Hello Hello Code 128 A B amp Hello Hello471
134. runcated RSS 14 Truncated no quiet zone 31 GS1 DataBar Expanded RSS Expanded required 30 GS1 DataBar Limited RSS Limited 48 SSCC 18 see EAN 128 for some label specs it says inch 118 Swedish Postal Shipment ID 10X 32 Telepen Alpha 33 UCC EAN 128 GS1 128 10X min inch 17 UPC 12 9X 34 UPC version A 9X 35 UPC version A 2 digits add on add on add on 36 UPC version A 5 digits add on 9 12X 5X 37 UPC version E 9X 7X 38 UPC version E 2 digits add on add on add on 39 UPC version E 5 digits add on 9 12X 5X 40 USPS Postnet 5 41 USPS Postnet 6 42 USPS Postnet 9 1 25 inch 1 8 inch 43 USPS Postnet 10 44 USPS Postnet 11 45 USPS Postnet 12 Table 31 Quiet Zones Linear Symbologies B 2 2D Symbologies No Barcode Symbology Vertical quiet zone Horizontal quiet zone top bottom left right 92 Aztec Code 74 Codablock F 10X 10x 71 Data Matrix 1 cell 1X 1 cell 1X 115 DotCode 3 cells 3X 3 cells 3X In TEC IT software the quiet zones for this symbology are included in the barcode generation algorithm You need no extra adjustments WWW TEC IT COM Page 106 of 108 116 Han Xin Code 3 cells 3X 3 cells 3X 57 MaxiCode 1 cell 1X 1 cell 1X 84 MicroPDF417 1X 97 Micro QR Code 4 cells 4X 4 cells 4X 55 PDF417 56 PDF417 Truncated 2X 2X 58 Q
135. s used for encoding large amounts of data and provides a special support for encoding Chinese characters character set GB18030 6 3 5 1 Data Capacity The data capacity depends on the format of the encoded data Format Data Capacity Numeric 7827 Alphanumeric 4350 Binary 3261 Common Chinese in Region 1 or 2 2174 2 byte Chinese 1739 4 byte Chinese 1044 Table 19 Han Xin Code Data Capacity The maximum data capacity for binary data is equal to 3261 bytes using a Matrix of 189x189 dots WWW TEC IT COM Page 65 of 108 6 3 6 MaxiCode Symbology number 57 Valid characters Alphanumeric ASCII 0 255 and or bytes Sabie ich Hes f SA at eS Default Mode Mode 4 standard symbol oft AAA fep Quiet zone left right top bottom 1X tae TEN Module width feet j io be a eh pile ratio n a saaa aa N P Ratio format 7 n a p E s S Side Default check digit Automatic symbology specific see gg ES Size Fix 1 11 x 1 054 inch Print control C MXC MaxiCode is in use and was invented by UPS MaxiCode represents data by drawing hexagonal items which are arranged around a circular center a so called Bull s Eye Different encoding modes for including postal information SCM can be adjusted UPS Modes are Mode 2 US Carrier and Mode 3 International Carrier The printing size is usually set to a fixed value If you want to change the size of the symbol adjust a custo
136. s with 2 digits barcode has GS1 format otherwise generic format is used Generic Format barcode data does not fulfill any special format if it starts with 2 digits FNC1 is inserted Page 64 of 108 UCC EAN GS1 the internal data must start with 2 digits and has to apply to a format of an so called application identifier Industry a peculiar industry format which adds FNC1 at 2nd position Macro 05 the data is prefixed with gt RS 05 GS and suffixed with RS EOT Macro 06 the data is prefixed with gt RS 06 GS and suffixed with RS EOT Macro 12 the data is prefixed with gt RS 12 GS and suffixed with RS EOT Custom Macro the data is prefixed with gt RS and suffixed with RS EOT the rest of the format specifier has to be encoded by the user Reader Programming the barcode data is used to program the barcode reader The following unprintable characters are used with the Macro 05 06 modes RS Record Separator 0x1e GS Group Separator Ox1d EOT End of Transmission 0x04 6 3 5 Han Xin Code Symbology number 116 Valid characters Alphanumeric ASCII 0 255 and or Ta bytes Chinese Characters GB18030 m Quiet zone left right top bottom 3X Module width Print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size Han Xin Code is a 2D matrix symbology which i
