Codabar Introduction

This page concerns basic information of Codabar, as well as its generating and printing components.

Codabar Overview



This part talks about the Codabar barcode. It is a discrete, self-checking symbology which is also known as Codeabar, Ames Code, NW-7, Monarch, Code 2 of 7, Rationalized Coda bar, ANSI/AIM BC3-1995 or USD-4. It is used by U.S. blood banks, photo labs, and on FedEx airbills.






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Codabar Structure

The structure of Codabar is as below:



Note that: The start and stop character in any giben bar need not to be the same.

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Codabar Barcode Size Setting

As for Codabar size setting, two factors should be considered: barcode width and height.


Codabar Data Encoding

Codabar encodes:
  • 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • A, B, C, D
  • - (Dash), $(Dollar), :( colon), / (Slash), (Point), + (Plus)

Variants

Checksum

1. Checksum digit is not required since Coda bar is self-checking.

FedEx airbill number

2. FedEx Airbills use a variant of coda bar. A FedEx airbill number has the format of XXXX-XXXX-XXXY with an additional 4-digit format ID. The Y character is a check digit with the algorithm unknown to public. The first 12 digits is the track number. The barcode itself starts with start/stop character C and ends with start/stop character D.




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