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15.2.4.1 1D barcodes (barcode)

In the classic 1D barcodes (barcodes), there are the two-level codes (two-level codes) and the multi-level barcodes (multi-level codes).

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Two-level barcodes have two different bar widths (narrow and wide). Two-level barcodes include Interleaved 2 of 5, MSI Code, Codebar, Code 39 and Extended Code 39.

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In the case of multilevel barcodes, there are more than two different bar widths (e.g. very narrow, narrow, normal, wide, very wide). Multi-level codes include: Code 11, UPC/EAN, Code 128 and Code 93.