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BCT_INTERLEAVED2OF5

 

Field of Application

Code 2 of 5 interleaved is a universal barcode with many applications in the industry.

 

Charset / Number of Characters

The charset comprises the digits 0..9.

The number of digits is not limited, but you need to specify always 2 digits in pairs, i.e. the number of digits has to be even.

 

Checkdigit

The use of a checkdigit is optional. The barcode library can generate it automatically.

Is the automatic checkdigit generation activated, the number of used digits has to be odd.

 

Additional Information

If sending parcels with Deutsche Post AG you should take care that codes of type 2 of 5 interleaved with 12 or 14 digits are not visible on the outside of the parcel, otherwise they could be mismatched by automated systems with the Leitcode or Identcode parcel-labels.