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Description of Code Symbols
Reference
• For the details of each code symbol, refer to the corresponding ISO/IEC or JIS standards.
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CODE39
1. 2. 3. 2. 4. 1.
Bar Code Symbol (entire width of bar code)
5. Character Gap
6. Bar Code Height
Data Character Quiet Zone Quiet Zone Start
Character
Check
Character
Stop
Character
Name Description
1 Quiet Zone Certain spacing is necessary for the back and forth to scan the barcode.
2 Start/Stop Character The particular characters to indicate the start and end of the bar code.
3 Data Character A bar or space on a bar code is called an “element”. On CODE39, a character consists of
nine elements; five bars and four spaces (thee wide elements and six narrow elements).
4 Check Character Used to check if the read data is correct or not by putting the value calculated with the
certain formula (modulus 43) on just before the stop character for re-calculation.
5 Character Gap The space between two adjacent characters. In this laser marker, it has the same width
as the narrow element.
6 Bar Code Height Usually 5 mm or 15% of the symbol width excluding the quiet zone, whichever is greater.
Content of code data
• The CODE39 bar code can indicate all 36 alphanumerical characters (A to Z and 0 to 9) and fixed characters (-, ., , $, /, +,
%).
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