EAN 13 Composite

EAN-13 Composite

EAN-13 Composite is a GS1 Composite symbol with an EAN-13 linear component beneath a CC-A or CC-B 2D component that encodes supplementary GS1 formatted data.

Uses:

• Regulated healthcare items not scanned at retail point of sale, carrying a batch and expiry date with the GTIN; consider GS1 DataMatrix, which GS1 prefers.

Data syntax: GS1 Application Identifiers.

Standards: ISO/IEC 15420, BS EN 797, ISO/IEC 24723, ITS EAN.UCC Composite Symbology, AIM ISS - EAN.UCC Composite Symbology, GS1 General Specifications.

Data and Options

• The data field consists of a primary and secondary component separated by a pipe | character.
• The data for the primary component (preceding the pipe) is entered in a format identical to EAN-13.
• The data for the 2D component (following the pipe) is entered in GS1 Application Identifier standard format.
• Note that it is not necessary to specify FNC1 characters since the encoder will insert these automatically where necessary.
• Deprecated. The dontlint option disables GS1 Application Identifier syntax validation allowing images to be generated for input that does not comply with GS1 standards.
• For maximum efficiency, if the data for the 2D component contains a number of application identifiers matching any of the specifications below then they should be provided in this given order:
  • (11)...(10)...
  • (17)...(10)...
  • (90){0-3 digits not starting 0}{upper alpha}...
• The ccversion option selects the 2D component, and is normally left to the default:
  • ccversion=a - CC-A
  • ccversion=b - CC-B
  • If ccversion is not specified a CC-A component will be selected if the data will fit, otherwise a CC-B component will be used.
• A CC-A or CC-B component has 4 columns, to match the width of the linear component.

Example

Data:    9520123456788|(99)1234-abcd
Options: includetext guardwhitespace
Encoder: ean13composite