137. see Australian Post Customer 6 2 7 Brazilian CEPNet Brazilian Postal Code Symbology number 54 Valid characters 0 9 8 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone vertical 1 25 inch horizontal 1 8 inch Module width lallaldallatulibdatlulills IH Standard print ratio 1 1 123456784 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit POSTNET eCDPostNet Symbol size 8 digits 1 check digit This code is used by the Brazilian Postal Services An 8 digit ZIP code is encoded The check digit is calculated automatically It cannot be specified in the input data The barcode height should be adjusted to 3 2 mms the module width to 0 423 mms usually no plain text is displayed The encoding is based on US Postal codes WWW TEC IT COM Page 49 of 108 6 2 8 Deutsche Post Identcode Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size 22 0 9 11 digits 1 check digit left right 10X min inch Tang EL 01 234 567 86 1B 2B 1S 2S Automatic symbology specific DP Identcode eCDDPldent This symbology is used by Deutsche Post The code is basically a Code 2 of 5 interleaved enhanced with a special check digit calculation 6 2 9 Deutsche Post Leitcode Symbology number Valid characters Quiet zone Module width Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Symbol size 21 0
138. see section 4 6 9 4 How to use a Specific Subset in Code 128 Use the corresponding barcode types Code128A 128B or 128C The whole code will then be generated in the corresponding subset If this is not possible with the current data the software will change subsets as required If you want to change the subset within the barcode enter A or B or C in the Format see section 4 6 9 5 How to use the Compressed Mode of Code 128 Use the barcode type Code128 and make sure Format is empty 9 6 How to generate a PDF417 symbol with an Aspect Ratio of 3 2 In order to generate a PDF417 which utilizes the standard aspect ratio of 3 2 there are two possible methods 9 6 1 Seta Row Col Ratio of 11 1 Set Cols Set Rows 2 Cole 1i 9 6 2 Maintain a constant Ratio of Row Height Module Width Set a row height module width ratio of 3 1 default by setting the module width to 500 0 5 mm constant value and PDF417 row height to 1500 1 5 mm 9 7 How to set a Specific Module Width You can adjust the module width or X Dimension by setting the property ModuleWidth to the desired value Per default the barcode adapts automatically to the object width to the dimension of the bounding rectangle After adjusting module width the resulting barcode width depends on the amount of the encoded data characters and no longer on the width of the bounding rectangle WWW TEC IT COM Page 91 of 108 gt Keep in mind to ch
139. sible problems GS1 DataBar Codes Due to the technical nature of these barcodes no quiet zones are required Only for symbo logies with an added composite component you have to maintain a certain quiet zone WWW TEC IT COM Page 94 of 108 775116 Quiet Zone Quiet Zone Monitor 236 0 Figure 15 Quiet Zone for Linear Barcode For more information about quiet zones please refer to the Barcode Reference section 4 4 A 4 Optimize Barcode for the Output Device Resolution When printing the barcode or when creating a barcode image the most important step is to opti mize the module width with respect to the output device resolution A printer can only print whole dots Therefore the bar and the space widths have to be adjusted so that they exactly fit the printing raster If this adjustment is skipped the resulting output may be inaccurate and the readability of the barcode may suffer Especially for low output resolutions e g screen output or thermo transfer printing the optimization is essential For printers with high resolution the optimi zation may be negligible However it is recommended to optimize the barcode in any case As a result of the optimization the size of the barcode symbol will be modified very slightly Sample 1 Bad module width bar does not fit into the matrix of printer resolution Printer Resolution matrix with dot size of printer pixels Sample 2 Good module width bar fits into the matrix
