Disable All Advertising
EAN-130000002064208   EAN-13 barcode 0000002064208
UPC-A000002064208   UPC-A barcode 000002064208
Product NameJohnny's Oysters
CategoryFood
Short Description32 Oz
Created07-01-2006
Modified06-29-2020 4:08:18am
MD599267831504c29a10839dc0bf5750170
SHA25623f51693aa45474f3c196a7155c4b6421844f04b2e4fd1e2391d84e6e3dae67d
Search Googleby EAN or by Title
Query Time0.0053170

An article of interest

The Main EANData blog

Code 128 Barcodes

Code 128 is a high-density 1D barcode symbology. This barcode set makes use of the entire 128 ASCII characters which include letter, number and symbols.

Code 128 Barcode

As with all barcodes, there are indicators to identify where the barcode starts and stops. These are marked in yellow below. Code 128 also has a check character which has been marked in green. The remainder of the barcode is the data being encoded. The text below the barcode is optional and is for human consumption in the event the barcode can't be scanned or if people also need to know what the code means.

Code 128 Barcode

Each character in the barcode symbol is composed of three bars and three spaces. Each bar or space must range from 1-4 units and the sum of all the width of all bars must work out to an even number. The stop marker is special because it adds an extra bar of 2 units at the very end (4 bars and 3 spaces). There are three different start markers to to identify which code set is being used. To represent all 128 characters, the code sets can be within a single barcode as needed by using control characters 98-101 (depending on the code set).

The check character is calculated by summing the value of each character and multiplying it by its position. The start character is also part of the sum but is added without weight (multiply by 1 just like the first encoded data character) then when you have the sum take the modulo 103 remainder. This gets a little more complex when mixing modes within a single barcode.