A Shipping Container Barcode (also known as a Shipping Container Code, Shipping Container Symbol or a GTIN-14) is used on the outside of your master cartons and recommended or required by many mid-to large retailers […]
George Joseph Laurer developed the Universal Product Code in 1973. As an engineer at IBM he was asked to develop the pattern used for the Universal Product Code. A 36-year veteran of the International Business […]
Used with permission. This Tutorial was created by George Laurer, the creator of the U.P.C. Barcode Symbol. Copyright ID History Museum 2007-2012 http://www.idhistory.com The U.P.C. code and symbol was invented to only satisfy the need of […]
Used with permission. This Tutorial was created by George Laurer, the creator of the U.P.C. Barcode Symbol. Copyright ID History Museum 2007-2012 http://www.idhistory.com Understanding the construction of the U.P.C. symbol starts with an understanding of […]
Who says that a UPC barcode needs to be boring? It’s not framable art by any means, but meant to bring a smile to the consumer’s face when they pick that item off the shelf […]
The last digit of a UPC or EAN barcode is called a check digit. This number lets the scanner (and the computer attached to it) know if the number was scanned properly or not. It […]
The first digit of a UPC-A is the manufacturer’s identification number. It is called the number system character. The following table shows you what different number system characters mean 0: Standard UPC number 1: Reserved […]
The barcode symbol has two parts: 1) The machine-readable bar code (The bars) 2) The human-readable number (the numbers below) In this picture, the manufacturer identification number is the first six digits of the UPC […]
After you buy a barcode, the next steps are pretty simple. First, there are no formal comprehensive regional or world-wide database. Sites like www.upcdatainfo.com and www.upcdatabase.com are hobbyist sites that are really well done but […]