Barcode Singles Code UPC E

UPC E

UPC is a unified product code used in U.S.A and Canada. EAN of Europe and JAN of Japan are based on UPC.
UPC uses mainly UPC-A and UPC-E. UPC-A has 12 digits, while UPC-E has 8 digits.

UPC code is planned to fit in EAN code system in the year of 2005. This makes EAN international standards and allows EAN code to be read in U.S.A. and Canada.

The UPC Version E code is a 6 digit code, the first 6 digits represent the manufacturer of the labeled item, the 7th digit is a check character, based on the previous 6 digits of data. This is suited to identifying small packages. UPC Version E is also known as "zero suppression version", it allows manufacturers to encode a limited number of unique twelve digit product codes in digits.

UPC E Basics:

Character Type:
Numeric values (0 to 9) only

Features:
Standardized as the distribution code.

Printable Digits:
13 digits or 8 digits

Bar Structure:

• Four bar sizes
• No start/stop character
• Indicates one character with two bars and two spaces.

Application performance:

• World universal code
• Marked on most daily goods
• Book industry

UPC E font includes:

Windows Encoding Utility

MS Access Add-In

Excel Add-In

Crystal Reports Add-In

Active X DLL

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