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T EC - I T B a r c o d e So f t w a re R e f e re n c e
The preceding digit
”5” (therefore also called EAN-5) marks the price encoded in US Dollar.
Bookstores recommend EAN-5. If there is no price, the value 90000 will be encoded instead (EAN-
9). This value is used when no additional information is available.
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For scanner in US bookstores ISBN EAN codes are not readable without the 5 digit additio-
nal code (which is called EAN-5 or EAN-9, depending on the first number encoded in the
add-on).
First Digit
Description
5
$ US
6
$ Canada
4
$ New Zealand
3
$ Australia
0 & 1
British pounds
Table 14: ISBN Encoding
– Country and Currency
Values
Description
59999
Price for $100 and more
90000-98999
For internal purposes (BISG recommend 90000 if no price is given)
99000-99999
Reserved for the industry market
99990-99999
Reserved for Nat‟l Ass‟n College Stores (NACS)
99990
NACS used books
99991
NACS copies
Table 15: ISBN Encoding
– Price Samples
6.1.47 ISBT-128
This is the International Standard for the transfer of information associated with tissue transplan-
tation and Blood Transfusion. It provides a globally unique donation numbering system, inter-
nationally standardized product definitions, and standard data structures for bar-coding and
electronic data interchange.
It uses (but is not limited to) Code128B. For more information, please ref
6.1.48 ISSN
ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number. The ISSN is the standardized international
code, which identifies any serial publication independently of its country of origin, its language or
alphabet, or its frequency, medium, etc.
The ISSN can be encoded by using the EAN-13 symbology. In this case the ISSN is preceded by
the digits 977. The ISSN check digit (the last of the 8 digits) must be omitted! A two digit price code,
almost always "00", is added to the end. Finally the EAN-13 check digit (calculated automatically by
TEC-IT software) is added.
For more information, please ref