D.5 Barcode Types and Detection Conditions
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D.5 Barcode Types and Detection Conditions
This section describes the barcode types that can be used and the detection conditions.
Barcodes that do not meet the detection conditions may not be recognized correctly.
■ One-dimensional Barcodes
■ Detection Conditions for One-dimensional Barcodes
Code Character Set Number of Digits
UPC Numbers 12 (UPC-A only. Includes
check digits)
EAN/JAN Numbers 8 or 13 (Includes check digits)
CODE39 Full
ASCII
Full ASCII 1 to 32 (Excludes start/stop
codes)
CODE128/
EAN128
Full ASCII 1 to 32 (Excludes check
characters)
Codabar (NW7) 4 types of start/stop characters,
numbers, 6 types of symbols
1 to 32 (Excludes start/stop
codes)
ITF Numbers 2 to 32 (Always an even
number)
Item Conditions
Barcode height 10 to 30 mm/0.39 to 1.18 in.
Barcode width
(length)
300 mm/11.18 in. or less
Barcode margin 5 mm/0.20 in. or more of the barcode margin
(The ITF left and right edges should be 5 mm/0.20 in. or
more, or at least 6 times of the narrow element width,
whichever wider.)
Barcode color Black
Barcode background
color
White
Resolution 200 to 600 dpi
Barcode angle Horizontal, vertical
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