1D Bar Code Formats Characteristics: Usage & format

There are many standard used to encode the information as bars, that’s called 1 dimension (1D) barcodes. BarDIMM supports most of the 1D Barcode standards.

KB 20241018 - 10 - UPC-A
USA standard, for items sold to the public. UPC-A contains numeric data only (i.e. GTIN-12) and encodes a 12-digits number. The first one is the syste...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:21 PM
KB 20241018 - 11 - UPC-E (UPC-E0 and UPC-E1)
Ideal for small packages because of its data compression. It contains the same information as the UPC-A except that there are minimum 4 zeros, which are s...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:22 PM
KB 20241018 - 12 - EAN-8
Used in Europe for items sold to the public. EAN-8 contains numeric data only (i.e. GTIN 8) and encodes an 8-digit number. The first two are the country c...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:22 PM
KB 20241018 - 13 - EAN-13
European standard for items sold to the public, EAN-13 contains numeric data only and encodes 13 digits number. The first two are the country code, the ne...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:23 PM
KB 20241018 - 14 - Code 39
The real name is “3 of 9 bar code.” It is probably the most commonly used bar code as it encodes not only digits, but also upper-case letters and punctuat...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:24 PM
KB 20241018 - 15 - Danish Postal 39 bar code
Special 39 code used on parcel labels for shipment through postal service in Denmark. Contains ten digits, a special checksum and ends with “ DK. ” BarDIM...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:24 PM
KB 20241018 - 16 - Extended 39
Based on the standard 3 of 9, it encodes all the ASCII characters by generating two characters for each character in the string to encode. Supports all AS...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:26 PM
KB 20241018 - 17 - Interleaved 2 of 5
Numeric-only code, it requires an even number of digits in the string to be encoded. It can have from 2 to 30 digits. Also called “25 Interleaved”  T...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 5:27 PM
KB 20241018 - 18 - Industrial and Matrix 2 of 5
Numeric-only codes, it can have from 1 to 30 digits.                                        
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 8:34 PM
KB 20241018 - 19 - Code 128
Standard for most barcode labels. Code 128 is a very compact bar code for numeric and alphanumeric strings. It has 3 modes: A, B and C, which encode diffe...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 8:36 PM