Worth Data P11/12 user manual UPC 2 and 5-character supplemental codes, ISBN Specifications

The leading Number System Character, (the first number of the 11 digits to be entered) should conform to these UPC assignments:

0,6,7 Regular UPC 12 digit codes with numbers assigned by the UPC Council. (Do not use 0 as the leading number for in-store marking).

2Store-marked random weight items of meat and produce.

3Reserved for National Drug Code and Health Related Items.

4Use this leading digit for in-store marking of non-food items.

5Reserved for coupons. Do not use this today, or you will not be able to process coupons through your system tomorrow.

UPC 2 and 5-character supplemental codes

The UPC standards include the addition of a 2 or 5-character supplemental code used with magazines and paperback books. To read the supplements, you must first enable them using the TriCoder Setup Menu.

NOTE: Enabling the supplements disallows the reading of UPC codes from right to left to assure that the supplement does not get missed.

ISBN Specifications

ISBN (International Standard Book Numbering) bar codes are essentially EAN-13 with a 5 digit supplement, where the first 3 digits are the Bookland country codes of 978 for books and 977 for periodicals. Although the bar code contains 18 characters, the ISBN format uses only 9 of them, along with a newly calculated Mod-11 check digit. For example, a bar code containing the numbers 978055337062153495 would transmit as 0553370626 in the ISBN format. The TriCoder has the option of transmitting in the ISBN format.

ISBN 0-553-37062

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