EN 12323:2005

AIDC technologies - Symbology specifications - Code 16K

This document:
-   specifies the requirements for the multi row bar code symbology known as "Code 16K";
-   specifies "Code 16K" symbology characteristics, data character encodation, dimensions, tolerances, decoding algorithms and user-defined application parameters;
-   describes a subset of "Code 16K" assigned to EAN International.

AutoID-Technologien - Symbologiespezifikationen - Code 16K

Dieses Dokument
-   legt die Anforderungen für die mehrzeilige Strichcodesymbologie mit Namen "Code 16K" fest.
-   legt Kennzeichen, Codierung der Datenzeichen, Abmessungen, Toleranzen, Decodieralgorithmen und benutzerdefinierte Anwendungsparameter der "Code 16K"-Symbologie fest.
beschreibt auch einen Subset von "Code 16K", der EAN International zugewiesen wurde.

Code à barres - Spécifications des symbologies - Code 16K

Tehnologije AIDC – Simbološke specifikacije – "Kod 16K"

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-May-2005
• ICS: 35.040 - Information coding
• ICS: 35.040.50 - Automatic identification and data capture techniques
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 225 - AIDC technologies
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 225/WG 1 - Symbology
• Current Stage: 9060 - Closure of 2 Year Review Enquiry - Review Enquiry
• Start Date: 02-Sep-2018
• Completion Date: 02-Sep-2018
• Ref Project: SIST EN 12323:2005 - AIDC technologies - Symbology specifications - Code 16K

Relations

• Replaces: EN 12323:1998 - Bar coding - Symbology specifications - "Code 16K"
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2005
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SIST EN 12323:2003
Tehnologije AIDC – Simbološke specifikacije – "Kod 16K"
AIDC technologies - Symbology specifications - Code 16K
AutoID-Technologien - Symbologiespezifikationen - Code 16K
Code a barres - Spécifications des symbologies - Code 16K
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12323:2005
ICS:
35.040 Nabori znakov in kodiranje Character sets and
informacij information coding
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 12323
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2005
ICS 35.040 Supersedes EN 12323:1998
English version
AIDC technologies - Symbology specifications - Code 16K
Code à barres - Spécifications des symbologies - Code AutoID-Technologien - Symbologiespezifikationen - Code
16K 16K
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 March 2005.

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Contents
Page
Foreword.3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .5
2 Normative references.5
3 Terms and definitions .5
4 Requirements.6
4.1 Symbology characteristics.6
4.2 Symbol structure.7
4.3 Character assignments.8
4.3.1 Symbol character encodation.8
4.3.2 Data character encodation .8
4.3.3 Code sets.9
4.3.4 Special characters .11
4.3.5 Start and stop characters .12
4.3.6 Check characters.13
4.3.7 Separator bars.14
4.4 Transmitted data.14
4.5 Dimensions.14
4.6 Reference decode algorithm .14
4.6.1 Introduction.14
4.6.2 Start and stop characters .15
4.6.3 Symbol characters.15
4.6.4 Symbol decode.16
4.6.5 Message decode .16
4.6.6 Additional checks.16
4.7 User-defined application parameters .17
4.7.1 Introduction.17
4.7.2 Symbology and dimensional characteristics .17
4.7.3 Optical specifications.17
4.7.4 Test specifications .17
Annex A (normative) Symbol check characters .19
Annex B (normative) Special considerations relating to the use of Function Code 1 (FNC1) .21
Annex C (normative) Using two or more “Code 16K” symbols to distribute longer data
messages.22
Annex D (normative) Transmitted data.25
Annex E (normative) Symbology identifiers .26
Annex F (informative) Use of mode, code and shift characters to minimize symbol size.27
Annex G (informative) Relationship of symbol character value to ASCII Value .28
Annex H (informative) Guidelines for the use of "Code 16K".29
Bibliography .30

