UPC/EAN

Used primarily in point-of-sale applications in the retail industry. It is commonly used with Microscan scanners in applications in combination with Matchcode when there is a need to verify that the right product is being placed in the right packaging.

UPC (Universal Product Code) is a fixed length, numeric, continuous symbology. UPC can have two- or five-digit supplemental data following the normal symbol. The UPC Version A (UPC, A) symbol is used to encode a 12 digit number. The first digit is the number system character, the next five are the manufacturer number, the next five are the product number, and the last digit is the checksum character.

When enabled, the scanner will read UPC Version A and UPC Version E only.