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Product: LABEL MATRIX, LABELVIEW, CODESOFT

Version: All Versions

 

In version A, the first digit is the number system character, followed by a five-digit manufacturer number, a five-digit product number, and a checksum character.

UPC-A accepts the following characters:

  • Numbers 0-9
The UPC-A bar code is used to encode a 12-digit number. The first digit is the number system character, the next ten digits are the data characters, and the last digit is the checksum character.

UPC-A bar codes have the following characteristics:
  • They contain numeric data only.
  • They have two bars and two spaces per number.
  • They have seven elements per number.
  • A bar or space can be 1,2,3, or 4 elements in width.
  • The dark element is a binary one.
  • The light element is a binary zero.
  • The checksum is a required character.   

The UPC (Universal Product Code) has been used by the Canadian and United States retail industry since 1973. UPC is a fixed-length, continuous symbology that only encodes numeric data.
 

 
Keywords: UPC-A barcode type, UPC-A