Barcode Types

Zoner Barcode Studio supports the following formats:

Code 39

Code 39 is the most popular symbology in the non-retail world. It is used in manufacturing, military, and health applications.

UPC A/E

Numeric codes used in the USA and Canada like the EAN code family to mark retail products.

EAN 13

The international numeric code used in wholesale and retail to mark products, as well as to number books under the ISSN and ISBN systems. Zoner Barcode Studio 2 also supports the expanded version of the EAN 13 code ("add-on code") used primarily in marking periodicals in the ISSN system.

EAN 8

A special variant of the EAN code used by the EAN association in retailing to mark small products that do not have enough space for EAN-13 codes.

EAN ISSN

The International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is an international code for serial publications like magazines. An ISSN bar code is an EAN-13 symbol. The EAN for normal retail products is a 13 digit number which uniquely identifies that product. Because a periodical already has a unique number to identify it, the ISSN, the EAN bar code for a periodical (a magazine or newspaper) is generated from the ISSN for the periodical.

EAN ISBN (Bookland)

The barcode symbols that appear on the back of books are known as Bookland EAN bar code symbols. An ISBN (International Standard Book Number) or BookLand bar code is an EAN-13 symbol consisting of the first 9 digits of the ISBN number preceded by the digits 978.

Code 93

Code 93 was developed as an enhancement to the Code 39 symbology by providing a higher character density than Code 39.

Code 128

A universal alphanumeric code used mainly in pharmacy and high technology.

UCC/EAN 128

A special variant of Code 128 used to mark distribution units under the EAN association's standards. Zoner Draw 4 supports "application identifiers," as they are called, for this code.

ITF

A numeric code used to mark distribution units of products, such as crates or palettes, under the EAN association's standards. The following variants are supported: 6, 14 (EAN/ITF 14) and 16.

Code 2/5

A family of widely used variable-length numeric symbologies.

Postnet

Postal Numeric Encoding Technique - This is a symbology developed by the U.S. Postal Service for encoding zip code information on mail.

Codabar

This numeric code contains special characters with variable length, used in various technical applications. They are used, for example, by photo labs.