140. t Set the MaxiCode values date preamble service class postal code and country code directly in the barcode data with special escape sequences Placeholder Description character Stands for the next data character of the input data property Text amp Stands for all remaining data characters in the input data property Text A Stands for the next check digit use only if check digits will be computed TBarCode 6 or earlier computes the check digit for all characters in the input data TBarCode 7 or later only uses input data left of the check digit placeholder for check digit computation see examples below A Switch to Subset A used in Code 128 GS1 128 Start or stop character A only in CODABAR B Switch to Subset B used in Code 128 GS1 128 Start or stop character B only in CODABAR Cc Switch to Subset C used in Code 128 GS1 128 Start or stop character C only in CODABAR C Enable compatibility mode for CAPTIVA IBML document scanning software used in Data Matrix only D Start or stop character D only in CODABAR Only for Pharmacode encode the Pharmacode directly bar by bar Only for Data Matrix use an alternative error correction algorithm for symbols of size 144x144 E Translate the Escape Sequences that the input data contains Only for Japanese Postal codes the Address B data field can be automatically compressed i e Japanese characte
141. t see TBarCode API BCSavelmage Savelmage Barcode Draw BCSavelmageToBuffer ConvertToStream etc The following image types with the corresponding compression options parameter nQuality are available Please keep in mind that unreadable barcodes may be produced when creating a bitmap with low resolution see section A 4 Optimize Barcode for the Output Device Resolution 7 1 1 Image Formats Image Format Enumeration def value Note BMP elMBmp 0 BMP bitmap format EMF elMEmf 1 Enhancd Metafile vector format Windows only EPS Bitmap elMEpsDeprecated 2 EPS with low resolution bitmap no longer available GIF elMGif 3 GIF bitmap format supported since TBarCode 7 JPG elMJpg 4 JPG bitmap format PCX elMPcx 5 PCX bitmap format PNG elMPng 6 PNG bitmap format TIF elMTif 7 TIF bitmap format EPS Vector elMEps 8 EPS PostScript vector based format elMPEpsVector 8 PCL elMPcl 9 PCL 5 vector based format SVG elMSvg 10 SVG vector based format supported since TBarCode SDK 11 2 Al elMAi 11 Adobe Illustrator V7 format supported since TBarCode SDK 11 2 Table 28 Supported Image Types 7 1 2 Compression Modes Image format Compression nQuality Remark highest compression PNGINTERLACE 1 Interlace filter PNGNOFILTER 2 No filter will be used fastest runtime PNGSUBFILTER 4 Difference filter with
142. ters 0 9 A Z upper case space Binary 2953 bytes Default encoding ISO 8859 1 QR Code 2005 Kanji 1817 characters Shift JIS X 0208 Table 22 QR Code Data Capacity WWW TEC IT COM Page 71 of 108 Maximum data capacity for binary data is 2953 bytes using a matrix of 177x177 dots As an example the symbol version 22 104x104 dots can encode approximately 1 KB of data using a low error correction level The resulting symbol size is about 37x37 mm when a dot size of 0 35 mm is used The input data is always analyzed and the appropriate encoding mode is chosen automatically Mode switching is done as required to produce the most efficient encoding 6 3 11 3 QR Code Creation Speed QR Code is a quite complex symbology and may take a lot of CPU time when encoding a very large amount of data You could speed up the encoding process by gt Set the QR Code mask pattern to a constant value Changing this setting could affect readability gt Set the symbol size to a constant value property QRCode Version if the symbol should have always the same size gt Set the error correction level to low QRCode ECLevel Changing this setting could affect readability gt Minimize computing steps set the configuration properties of TBarCode only one time at startup of your program and do only change the text property for each barcode 6 3 11 4 Codepages Character Set QR Code was original
