B a r C o d e D e n s i t i e s
The samples below show the difference between parallel and serial bar codes.
Parallel Bar CodeSerial Bar Code
B a r C o d e D e n s i t i e s
Value | Bar Code | Density (Char/in) |
| Code 39 | 6.63 |
|
| I 2 of 5 | 12.02 | |
1 | Code 128* | 8.74 | (alphanumeric) |
| 17.48 (numeric only) | ||
| MSI | ||
| 6.87 |
| |
| UPC/EAN | 80% standard density | |
| Code 39 | 3.32 |
|
| I 2 of 5 | 6.87 |
|
2 | Code 128* | 5.83 | (alphanumeric) |
| 11.66 (numeric only) | ||
| MSI | ||
| 5.34 |
| |
| UPC/EAN | 120% standard density | |
| Code 39 | 4.01 |
|
| I 2 of 5 | 4.93 |
|
3 | Code 128* | 4.37 | (alphanumeric) |
| MSI | 8.74 | (numeric only) |
| 4.01 |
| |
4 | Code 39 | not supported | |
I 2 of 5 | 3.01 |
| |
|
| ||
5 | Code 39 | 6.01 |
|
*For more information on Code 128, see Appendix B.
