ID Innovations Bar code Mini Decoder User Manual

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Appendices

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Encodable Character Set All 10 digits (0-9)
Data Character Density

10.52 CPI (based on 100% EAN 13)
8.79 CPI (based on 100% EAN 8)

Non-Data Overhead

Equivalent to 2.57 data digits

Symbol Length

Fixed 12 (EAN 13)
Fixed 8 (EAN 8)

Check Digit

One, Mandatory (Modulo 10)

Special Features

2 or 5 digit supplement

EAN/JAN Characteristics


The European/Japanese Article Numbering system (EAN) is used for products that require a country origin. The UPC-A is a
subset of the EAN/JAN symbol. A UPC-A symbol is an EAN/JAN symbol with the first character set to 0. EAN/JAN has two
versions, EAN/JAN 13 (13 digits) and EAN/JAN 8 (8 digits).

EAN/JAN 13 is used to encode 13 characters. The first two characters represent the country of origin, the next ten characters
are data characters, and the last character is the checksum character. Country codes 00, 01, 03, 04, and 06-09 are assigned to
the United States for compatibility with UPC-A.

EAN/JAN 8 is an 8 digit version of EAN/JAN-13, which encodes 2 country characters, 5 data characters, and a check digit.

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Bookland-EAN bar codes are a subset of EAN 13. All Bookland-EAN bar codes begin with 978 followed by the International
Standard Book Number (ISBN) number. In addition, the EAN bar code may contain 2 or 5 digit supplemental information
encoded in the EAN supplement.

781556 151910

52995

9

ISBN 1-55615-191-8

Bookland-EAN - 100 percent

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