143. th special Al combination at the beginning of the data Al 11 17 10 otherwise the capacity would be 48 digits With the other variants having 4 data columns GS1 DataBar GS1 DataBar Expanded the maxi mum data capacity is a little bit higher 56 digits 6 6 3 GS1 DataBar Composite Symbology Symbology number Valid characters RSS 14 Valid characters CC A B Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Possible check digits Encoded data 29 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B 1S 28 38 4S8 5S 6S8 7S 88 9S EAN 14 eCDEAN14 User supplied 12345678901 23 TEC IT TT 01 12345678901231 This is a GS1 DataBar barcode with an attached 2D component CC A or CC B The leading Application Identifier Al 01 for the GTIN is prefixed automatically by TEC IT software and must not occur in the input data The 2D component can encode additional information like lot number quantity expiration date 6 6 4 GS1 DataBar Truncated Composite Symbology Symbology number Valid characters RSS 14 Valid characters CC A B Standard print ratio Ratio format Default check digit Possible check digits Encoded data 78 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit ISO 646 character set up to 338 characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B
144. tion 000 up to 3 octal digits 0 7 First digit is always zero ddd ASCll character in decimal notation ddd up to decimal digits 0 9 First digit must not be zero xhh For encoding bytes or ASCll characters in hexadecimal notation hh hexadecimal digits 0 F Crrggbb Color selection See Pharmacode Ce Reset the color to default F FNC1 Function Number Character 1 used as field GS 128 Codablock F separator MicroPDF417 a special FNC1 codeword is inserted when using emulation mode for GS1 128 or Code 128 Data Matrix a special FNC1 codeword is inserted F Inserts a Gs Group Separator or ASCII 1DHex PDF417 MaxiCode and in QR Code Don t encode the x1d directly QR Code When using format UCC EAN GS1 Gs is inserted in Byte Mode a is inserted in alphanumeric mode Ennnnann Extended Channel Interpretation ECI MaxiCode Data Matrix QR Code PDF417 nnnnnn 6 digit ECI number with leading zeros MicroPDF417 Aztec Code Used for defining the character set code page for the subsequent encoded data see C 1 ECI EB EE Special ECI identifiers for nesting ECls QR Code EB ECI Begin opens a nesting level EE ECI End closes it G Global Language Identifier GLI similar to ECI see E PDF417 S Symbol separator character for C128 emulation lt FNCx gt Function sequence Currently FNC1 FNC2 FNC3 and FNC4 are implemented lt FNC1 gt is equal to F 210 FNC1 Code128 GS1 128 Codablock F 211 FNC2 Code128
145. tralian Post Customer 3 6 2 4 Australian Post Redirection 6 2 5 Australian Post Reply Paid 6 2 6 Australian Post Routing 6 2 7 Brazilian CEPNet Brazilian Postal Code 6 2 8 Deutsche Post Identcode 6 2 9 Deutsche Post Leitcode 6 2 10 DPD Code 6 2 11 Italian Postal Code 2 of 5 6 2 12 Japanese Postal Code 6 2 12 1 Direct Encoding Mode 6 2 12 2 Japanese Extraction Mode 6 2 12 3 Standard Dimensions 6 2 13 KIX Dutch Postal Code 6 2 14 Korean Postal Authority 6 2 14 1 Example 6 2 15 Planet 12 Deprecated 6 2 16 Planet 14 Deprecated WWW TEC IT COM Page 4 of 108 6 2 17 Royal Mail 4 State RM4SCC 6 2 18 Royal Mail Complex Mail Data Mark CMDM Mailmark Barcode 6 2 18 1 Data Structure 6 2 18 2 Customer Content 6 2 18 3 Encoding 6 2 19 Singapure Post 4 State Customer Code SinPost 6 2 20 Singapore Post 6 2 21 Swedish Postal Shipment Item ID 6 2 22 USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode or IM Barcode 6 2 23 USPS Intelligent Mail Package Barcode 6 2 24 USPS Postnet Deprecated 6 2 24 1 USPS Postnet 5 6 2 24 2 USPS Postnet 6 6 2 24 3 USPS Postnet 9 6 2 24 4 USPS Postnet 10 6 2 24 5 USPS Postnet 11 6 2 24 6 USPS Postnet 12 6 3 2D Symbologies 6 3 1 Aztec Code 6 3 1 1 Character Set 6 3 1 2 Layers and Core Type 6 3 1 3 The Maximum Data Capacity of Aztec Code 6 3 1 4 Format 6 3 2 Codablock F 6 3 3 Data Matrix 6 3 3 1 Encoding Modes 6 3 3 2 Data Capacity 6 3 3 3 Code Format 6 3 3 4 DP Postmatrix see 6 3 3 6 GS1 Data Matrix 6
