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BS ISO/IEC 15420:2009

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Information technology. Automatic identification and data capture techniques. EAN/UPC bar code symbology specification

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-06-2010

Superseded date

27-11-2025

Superseded by

BS ISO/IEC 15420:2025

£306.00
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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.

Committee
IST/6
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 06/30148102 DC & 08/30176068 DC. (06/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
50
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
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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