Bar Code Label Specifications
Industry Standards
IMMAGE 800 Operations Manual A11403
System Description
September 2016
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Bar Code Label Specifications
Industry Standards
American National Standards (ANSI X3.182.1990)
American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM E1466-92)
Symbol Size
Maximum overall length: 60 mm (2.36 inch)
(Includes bar code symbol with 5 mm (0.20 inch) quiet zone at each end.)
Minimum height: 10 mm (0.40 inch)
Symbol Content
Maximum of 15 characters.
Recommended symbol content printed on label in human-readable form. Square
bracket ([ or ]), percentage sign (%), dollar sign ($), comma (,) quotation mark ("),
ampersand (&), asterisk (*), semi-colon (;), question mark (?), back slash (\), caret (^),
tilde (~), or piping bar (|) cannot be used as a character.
Margin of Reading Accuracy
Bar code symbol (narrow) element width of 0.19 to 0.51 mm (0.0075 to 0.02 inch)
Wide-element to narrow-element ratio of 2.2:1 to 3.0:1.
Placing a Tube into a Rack
Tubes should be seated to the bottom of the rack with the bar code label facing the
same direction as the rack label.
Label Print Quality
Printed by direct thermal or thermal transfer.
Label Symbologies
Code 39
Interleaved 2 of 5
Codabar
Code 128
Check Characters
The use of check digits and fixed length codes is highly recommended where possible.
This greatly reduces the possibility of scanning errors.