Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative references
4 Terms and definitions
5 Symbols and abbreviated terms
6 Physical requirements
6.1 Material
6.1.1 Dimensional stability
6.1.2 Archival properties
6.2 Physical requirements controlled by the
manufacturing process
6.2.1 Target bar width
6.2.2 Bar width adjustment
6.3 Tolerances
6.3.1 Tolerance A - all symbologies
6.3.2 Tolerance B - two width symbologies
6.3.3 Tolerance C - (n,k) symbologies
6.3.4 Tolerance D - all symbologies
6.4 Bar edge characteristics
6.4.1 Bar edge conformance
6.4.2 Bar edge gradient
6.5 Defects
6.6 Quiet zones
6.7 Corner marks
6.8 Optical densities
6.8.1 Minimum density (D[min])
6.8.2 Maximum density (D[max])
6.9 Orientation
6.10 Polarity
6.11 Encodation
6.12 Human readable interpretation
7 Test methods
7.1 Bar and space width measurement
7.1.1 Conditions for dimensional measurements
7.1.2 Calculation of the achieved bar width
adjustment
7.2 Test report and traceability
Annex A (informative) Optical density profiles