ENA-8 Introduction
This page concerns basic information of ENA-8 and its barcode generating components.
ENA-8 Overview
EAN-8
is a linear barcode, derived from EAN-13. It is issued for small packaged products when a normal EAN-13 barcode image would be too large. EAN-8 is also known as European Article Number 8, EAN-8 Supplement 5/Five-digit Add-On, EAN-8 Supplement 2/Two-digit Add-On, EAN-8+5, EAN-8+2, EAN8, EAN8+5, EAN13+2, UPC-8, GTIN-8, GS1-8, EAN/UCC-8.
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Generating and Printing EAN-8 Barcodes
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EAN-8 Structure
EAN-8 Barcode Size Setting
As for barcode size, two factors should be taken into consideration, namely, image width and height. EAN-8 image width and height can be computed from specific expressions. To make things easier, our EAN-8 generating components can do this for you according to your property settings.
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EAN-8 size setting instruction.
EAN-8 Valid Data Scope
Like EAN-13, EAN-8 also has character sets A, B, C, and it is capable of encoding:
EAN-8 Add-On or Supplement Data
The Add-On Symbols were designed to encode supplementary information of the main EAN-8 barcode image on periodicals, hardback, and paperback books. Like EAN-13, EAN-8 supplement data can be 2 or 5 digits. And the human readable text should be above the barcode image.
EAN-8
Two-digit Add-On
EAN-8
Five-digit Add-On