Description Of Code Symbols - Panasonic LP-V Series Operation And Maintenance Manual

Description of Code Symbols

Reference
• For the details of each code symbol, refer to the corresponding ISO/IEC or JIS standards.
„ CODE39
1. 2.
Start
Quiet Zone
Character
Name
1 Quiet Zone
2 Start/Stop Character
3 Data Character
4 Check Character
5 Character Gap
6 Bar Code Height
Content of code data
• The CODE39 bar code can indicate all 36 alphanumerical characters (A to Z and 0 to 9) and fixed characters (-, ., , $, /, +,
%).
Bar Code Symbol (entire width of bar code)
5. Character Gap
3.
Data Character
Description
Certain spacing is necessary for the back and forth to scan the barcode.
The particular characters to indicate the start and end of the bar code.
A bar or space on a bar code is called an "element". On CODE39, a character consists of
nine elements; five bars and four spaces (thee wide elements and six narrow elements).
Used to check if the read data is correct or not by putting the value calculated with the
certain formula (modulus 43) on just before the stop character for re-calculation.
The space between two adjacent characters. In this laser marker, it has the same width
as the narrow element.
Usually 5 mm or 15% of the symbol width excluding the quiet zone, whichever is greater.
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4. 2.
Check Stop
Quiet Zone
Character Character
6. Bar Code Height
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