146. truct its MSI barcode The check digit is calculated with a polynomial CRC algorithm and is always part of the symbology 6 1 53 Rational Codabar Is the same as Codabar see section 6 1 2 6 1 54 SCC 14 Shipping Container Code see DUN 14 6 1 55 SSCC 18 Symbology number 48 Valid characters 0 9 17 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone see EAN 128 sometimes 1 4 inch Module width see EAN 128 Standard print ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Ratio format 1B 2B 3B 4B 1S 28 3S8 4S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific 00 012345678901234560 Modulo 10 eCDMod10 and Modulo 103 eCDEAN128 Symbol size see GS1 128 Print control C SSCC18 SSCC 18 is used for encoding the Serial Shipping Container Code It is used for the unique identification of trade items world wide SSCC 18 is based on the GS1 128 symbology with Application Identifier Al 00 The check digit is encoded automatically if 17 digits are used for the input data The structure of the SSCC 18 is as follows The first two digits represent the Application Identifier Al The Al is always 00 The next digit is the Packaging Identifier The Packaging Identifier is followed by the ILN the International Location Number of the manufacturer 7 digits The next 9 digits represent the Carton Serial Number The last digit is the check digit WWW TEC IT COM Page 42 of 108 6 1 56 Telepen Alpha Symbology number
147. ufacturer and product uniquely The code 11 digits 1 check digit is built from one system digit 5 digits manufacturer code and 5 digits product code The check digit is calculated automatically if not specified in the input data that is when only 11 digits are used for the code WWW TEC IT COM Page 43 of 108 6 1 61 UPC Version A 2 Digits Add On Symbology number 35 Valid characters 0 9 13 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 9 12X right 5X Module width see UPC A Standard print ratio see UPC A Ratio format see UPC A Default check digit UPC A eCDUPCA Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size see UPC A Print control C UA 2 7 25272 72070 It is identical to UPC A but with 2 add on digits The check digit will be calculated automatically if it is not specified in the input data e g 72527272070712 The check digit is not displayed in the human readable text 6 1 62 UPC Version A 5 Digits Add On Symbology number 36 Valid characters 0 9 16 digits 1 check digit Quiet zone left 9 12X right 5X Module width see UPC A Standard print ratio see UPC A Ratio format see UPC A Default check digit UPC A eCDUPCA Possible check digits User supplied Symbol size see UPC A Print control C UA 5 i 252721 72070 ll It is identical to UPC A but with 2 add on digits The check digit will be calculated automatically
148. y of up to 900 characters per square inch is possible 6 3 11 QR Code Model 2 Symbology number 58 Valid characters Alphanumeric and or bytes Kanji character set Quiet zone left right top bottom 4X Module width Print ratio 1 1 Ratio format 1B 1S Default check digit Automatic symbology specific Size Print control C QRC Based upon standard AIM International ITS 97 001 and ISO IEC 18004 2000 This 2D symbology is used to encode large quantities of data and was developed for fast readability QR Quick Response Code by Denso The symbol size adjusts automatically depending on input data Special industry formats are supported The default interpretation for QR Code is ECI 000020 representing the JIS8 and Shift JIS character sets For Latin 1 based character sets refer to QR Code 2005 see section 6 3 11 4 6 3 11 1 Kanji and Chinese Compaction This symbology supports the compaction of Kanji characters and in newer specifications also the compaction of Chinese characters The compaction of Kanji or Chinese characters can be activated in TEC IT software when used it must be ensured that the input data complies with the Shift JIS X 02 Japanese or the GB 2312 Simplified Chinese character set 6 3 11 2 QR Code Capacity The data capacity depends on the format of the encoded data Format Data Capacity Characters Numeric 7089 characters 0 9 Alphanumeric 4296 charac

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