UPC-E Barcode

UPC-E is a compacted form of the UPC-A barcode symbology that usually carries a GTIN-12 with a number system of 0 or 1 that has been zero compressed.

UPC-E is also called "zero suppressed UPC" because 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 identification part of the code.

Variants:

• UPC-E+2 is an extension of UPC-E that includes a two-digit add-on, named EAN-2.
• UPC-E+5 is an extension of UPC-E that includes a five-digit add-on, named EAN-5.
• UPC-A is the full size form of UPC-E.

Data and Options

• The data field takes either seven or eight digits.
• If seven digits of primary data are supplied then the check digit is calculated automatically.
• The ShowText option should normally be supplied.