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Bar Codes Chapter 9
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SYMBOLOGY 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 14 UPC-E Zero Reduction Format
9.1.3 Universal Product Code (UPC-E, send 6 digits), TCI 14
The UPC-E symbology in used in the retail industry and is capable of encoding numerical
numbers 0 through 9 and consists of six digits followed by a check digit that the printer
calculates. This symbology is the same as the UPC-E (TCI 13) with the only exception
being that only the actual 7 numeric digits are used to produce the bar code. The digits
must be valid data for the proper bar code to print. Failure to use valid data may result in an
incorrect bar code. The UPC symbology defaults to an X dimension of 40% or 5.2 mils. To
produce a symbology that is within the specification, a minimum multiplier of 2 should be
entered in the appropriate multiplier parameters (CMX or CMY depending on the field
orientation) to produce an 80% or 10.4 mils symbology.
9.1.4 Interleaved 2 of 5 (I2of5), TCI 15
The I2of5 is a variable length, paired, numerical symbology that is typically used in the
industrial and distribution industries. The I2of5 is a paired symbology, which means that the
data string being sent must always be an even number amount. If the desired data to be
sent is an odd amount, si
mply pad the beginning with “0” to achieve an even amount of
digits. This symbology uses 2:1, 3:1, 4:2, 5:2, and 8:3 ratios, which may be selected by the
CGN parameter. The I2of5 symbology actually encodes characters in the spaces as well as
the bars. Therefore, the character spacing (CS) parameter must be defaulted.