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Basic terms
Basic terms

Linear barcodes
2/5,Interleaved,ITF
Code 39
Code 93
Codabar, Codabar Monarch
EAN,JAN,ISBN,ISMN,ISSN,ISMN
UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC-Shipping
Code 128, EAN 128
SCC14, Shipping container code, (EAN/UCC-14,SCC-14)
SISAC
Code 11
PZN
MSI
SSCC
LOGMARS
Pharma code
Plessey

Mail symbologies
Royal mail
Postnet
Planet
German Postal
Danish PTT
Australian 4-State Barcode
Japan Post 4-State Barcode
SwissPostal
Singapore4StatePostalCode
PostBar
FIM A,B,C,D

Other linear...
CPC binary code
TRAY LABEL 10 digits 2 of 5
SACK LABEL 8 digit 2 of 5
Telepen

Stacked symbologies
PDF417
MicroPDF417
MacroPDF417
Code49
Codablock, CodablockF
Code16K

Composite symbologies
RSS-16

2D symbologies
QRCode
Aztec, Small Aztec
DataMatrix
Maxicode
SuperCode
Ultracode
Maxicode
3-DI
ArrayTag
Code49
Code1
DataStrip
DataGlyphs
MiniCode
DotCode
HueCode
UltraCode
SmartCode
SnowFlake

Codabar - Code 39 - Code 93

Codabar, Codabar Monarch


Codabar is variable length symbology, allows encoding characters 0123456789-$:/.+ABCD . Codabar is use in libraries, blood banks, parcel business.

Codabar uses chars A,B,C,D only as
start or stop characters. First and last characters must be A,B,C or D and message body can't contain these characters.

Discrete, width-modulated barcode.
Codabar
Codabar ABC

Code 39 - normal and full ASCII version.


Code 39 is also known as "3 of 9 Code" and "USD-3".
The normal Code39 is a variable length symbology.Can encode max. 44 characters : 0-9, A-Z, -.*$/+%. Code 39 is the most popular symbologyin the non-retail world and is used extensively in manufacturing, military and health applications.
Start and stop characters is represented by asterisk (*). Asterisk is reserved for this purpose, cannot be used in body of message.

Code 39 optionally allows check character (modulo 43), for data security is this important. The health care industry has adopted the use of this check character for health care applications.

Another feature is concanetation of two or more bar codes. This allows break long messages into multiple shorter messages. If the first data character is space, some readers will store the remainder of the symbol in a buffer and not transmit the data. The operation continues for all successive Code39 symbols with a leading space, with each message appended to the previous one.

The FULL ASCII is version of Code39 as a modification of the NORMAL code, can encode the complete 128 ASCII character set.

Code 39 features:

  • discrete, variable-length symbology
  • self-checking - in that a single print defect cannot transpose one character into another valid character.

Code39 table:

ASCIIENCODINGASCIIENCODINGASCIIENCODINGASCIIENCODING
NUL%USPSpace@%V`%W
SOH$A!/AAAa+A
STX$B"/BBBb+B
ETX$C#/CCCc+C
EOT$D$/DDDd+D
ENQ$E%/EEEe+E
ACK$F&/FFFf+F
BEL$G'/GGGg+G
BS$H(/HHHHH
HT$I)/IIIi+I
LF$J*/JJJj+J
VT$K+/KKKk+K
FF$L,/LLLl+L
CR$M--MMm+M
SO$N..NNn+N
SI$O//OOOo+O
DLE$P00PPp+P
DC1$Q11QQq+Q
DC2$R22RRr+R
DC3$S33SSs+S
DC4$T44TTt+T
NAK$U55UUu+U
SYN$V66VVv+V
ETB$W77WWw+W
CAN$X88XXx+X
EM$Y99YYy+Y
SUB$Z:/ZZZz+Z
ESC%A;%F[%K{%P
FS%B<<%G\%L|%Q
GS%C=%H]%M}%R
RS%D>%I^%N~%S
YS%E?%J_%ODEL%T, %X, %Y, %Z


Code 93 Full, Reduced.


Code 93 is a more compact version of Code 39.

A Code 93 barcode has the following structure:
  • Start character
  • Any numbers of coded symbol
  • "C" and "K" check digits
  • Stop character

The Modulus 43 checksum is optional.
Using extended (full ASCII codes) : Code 39 and Code93 use shift symbol. One difference is in this symbols : Code 39 uses $, /, %, and +. Code 93 use ($), (/), (%), and (+). For example small A is in Code39 sequnce "+A", in Code 93 "(+)A". For details please look to Code 39 codetable.
Used sources
Barcode.com
Adams1.com
PDF417.com
Wikipedia.org
Barcode Island

Neodynamic.com
Metrologic
AIM Global

Supported environment
Borland :
  • Delphi Win32
  • C++ Builder
  • Delphi .NET
Microsoft :
  • Visual C#.net
  • ActiveX
  • DLL libraries

Supported
report tools
  • Direct print
  • Quick report
  • ReportBuilder
  • Ace Reporter
  • Rave report
  • Pragnaan report
  • Fast report

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