Interleaved 2of5

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Interleaf is white paper inserted to each page of color-printed albums, etc. to prevent the color of ink from transmitting to next page. The word interleaved means that this white paper is inserted.

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As the name, between black bars (expressing former character), white bars (expressing latter character) are inserted. Then the combination express 2-digit number with five black bars and five white bars.

It seems that five bars express 2-digit code, and it has higher density than other 2 of 5 barcodes.

For its suitability of binary level barcode for rough printing, it is often used for Cardboard Printing, such as UPC Case Code; and in Japan, Standard Symbology for Physical Distribution, etc.

Summary

* Character Set Numeric
* Code type Continuous
* Length of symbol variable, but must be even length
(fixed to 6/14/16 digits in case of UPC Case Code, Standard Symbology for Physical Distribution)
* Self Check Yes
* Checkdigit optional
(uses modulus 10 in case of UPC Case Code, Standard Symbology for Physical Distribution)
* Character Density about 7.1 chars/cm
(about 5 to 1 chars/cm in case of Standard Symbology for Physical Distribution)

Character Composition

[Character Composition of ITF]

Interleaved 2 of 5 / List of Barcode Types

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