Foreword
This document (EN 12323:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 225 "AIDC Technologies", the
secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or
by endorsement, at the latest by November 2005, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest
by November 2005.
This document supersedes EN 12323:1998.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries
are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Introduction
The technology of bar coding is based on the recognition of patterns encoded in bars and spaces of defined
dimensions. There are a number of methods of encoding information in bar code form, known as symbologies, and
the rules defining the translation of characters into bar and space patterns and other essential features are known as
the symbology specifications. "Code 16K" is one such symbology.
Previously, symbology specifications have been developed and published by a number of different private
organisations, resulting in certain instances in conflicting requirements for certain symbologies.
Manufacturers of bar code equipment and users of bar code technology require publicly available standard
symbology specifications to which they can refer when developing equipment and application standards.
1 Scope
This document:
— specifies the requirements for the multi row bar code symbology known as "Code 16K";
— specifies "Code 16K" symbology characteristics, data character encodation, dimensions, tolerances, decoding
algorithms and user-defined application parameters;
— describes a subset of "Code 16K" assigned to EAN International.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references,
only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
EN 1556:1998, Bar coding ― Terminology
EN ISO/IEC 15416, Information technology ― Automatic identification and data capture techniques — Bar code print
quality test specification — Linear symbols (ISO/IEC 15416:2000)
ISO/IEC 646:1991, Information technology ― ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
ISO/IEC 8859–1:1998, Information technology ― 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character sets ― Part 1: Latin
alphabet No. 1
ISO/IEC 15424, Information technology ― Automatic identification and data capture techniques ― Data Carrier
Identifiers (including Symbology Identifiers)
EAN▪UCC General Specifications (EAN International, Brussels)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in EN 1556:1998 and the following
apply.
3.1
guard bar
additional bar used to separate the trailing space of a start character from the leading space of the first symbol
character in a row
3.2
mode character
symbol character in the first position after the start character in the first row of a symbol, used to define the initial
code set and any implied special characters
3.3
separator bar
horizontal bar separating two rows of a symbol or abutting the top or bottom of the first or last row respectively
4 Requirements
4.1 Symbology characteristics
The characteristics of "Code 16K" are:
a) encodable character set:
1) all 128 ASCII characters, i.e. ASCII characters 0 to 127 inclusive, in accordance with ISO/IEC
646:1991;
2) characters with ASCII values 128 to 255 in accordance with ISO 8859-1:1998 may also be encoded.
See 4.3.4.4 d);
3) 4 non data function characters;
4) 3 code set selection characters;
5) 7 shift characters;
6) 8 start characters;
7) 8 stop characters;
8) 1 pad character;
b) code type: continuous, multi row;
c) elements per symbol character: 6, comprising 3 spaces and 3 bars, each of 1, 2, 3 or 4 modules in width;
d) character self-checking: yes;
e) row self-checking: yes;
f) symbol width: 81X inclusive of minimum quiet zones;
g) symbol height: variable (2 to 16 rows);
h) bidirectional decoding: yes;
i) number of symbol check characters: 2, mandatory (see Annex A);
j) symbol character density: 11 modules per symbol character representing data (equivalent to 5,5 modules per
data character in code set C);
k) representative data capacity: 2 row symbol: 7 ASCII characters, 14 numeric characters;
l) maximum data capacity 16 row symbol: 77 ASCII characters, 154 numeric characters;
m) non-data overhead:
per row: 15 modules;
per symbol: 33 modules minimum, 81 modules maximum.
4.2 Symbol structure
Each "Code 16K" symbol consists of 2 to 16 rows. Each row shall comprise:
a) leading quiet zone;
b) start character;
c) 1X guard bar (where X is the nominal width of a narrow bar or space);
d) 5 symbol characters;
e) 1 stop character;
f) trailing quiet zone.
Figure 1 illustrates the row structure. Rows shall be separated from each other by a horizontal separator bar. The top
and bottom of the symbol shall also have separator bars which shall extend to the ends of the quiet zones.

Figure 1 – “Code 16K” row structure
Figure 2 shows the structure of a full 16-r
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