BS ISO/IEC 15420:2009
Superseded
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Information technology. Automatic identification and data capture techniques. EAN/UPC bar code symbology specification
Hardcopy , PDF
English
30-06-2010
27-11-2025
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
Annex A (normative) - Additional features
Annex B (normative) - Symbology identifier
Annex C (informative) - Overview of the GS1 system
Annex D (informative) - Illustration of number sets
A, B and C and auxiliary patterns
Annex E (informative) - Dimensioned drawings of the
nominal size symbols
Annex F (informative) - Traditional Dimensional Tolerances
Annex G (informative) - Guidelines for reading and printing
Bibliography
Describes the requirements for the bar code symbology known as EAN/UPC. It specifies EAN/UPC symbology characteristics, data character encodation, dimensions, tolerances, decoding algorithms and parameters to be defined by applications.
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IST/6
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| DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes 06/30148102 DC & 08/30176068 DC. (06/2010)
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
50
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
This International Standard specifies the requirements for the bar code symbology known as EAN/UPC. It specifies EAN/UPC symbology characteristics, data character encodation, dimensions, tolerances, decoding algorithms and parameters to be defined by applications. It specifies the Symbology Identifier prefix strings for EAN/UPC symbols.
Data content and the rules governing the use of this symbology are outside the scope of this International Standard; they are defined in the GS1 General Specifications (see bibliography).
| Standards | Relationship |
| ISO/IEC 15420:2009 | Identical |
| ISO/IEC 15416:2016 | Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Bar code print quality test specification — Linear symbols |
| ISO 1073-2:1976 | Alphanumeric character sets for optical recognition — Part 2: Character set OCR-B — Shapes and dimensions of the printed image |
| ISO/IEC 15424:2008 | Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Data Carrier Identifiers (including Symbology Identifiers) |
| ISO/IEC 19762-1:2008 | Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) techniques — Harmonized vocabulary — Part 1: General terms relating to AIDC |
| ISO/IEC 646:1991 | Information technology — ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange |
| ISO/IEC 19762-2:2008 | Information technology — Automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) techniques — Harmonized vocabulary — Part 2: Optically readable media (ORM) |
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