| | Class | Description |
|---|
| | Codabar |
See Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codabar
Older standard that typically only represents numeric data, but can
represent a few letters and symbols, but the standard doesn't represent
non-numeric data in the body.
Because Codabar is self-checking, most standards do not define a check
digit. |
| | Code128 |
See http://www.azalea.com/faq.html/code-128/#Q3 for a good explanation (and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_128)
Code set A - alphanumeric data with uppercase letters only and
non-typeable control codes.
Code set B - alphanumeric data with upper/lowercase letters, numeric, and
punctuation.
If a code set is not specified, the output will default to a Code set B
output. |
| | Code39 |
wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_39
Spec includes 43 characters, A through Z, 0 through 9, and special
characters. |
| | Code93 |
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_93
Code 93 is designed to encode 26 upper case letters, 10 digits and 7
special characters. |
| | Ean |
See Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Article_Number_(EAN)
Superset of the UPC 12 digit system created in Europe.
Supports EAN-13 and EAN-8. |
| | Int25 |
Interleaved 2 of 5. |
| | Msi |
Modified Plessey ("MSI"); see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Barcode
Numeric only, very simple barcode.
This implementation does generate the optional check digit. |
| | Upc |
Universal Product Code;
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Product_Code
See http://www.morovia.com/education/symbology/upc-e.asp and
http://www.barcodeisland.com/upce.phtml#Example for notes on conversion of
UPC-A to UPC-E.
UPC-A is a 12 digit numerical system (11 with a check). |
