UPC E
UPC-E is a compacted form of the UPC-A barcode symbology that usually carries a GTIN-12 with a number system of 0 or 1 that has been zero compressed.
Variants:
- UPC-E0 is a UPC-E with a number system of 0.
- UPC-E1 is a UPC-E with a number system of 1.
- UPC-E+2 is an extension of UPC-E that includes a two digit add-on.
- UPC-E+5 is an extension of UPC-E that includes a five digit add-on.
- UPC-A is the full size form of UPC-E.
- UPC-E Composite is a variant of UPC-E that should be used when a CC-A or CC-B GS1 Composite 2D component is required.
Standards: ISO/IEC 15420, BS EN 797, GS1 General Specifications.
- The data field takes either 7 or 8 digits, optionally followed by a space then two or five digits if an EAN-2 or EAN-5 add-on is required.
- Alternatively, the data field may contain 11 or 12 digits of a UPC-A to produce the equivalent UPC-E symbol, provided that the input can be zero suppressed.
- If 7 digits of primary data are supplied then the 8th check digit is calculated automatically. Otherwise the provided check digit must be correct.
- The includetext option should normally be supplied.
Identical symbols, input provided with and without a check digit:
0 0 moveto (01234565) (includetext)
/upce /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec
0 0 moveto (0123456) (includetext)
/upce /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec
A truncated symbol:
0 0 moveto (01234565) (includetext height=0.5)
/upce /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec
