l - Express Barcode Labels
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l - Express Barcode Labels
I “--l N(IT SENSITIVE MIL-STD–1189B 10 RUGUST 1989 -——-——suPmmING ttIL-5Tbl189fl 4 SEmalBm 1984 l’lILITRRY STFMIRRD STRNORRO OEPflRTMEtI!T (IF OEENSE BfiR CODE SYMBOUIGY RRm RISC NA3 ISTR IEWTISIN STFllHIENT —R. Rt=wuved .fkr wbl ic release distribution is unlimited. PRCK pfnrs’m-llm DEP~ cl?D===- Washington, ~ Stiard Dqartnmt of DefenseBar We 204~2 -MY . MIL-S!UWU89 aMiti- 8 d~e~i;~~km 2. Beneficialconments (recmumdatim, pertinent data which q be of use in -KOV@ ti~ d~ Packaging,Storaqe z&l Containerization Center,Am: -ressed: Director,W ~1% ‘Ibbyknna,PA 18466-~97f by US-iIMjthe seM-*r-d Starikrd izationDocumentInprovemnt Proposal (m Form 1426) appearing at the end of this doaumnt or by letter”. ii ccm’xmTs Page Paragraph1. ● oo--oooee* ● * *009*--.* ...-.**---* 1 **O.*** ● 1*1 Purpse 1.2 -----*O-**. ~lzcation ***--O*.***---**-*** 2. 2*1 2.2 2.3 3. 4.1 4.2 4.3 4*4 4.5 Figuze SXPE 1 ● **a*****.. ● .**.*.**-* ● **O* ● -***00**** ● ..***.***** .***e*e 5. 5.1 5.1.1 5.1.1.1 5.1.1.2 5.1.1*3 T&le 11 5.1.2 5.2 5.2.1’ III 5.2.2 5.2.3 5.2.4 5.2.5 5.2.6 2 e . . ..o.. ee . .. ... .. .. ......................... 2 2 2 DEFINII’KXS.******-** .*e**.*m*a* ...**..... .. 3 GENERAL ~IRXMENE 6 Gamrnmnt Otbfx =Hm DaamEn e.e.. **e* ● .. ...o . .. ..e . .. .. .. . . .. ... aaotmm~ ● ● O*****----•o-o-o.eoo~ *** ● ● 3 ot 9Mr Code Description................. Human-Re=mle Intefpretat ion t=) 0-.0*99ee SE Configuration ........................... Qt@nalWeF omats..... .................. *O********* *O*.****.-** ~izu lkqlm~ts . 6 6 6 6 ● -~ ~ with a H@=Densi@ Bar Code e**oe*e*** ,of 9.4=1 mlarged) **-***-**-O* 7 Code Configuration ...........O................ 8 o*aa-e*o**0*0*000****** 9 D~ ~ ● ● Rf2tl=tivlty and Contrast ................... 9 ReklCtivity 9 ..m. **ee* .. 9.....9 . . . . . Light Scurces...**...*......... .**. . .* . . . ● *.** **m .*** Qa2ity *****-*O*****me****m 000..e****.*O* ..e. *.. e... . *..-**..* ****. Bar IkXlectivity ● ● ● ● Allowale ● Valles”ot Bar Reuectame.. e........ 9 9 10 10” Pmltuxltrast signal(=).0 ................ 11 .-m-i~.ti mmti ..............e... U -e d ERI EMght ......a.o...*..*.*.e...*- M. Bar Code and HRI E3eights ....................... 12 Intercharacter Gap *****-***-*-*O**..aoaooa 13 Margins (@iet tines)-00000000O*OO**Oe ***O 13 SpacingBeWeen Bar Code and HEU............ 13 Spzing &tm Elge of Label and ERX....... 13 ~ing WcWmkm5atiom for =S Mess-e..... Formats*.*.*..... .....*.**. ..****.*** 13 SIS”hkssages ........................ 13 ~ata IwLSM Messages.............. 13 13 Maximum mn’berOt EncodedChar=te.rs ........ ● ● ● ● ● 5.2.6.1 5.2.6.2 5.2.7 1 *** ~DcmmNTs ● !I!5ble I 1 Stacked iii -. . . m*.. MIIam-u.89B CONTENE - Contimed Page Figure . T2bti 2 5.3 5.3.1 5.3.2 ~~ for Multiple=S Message Formats Code !IblerzmeS mlaa... e................e . Calculating mlerame. *.......*.....**.” 14 Is 15 ls Iv !blerancesfor Sekcbed Densities......... Is e.e**. 5.4 5*401 5.4.2 5.4.3 e.-. . ******.*. ● Bar . *.** ..*. ● 00 *-..*-**- m . 9.......- . Maasllring m-. *-. -a... am! Bar B3ge IW@ness.... .............................. -.***.***. Barmgemtlg-B ?3rdW)lds .*.oe **o..** . . . .. . ... .. . O ***O****** ● ● 6. 6.1 6.1.1 6.1.2 17 ..0..00Message Printing on ~rrugat~ F U)erboardO*.**-**** **.**--** *O-**** Printing Prztic~ .....aOOO.----O---O.-O SDS Marking .. *..*.*. .-- 6ale3e2 6.1.3.3 6.1.4 6.2 6.2.1 Table v 17 Dkat ● 6.1.2.1 6.1.2.2 6.1.3 6.1.3.1 16 16 16 16 == WS ● .. ... . ......-**---*--***-**** Rfntlng ...****e...*.......*.*. ....*...* ..***..o...e *...*..*.** Dti~kti~.-.......o..-o-o~ nd~ ~ Printing.............. P~ tl!larking BMxmds.-.... *.*..*... qtional ~mee ................... Use of Qtional Cbeck Charactertor Hitim&Dati Wri~ .............. T’!xmml ● ● 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 u 18 18 Chaxacter Values for Determining the 18 6.2.2 19 Fqure 19 3 6.2.3 6.2.4 ‘1’zble VI 6.3 m-.............”..”””” 20 ................. 20 Wseof me~hmlx ~iqti -e 3of 9ConvexsiOn to FUll HI.. ...... 21 Changes from Previous Issues................ 22 -- mL-sTD-l189B APPENDIX A PARAGRAPH 10 ImmA131LITY . ..9...... . . . . . . . . . .* ● **.**** --.-.-e- ...- 23 10.1 10.2 ~~ .........................-....-.--..”-””.23 A@ication ...................................23 20 20.1 *-O*********e**o***e e**O*23 m?EREmm~ GoVernmnt DOauren% ..........................23 30 D~NITIOW ● ● ● ● **O*-******e***e*...** •.****@*.*~*23 ● 40 ● V ● eoeme*eao*e ~- ● *o**me***meo ● *23 THIS PAGE INI’ENHONALLY LEFT BLANK vi. 1. =(PE 1-2 aLMatim* TbesEsbalbeu8@ wimever b= C50cie murktq and read$ngoperations are enployedwithinloglsticsoperations. 1 Unkx5 otherwiseSpecitid, 2.1.1 Smcifications.standark ~ks for tk issue! list@ in tk tolkwing ~ifications, stan&rdsO am& Ot @eciftitiDns d Stiaxds thatissue ot the DqwblEnt Ot DefenseIxw3ex ~ISS) specifiedin the solicitationform a part of this standardto the extentspecifi- herein. MmJN?YSmNMuDS” . km4+lD-lo5, Proceduresand !l!&Mes for ~ -SID-130, Identiticatim by A~~tes. Markingot U.S. MUltary -oper~o (Copiesof specificatims,stax@Kds, hardbooks,drawings,and publications rqired by contr=tors in connectionwith specificzqu isition tunctions shuM be obtainedtrornthe contrzting ~tivity or as direCtedby the contrzxXingotficer). TransportCase E@bol (=) by the Distrtitim -logy availzblefrom the AutomaticIdentification Manut_rers Study Group is (~) . (Application for copies should be zddressedto the MaterialHandlingInstitute, 1326Fmeport RQ* , P~t-rgh, PA I-5238.) Inc.k (1’km=@?ernRmtstam3ardsare genertiy avail~le for referencefrom libraries. ZMy are alsodistiibu= amng mn—Governnm t stmdards bodies aml using FGal apcies.) CmtMct tbew 2 betwem of this mbsm=l189B 3. IXZE’INImOW 3.1* 3 Ot 9bar code. The 3 ot 9 bar code is a variablelength,discrete, self-checking,bidirectional,alphammx ic bar code. Its characterset contains43 maningful cbaraXers: O-9, A-z, -, ., $. /, i-,%, d we. Three Each chartier is coxxposed of nine elenmts: five bars ZUXIfour ~. ot the nine elemnts are wide (binaryvalue 1) six elementsare narrow ecxxxmn@artier (*) is used for both start (b~w ValMe 0). An =itimal and stip d~W6. Table I px~= the -e synMlogy fozthe30t9 . bar-codecimr=ters. ● 3.2 ~. Tbe darker elenmt 3.3 Bar Coc& of a bar ode. An arrayof rectangular barsm ~ In a pr&eterzdn@ pattern. 3.4 Bar wid th. The perpendicular distance across a bar measuredfrom a point on one edge to a point on the _ite edge. ~h point will be defina as havinga reflectancethat is 50 percent of the d i.fterme between the backgr~ and bar reflectance. 3*5 E==LwL*-Ar~b=m-c OftM t!8@d Wi~ bOfA!# d&eCtlY a X 3.6 w~~. —m-=-m? (QP-M4 irmmcxibixq tbe bar win&!d on COr~&d t~. code, A bar code formatwhich perml- Eez@lng In bars ‘a ~. ~tk “ dis=tiazs 3.7 --~ tIOa cbmcteristlc or”p~ Involvinga selecticm, choice, or ccxxlition in which there are two possibil.itles. 3.8 Bm~ usuallyo m code 1. 3.9 c~. services, e.g. , ● A code which makes use of exactly two distinctchar= ters In a transaction, the party that provides transportation -ck, boat, rail, etc. 3.10 ~. Letter, digit, or other ~ial tom that is used as part of tk orgmization, CUMZOl, or representation of data. A cbar~ Is often intk firm of a spatial arrangementof zdj-t or mmected StZOICeS. 3o11 ~. Wlthlnthe bar axle. Thosechar~wMchae 3 —— avaiMme fir eSEdnlg MnA’m-l189B 3.13 closed s-. authori~ has controlover A system in which a Single ekumts, e.g., data content, bar Code printing, bax code scanners; %P=ite of “Opensystem”. - 3.14 Code per unit of The nllnberof Char=te.rsthat can qar dens$$y. &h (~1) . 3.I.5~. Abarcode inwhich~iMercbarX gqismt~” of thecdezxxl is allowed to vary dlxmsimally withinwide -Usrmce limlts. -, I’U=-y 3J6 ~==- in Cha.t=t=S glgKH&. Ageneric 3.17 -. defined . . 3.18 F-. per ● eitberabarora~. termusedtmrefatm A uniqaephysicalobject -t whichinformation can be See “Message”. man ReZ*le Internretation (MU) . T13eex=t interpretation ot the 3.19 encoded bar code data present~ in a laman-re=able tent. 3020 ~. chacX the last elementof one -b—= t& first elenmt of the =j=ent char~ of a discretebar code. Ibtllal prodm/tzbxicalxx of m entity;mt moessarily an Mamfzcturer”sID code is aprmof 3*= “EmmmKQL. the supplkr in a tr~iom entity,not of a trms~o See ‘Supplierafor tr~.. The area Hia@ly precedingthe start 3.22 charzcterand followingthe‘s@ character,which containsno markingsand providesthe sam reflectance as the spzces. 3.23 ~. The string ot data ch==ters encoded in a b= tale. (Ako called a field.) 3.24 Jbn+ead. In a bar code system,the absenceofdataat the scanner ou~t atter an atteuptedscan due - no code, det~tive code, scannertailme or operatmr 3.25 ~. error. A 6ysM which anto~ W) es~lxxl Se- ad that tbre50recan be re&lilycmwct&l Sward ● @#oSite of -C1OM toother systemsthatcouply with thesa= system” ● 3.26 Print contrast s“~al (PCs)* A ~asure of the contrast between the bars ~ spzes of a synbol. It is basa on refl~tance z’masuremnts at a specified wavelength ot light. 4 MXK&SmWJ189EI ● 3.27 m t ~. The measureof co~liance of a bar c~e syrrbol to ~ requirementOf dimns ional tolerance, age roughness, SPOtS ~ Wids, reflectance,KS, *iet zone, ~ encodation. The ratio ot the nuaber of successfulreads on the tirst 3.28 ~. attenpt@ the total. Xnnberof attenpts. 3.29 9X (S=ard ~ ~ we ~ !the30f 9barcxxlewitia hunawremzble Interpretation(HRI). The 3 o; 9barcode lsdetlnedti~ densi~, Cmtrast, ti codepattern. ~30f9barwde of 6ize, is also xefermd tapas Code 39 or Co& 3 ot 90 3.30 ~.. whichcm be ~~ 3.31 ~. a@ust ~ Abarcaode whlchuses achaclcing algorithm charto guard aga=t uxxletectal errors. The lighterelexmt of a bar code. A distinct charzcter represent- by an 3“32 ~. astirisk,oz star (*),used at the b6ginningand end of each 3 of 9 bar code which provides ixutia.1 treferencesdirectionof red informationto the coding logic. The asteriskstart ard stop code is an intqral part ot ZUY3 ~liu to the 3 ot 9 bar caie. 3.33 ~. 111 a ti~ti, arnmhas allbemotsavioe, . Warr2erm tknp8rty thatp~ Otkrthtul ~SemlSes. # p-m, ~ AISo~ ● 3.34 k. Ch8S=&XW ~ A ooapletebar code con~ing margins.start character;dati ~, Cdigit (if q), _ S- Char-. A muber assignedby a controlling athori~ to 3.35 x~~~. provideuni~e identification to an enti~ or group of entities @ permit of the rmvemnt of that at ity or group of entitiestrom POint to ~=k q pht through a series of transztions~ 3.36 ~ ● narrow~areqalti~ ~ - The Width of the narrow elemnt. (W narrowbar and the 3of9 bar code.) This width is refemxl ti as ax- dixmsion. 3*37 ~. - see -supplier-* 4.1 3ot !lbar c~e dexription. The30t9bar applications unless Otherwise specitid. codeshzdJbe usedtorzill 4.2 Ehmawreackble inte~retatin (EEW The HRIotthe30f9barcde shallrepresentonly tk encockd charzters. Themlsix ltendedtikwti ● only foc _ recognitimaml is not mtemk@ to be ~hine rezxhble.For met a =t~ GtQCk ~ (~ ~~y ~ be mark= 5960-0CkIZ7-4329 . Ibwever,when barcoded, mly the 13digitsare tobe ~ m tk ERI willbe IIHrkti eqmlly as 5%ooo1274329* Note that t!= Startl!mdstopasbermksshall besuppmssedwhen markingtbe mu. me shapes tislzes oftbecbar~scm bein~easilyrxtont= are bo bea minimm Of 0.094Am&s (2.39m) in height.The BRI may be mark- m besideor preferablybelow m bar code. . (when~itkd by the procuxingactivity). m =S 4.3 ~s c~ nessageshallconsistot a nunberot 3 ot 9 bar code data char~er syxrboIs enclwed betweenstart and stq code characters,with the cormspord~ FiRI cbar=ters. An exanpleof an = nessagecontainingthe data string “=” is sti in figure1. The dimnsioni.ngrqirenents are cletail- in section5.2. 4*4 ~. “char-, seesectios16*oxtbe optimal use Otcheqk M= ~, and the-full Amer$ca Standa@ Code”SW - InSomaMcm Interchange (AS211) charifderset. Anemoded leMIIqspme&?lll beusedwhm zxxionlywhentbeoptlmalbroken~et ormat is beixqused~” formatalxltkz-x=e (See6.2ol) _ both tbe brok~ Calmlatiq thevalue beused# tbHncoded~shall Cilsobeconsiilere dwhen of m check chare. . 4*5 rem~ There may be a@ications that requirespecial concerning & code tormat @ density as well as the ~ or contents, size, and location. The pert inent application st@ard procurement documnt shall take precedence tor these applications. COMiderZkiOnS Kn!E - An exaupleof a ~ial requirementis for a bar code with a densityot per inch and only 0.016 inch (0.406rx@. high that is etched into 9.4 char-s the edge ot a printedci.rmitboard. — w .?43WS’ID-l189B DIMENSIONS IN INCHES* NARROUBAR .00753 .0017 MIDE SPACE UIDE .0168 BAR ~ .0017 6AP8ETUEE II CHARAq ?iAfutoU” SPACE -0075: .0017 *X T03X f I -EDGE f No HINIWH?WR61N \\ OF UMEL . . . A— (@rET ZONE) — z 0.0625?41N1FuJrI ~ MRGIN HR1 ● )( IS EQUAL TO THE UNITSIZE * ?fIMMJ?l 14ARGINS - 0.25 INCHESOR IOX UNraiEVER Is UW6ER FIGURE 1. Exanmle ~S with a ~ia~~sit-v ((3?1)(ml arqd) . 7 ?2arc05e of 9.4 characters ner i~~ PATTERN CHAR. BARS SPACES 1 10001” 0100” 2 3 01001 11OOO 0100 Olm 4 00101 0100 5 6 7 8 9 1o1oo 0100 01100 00011 0100 0100 0100 0100 0100 0010 0010 0010 ,0010 ‘0010 0010 0010 10010 01010 00110 0 A 10001 01001 11000 00101 10100 8 c o E F 01100 00011 G H I 10010” 01010 J 00110 K L aQo$/1 01001 The*symbol denotes a unique S~a~t/StOp character 0010 0010 plo Ooo1 Ooo1 which must be the first and last cl~aractet of every bar code -. Ncn!E: @r ~ Table VI tor tull.AXII enc~ation. — 5. DEX!MSEI 5.1 ~fectivim ~~ ~RE4?31?? COntraSt. 5.1.1 Reflectivity. 5.1.1.1 ~t Spectxal SaJYx!es ● - Four spctral bads are refer-~: !rypical Salines wave Length (Peak “ Nanometers) I I X33 633 * 5% B680 B8!)C 680+ 5% 800 * 5% heliuumean (visible] visiblelaserdiode solid-hte laserdiode B900 900 & 5% invkible infrard smrces These bards representspectralresponsesrequiredfrom the msaSuz@ in.strunent (lightsource,filter,det=tor] . Bard 13633correspondswith scannersus@ sarces emittingvisiblercd lightwithin the B633 ~tral bad. Bad B680 com?sponds b devices that respod to visible laser diode sourcesthatoperate within the visibleB680 bard. Bm3 B800 cozr~s to rezdixqdevicesthat mspoM m laser diod~lightsmmes thatemit lightwithinthenear mare ald MN-. Ba@B900comespm3s boma3k@evK thatuselight~ SMl be ~Wiabe de-m opecat@ in ~ Mm&. AU the ~-ts &lein-final _ccnfiguratim asitistO&sczmM. ~pxkting sqchasthose usiqin!c=ontaining CZ@OCM~=Sily~ l?==== Sldl -ate emtrast in all threespectrallxm3s. pctit~ p~ as thoseusing Variaw Cx310r’d dyes may satis~ * r(quimnents of the M33 bandbut not for the !3800or WOO btis. As a minimm, the mark~ m de synbolshall meet the contrast an?lreflectivity requirements for M s800 ad for band B633 using barium sulfate (BaS04) or magnesium oxide (MgO) as a photometric s’tiard. Wflectivity measurementssimll “m me with incident ixrdiation at 45 dqmes frm a nomal (-perperd icular) to the su~fze ti reflectedflux collectd withina M degree angle centerd on the normal. W bar ~ slxillbe re&lablewhen utilizings2anners that operate in thebailof WaveWqtis bex the B633 artiMOO ti inclusiveMess otl-ise specifi03* . SOLL2 ~ aeasumauimctsfaabamde ~vaMessii@n3 whfchbaEuK t4Jg0Bilpnme -,eti--ma~ eme&Mrq 0.90. ~ ~bed ~i~ value of a materKL slxill be debeunind by tam refla?