UPC Barcodes

Barcode prefixes do not provide identification of origin for a specific product. They merely provide number capacity to different countries for assignment of barcode prefixes by the GS1. […]

A Step-by-Step Guide — nationwidebarcode.com What Is a Barcode? A barcode is an optical scanning symbol that encodes a product identification number. The formal term is GTIN (Global Trade Identification Number). There are two common […]

This viral email has been going around for a couple of years and is mainly untrue. The email says you can tell where a product has been manufactured by the UPC or EAN barcode. This […]

The first digit of a UPC-A Barcode is number system character. The following table shows you what different number system characters mean 0:      Standard UPC number 1:      Reserved 2:      Random weight items […]

Before you buy a barcode, we have written this tutorial to help you understand the differences between UPC Barcodes and EAN Barcodes. Below are both an EAN barcode and a UPC Barcode. The EAN contains […]

Wherever you go, the grocery store, department store, on line at Amazon or your own refrigerator or pantry, you’ll find that everything that you purchase has a UPC barcode on it. Sometimes they are a […]

There are a number of great barcode applications on the market, but Amazon has made it easier as faster to locate items where you want to do some comparison shopping. There are three ways to […]

There are two components to a barcode graphic. The barcode graphic and the number beneath the bars. EAN = 0012345678905 UPC = (0)012345678905 or 012345678905 The GS1, the original source for barcodes, has created the […]