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Bar Codes Chapter 8
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UPC Zero Reduction Format
SYMBOL DECODED NUMBER
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 0 NS X1 X2 0 0 0 0 0 X3 X4 X5
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 1 NS X1 X2 1 0 0 0 0 X3 X4 X5
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 2 NS X1 X2 2 0 0 0 0 X3 X4 X5
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 3 NS X1 X2 X3 0 0 0 0 0 X4 X5
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 4 NS X1 X2 X3 X4 0 0 0 0 0 X5
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 5 NS X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 0 0 0 0 5
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 6 NS X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 0 0 0 0 6
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 7 NS X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 0 0 0 0 7
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 8 NS X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 0 0 0 0 8
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 9 NS X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 0 0 0 0 9
Table 12
Universal Product Code - Version E (UPC-E, send 7 digits), TCI=13
TCI 13 is the same as TCI 12 except that only the actual 7 numeric digits are used to produce
the bar code. (Caution: It is very important that the valid 7 digits are used. Failure to use valid
numbers may result in incorrect bar codes.)
European Article Numbering System - Version 13 (EAN-13), TCI=20
EAN-13 is not generally used in the United States. It contains 13 digits and is constructed in the
same manner as UPC-A.
European Article Numbering System - Version 8 (EAN-8), TCI=21
EAN-8 is not generally used in the United States. It contains 8 digits and is constructed in the
same manner as EAN-13. Please note that EAN-8 does not use compression and is not a
condensed version of EAN-13 (as with UPC-A and UPC-E).
Interleaved 2 of 5 TCI=15 (I2of5)
I2of5 is a high density, variable length, numeric bar code that is used mainly in the distribution
industry. Although the data can be any length, there must always be an even number of
characters. If an odd amount of characters is required, a 0 is normally padded at the beginning.
I2of5 bar codes actually encode characters in the spaces as well as the bars. Therefore the
character spacing element (CS) must be defaulted.