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Barcode string: A text string which becomes a bar code after being formatted with a barcode font. A barcode usually adds start/stop characters, as well as checksum characters to the data input. Consequently you can not just format the data with the font to create a valid barcode. In data matrix fontware, it is a synonym for encoder results.

Character per inch: A measure of the size of text characters, sometimes referred to as pitch. Check character Synonymous to “Check digit”.

Code 39: Code 39 (also known as USS Code 39, Code 3 of 9) is the first alpha-numeric symbology developed to be used in non-retail environment. It is widely used to code alphanumeric information, such as the model number etc. It is designed to encode 26 upper case letters, 10 digits and 7 special characters.

HIBC: Acronym for Health Industry Bar Code. A bar code format based on code 3 of 9 adopted by health industry.

OCR-A: An abbreviation commonly applied to the character set contained in ANSI standard X3.17-1981. A stylized font choice used for traditional OCR printing.

OCR-B: An abbreviation commonly applied to the character set contained in ANSI standard X3.17-1975. A stylized font choice used for traditional OCR printing.

PCL: Acronym for Printer Control Language, the page description language (PDL) developed by Hewlett Packard and used in many of their laser and ink-jet printers.

POSTNET: POSTNET (Postal Numeric Encoding Technique) encodes a US numeric address code (also called Zip code) which may contain 5, 9 or 11 digits - often called Zip, Zip+4 and Zip+6.

UPC-A: The UPC-A barcode is the most common and well-known symbology in North America. UPC-A encodes 11 digits of numeric data along with a trailing check digit, for a total of 12 digits of barcode data.