&s’Ee masumknts (Rp@m& me fi=t ~ewnt (~) shall with enoughlayersof thesane be tdcen m a blank materialszmpleMe materialso thatdoublingthe number of layers will not change the neasurd value oE refls-e. ZlleseCOnd Xn3asuremnt(112)shall be taken on the sane blank material.s~le except that a bl~k baking s’hallbe placedd iratly &iml the materialsanple inste~ of uultiple layecs. l’hereflectance v~ue of the black back~ shall not ~ S percent. The calculatim of the opacityvalue is as follows: . 9 ,6A, , W cde synbolsare to & ~k& ~ nmwe n~terids wit.11 ~iq sh~l W tie on values 1than or qual to ().90,reflat=e ~=u~ments a backing material which has a refl=tme v~u~ ~a the k“ cde synbol witil to -t of & bar co3e -1 b~k~ in the final pzckaging configuraha. the bar code synbol is -lid to the find ~kage configuratim, there shall be no 9 rester than 10 percent variatiOn in the reflec~e values of tM - white elemen= due b cde s@Ol the interfer~ patterss~@ timgh n~-e ~ materiaM. dhwab.le refl~tivi~ of - dti ~. me XIE?xilnlm. lightp. Bar cde -h witi bars is relaM ti the refleCtivi~of the” ~ thatare Is deflective willzequirebazs thatare ‘dtia” (1w !J!zWeIIilllmm-timkreflecZe”%@~ reflective). p r~ec~ shzill be 25 pemt for of spa= remctajm% ~. T!& m.ininum 5.1.1.3 bar de symbolswith narrowbar widths-al to or greater than 0.020 tih mininumwe reflec~e shallbe 50 percent for bar code (0.508m). s@Ms with narrowbar widths less than 0.020 imsh (0.508m). 1 TABLE 11. Allowable values o f bar refl~t~e. Space Reflec~e Q(%) MaXm Bar R2flect=e qJ%) 625 .25 7s0 30 8.75 35 40 10*OO . 11.25 12So 13.75 15.00 45 50 55 60 16.25 65 70 75 80 85 90 17.50 18.75 20.00 21.25 22s0 9s . 23.7s 25.00 100 ● twnm In@xd30ve&a’e,*~@=-z8tioof~*~&4”o, m midlmm print Cmtrast signal (PCs) is 75 pement. 10 1 , ti 5.1.2 Prin t Contrast Signal (~s). me KS is defind as: ZU13~ is the reflectance where ~ is tbe reflectancefrom the white -es, pement. TheminiRuIll PC!salloWedis75 from the dark tXUS. . . . e d~ d~l 5.2 ~. ‘1’he30f9 bar code can be marked at ate a varietyof markingand red ing processes. vari&s densiti- to L d 3.0 Mmples of q-e densitiesin CPI are: 9.4 = highs5.7- med~ = low. High densi~ codes are cummnly whereq is“at-aprmium. Im densitycdks are cammly usedon exteriorsh@ping containerswhere lwer densi~ codeswill f~ilitate au-ted materials~ling by r-te seamers. Ultra-highdensitiesgreater than 9.4 CPI may be us@ in closdl-loopan3 specialapplicationswhen required. (See6.2.4) The significantparameters are the nominal width (x) of the narrow elements ti the nominal ratio of Widetenarrow elements. The allwable range for the n6minal unit size ad the