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Field of Application

Code 93 is a universal barcode with many applications in the industry. Conceptual it is based on Code 39, but it needs less space.

 

Charset / Number of Characters

The charset comprises the digits 0..9, the upper-case letters A..Z and the symbols minus, period, blank, dollar sign, slash, plus and the percent character.

The number of characters is not limited. However the code is not very dense and needs much space.

 

Checkdigit

Code 93 uses two checkdigits. The use of the checkdigits is optional. The barcode library can generate them automatically.

 

Characteristics

The Code 93 is based on Code 39.

The Code 93 uses two checkdigits.

The aspect ratio between thin and thick modules can be adjusted using the properties BarcodeThinBar and BarcodeThickBar. To adjust for example a ratio of 1 : 2,5 set BarcodeThinBar = 2 and BarcodeThickBar = 5.