Please be advised that there are third-party companies on the internet who offer to sell single UPC bar codes for discount $5 rates. Single UPCs: Understand the Potential Limitations Below displays the information encoded in a UPC coupon code.
However, the new GS-1 DataBar strips the UPC code from the coupon. UPC Coupon CodesĭataBar and GS1-128 coupons currently contain a UPC code. And, any manufacturing code starting with a number other than “0.” cannot be zero-suppressed. Please note that some manufacturing code numbers beginning with “0” have this capability. UPC-E can thus be uncompressed back into a standard UPC-A 12 digit number. The seventh digit is a calculated check digit using the first 6 digits of the code. The UPC-E is also called a 0-Suppressed UPC because the UPC-E compresses a normal 12 digit UPC-A number into a six digit code by “suppressing” the number system digit, trailing zeros in the manufacturers code and leading zeros in the product number.
The main difference between a UPC-A and a UPC-E is the size of the barcode. Click here for a complete UPC Magnification Table. The minimum size of a UPC is 80% magnification factor (80% of the nominal size) and the maximum size of a UPC is 200% magnification factor (200% of the nominal size). The nominal size of a UPC is 100% magnification factor or 1.469 inches wide (from the far left hand side number to the far right hand side number) by 1.02 inches tall (from the top of the bar code to the bottom of the human readable numbers). UPC sizes are referred to as magnifications or magnification factors. These single UPCs do not have separate Company Prefix, BUT the brand and product description will be designated in the GS1 Global Registry. (Change in 2020)- To accommodate small companies that only need a few UPCs, GS1 has begun to provide individual GS1 US UPC GTIN identifiers. Using a check digit calculator with your 11 digit number, generate your check digit.Ĭombining the above steps will result in a 12-digit UPC number.Assign product number(s) to unique products making your number equal 11 digits.
Using some form of check digit generator (use our free check digit calculator) this digit is calculated using a mathematical calculation based on the first 11 digits of the UPC code.Ī common mistake companies make is creating their own UPC numbers. The twelfth character is called the “check digit”.
Unlike the GS1 Company Prefix, product numbers are arbitrarily assigned by each company. The next set of digits is called the “product numbers.” Product numbers uniquely identify individual items. This number uniquely identifies a company and always remains constant on all of a company’s products.
The first six to nine digits of a UPC are referred to as the “Company Prefix”, and they are assigned by a non-profit organization (GS1 US formerly the Uniform Code Council).