SSCC 18

SSCC-18

SSCC-18 is an implementation of the GS1-128 barcode symbology with AI (00) that is typically used to encode an eighteen-digit shipping container serial number.

Also known as: EAN-18, NVE.

Standards: ISO/IEC 15417, ANSI/AIM BC4-1999 ISS, BS EN 799, GS1 General Specifications.

Data and Options

• The data field input must be a solitary AI (00) with seventeen or eighteen digits of a Serial Shipping Container Code, i.e. (00)....
• Arbitrary spacing may be placed between the digits to format the human readable text without interfering with the encoded data.
• If seventeen digits of primary data are supplied then the check digit is calculated automatically. Otherwise the provided check digit will be verified.

Example

Identical symbols, input provided with and without a check digit:

Data:    (00)095287654321012346
Options: includetext
Encoder: sscc18

Data:    (00)09528765432101234
Options: includetext
Encoder: sscc18