Panasonic LP-V Series Operation And Maintenance Manual page 313

„ EAN
EAN-13
Name
1 Quiet Zone
2 Left/Right Guard Bar
3 Data Character
4 Check Character
5 Bar Code Height
Contents of EAN
Usable Data Characters
Digit number of Data
Character, (including Check
Character)
Quiet Zone
Left/Right Guard Bar
Center Bar
5. Bar Code
Height
Description
Certain spacing is necessary for the back and forth to scan the barcode.
Identify the start and end of a bar code.
On EAN code, a character consists of 7 modules (minimum unit consisting of bars and
spaces). A data character consists of two bars and two spaces. It has four types of
element width from 1 to 4 modules. The data characters are displayed on either side of
center bar.
Used to check if the read data is correct or not by putting the value calculated with the
certain formula (modulus 10 / weight 3-1) on just before the stop character for re-
calculation.
The nominal bar height is specified as follows:
• EAN-13, UPC-A and UPC-E symbols: 22.85 mm
• EAN-8 symbols: 18.23 mm
Standard version (EAN-13)
13-figure
(6 digits for left/5 digits for right)
11 modules or more on the left side
7 modules or more on the right side
ME-LP400V-OP-6
EAN-8
Abbreviated version (EAN-8)
Numerical characters 0 to 9
(4 digits for left/3 digits for right)
7 modules or more on respective sides
"101"
"01010"
5. Bar Code
Height
8-figure
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