nominalwide-to-narrowratio is as follows: Minimm nominalunit size (fOZspecialapplications) - 0.0044 inch (0.112m) MdJluxa - nm&nalunitsi2x2 applicatiotM3) general (*E Maciuura nanlnal unit size (forgenemi a@icatiOns) . Mf3ximmnminal unit size (for specialapplications) Nominal wide to-narrow ratio 0.0075 imh (0.i90mm). . - 0.0200 *1 (.508 m?) - 0.0400 imh (1-016° m) ● - 2.5:1 to 3.0:1 for codes whose unit size is less than 0.0075 inch (0.190 nun) 2.2:1 to 3.0:1 for codes whose unit size is less than 0.015 inch (0.381 m) ad equal to or greater than 0.0075*b (0.190m) - 2.0:1to 3.0:1for codeswhineunit sizeis x tO or more than0.015 . inch (0.381~. wi$3*tXHlarrow ratioof 3.0:1b gxeferrd for all unit sizes.The ztial widetonarrm ratio will don ‘~ mtual (mark&i)sizes of the narrow and wide element,but shall not exceed 3.3:1. 5.2.1 C@e d HRI heiuhts. !Ihebar code height can vary to suit spific realing ard marking requirements. TINSbar cde heights lista3 in table 111 shall be usa for the correspondingranges of bar cede density. For those appltitions where these heightsare not suitable, height requirements will be as -ifi~ by the responsible prmurement activity. utiimm HRI heights are also listed in table III. 11 II t The correspoti ing MIIFszl%l189B T!f)BIE III. Bar tie d A. Bar code ~ Bar (Me” DensiW Ranue 1.7 ~CPI < 3.0 3.0 ~CPI < 6.5 6.5 ~CPI & 9.4 HRI kigh- for~. HKI _ Bar We Bar Code Min I“HLIJIIHeiqht Maximm (nnl) in in FIeiqh~ 0.75 0.375 0.25 (31.75) (22.23) (12.7) (19.05) 1.25 (9.53) 0.875 (6.35) 0.s0 B. Bar cde a-d HRI heiqhtsfor mec Bar Code 9.4 ~ CPI & 32.5 U*S < CPI ~ 15.5 Mininum Wiah~ in (m (nan) .125 .094 .094 amlications. id “BarCode Bar Code piniRu!nE@sclht @Xilmnll HeiQht” in (m) ~ (0.125 (3.18) 0.375 0.0625 (1.s9) 0.250 in il!llm Heic& (- (9.53) .063 1*6O (6.35) .035 0.89 *Special ap@ications or conditions may dictate the use of height a-d densi~ combinations other than those shown in TABLE III. 12 . 3.18 2.39 2.39 8 --- MHFSIXI-U-8933 5.2.2 Interc-te the minimm width SW r qm (x) o; dimnsion be three times The minimum gap *t- a narrow element. the width ot a narrow c~=f== The max~ ekrent = * S- as intercharacter gap (3X) (S* tig 1). In mst cases, the minimumdimension(x) is used. Eightmarginsshallbe 10 The mininum lett md tiresthe widthof one narrow&amt (l(h)or 0.25 M (6.35m) , whichever is greaterunlassOtmrwme qecltmd (seefig 1) Uniqlesi~ q exist,butinnocasesw theWidthbfthegliet zonesbe lef3stmno.125 imh (3.17m). 5.2.3 ~~ (caQgt m ● 5.2.5 .~acirm between tiqe ot ~ tbe horizontaledge of the lzbel- mu. the HEU SW The IIwlin’llmspacing be* be 0.0625 inch (1.588m) (seetig 1). 5.2.6 spa=ing ~=ixw zqir~ts gly tor 9)s ~ts The tO~OW@ unlessotherwisespecitied (rlterto tig 2): reconmmlat@ns 5.20601-~. - = ~ “ areinaover—~ shall have a midmm sqaratlon ot 0.375 Contlguratlm (m=c.ea) # ==q= inch (9.53MN and a maximm sepacaticm ot 0.75 -h (19.05mm) fromM mde to barmde (sOefig2). T&w Spacing bet3ieentx) separately - 5.2.6.2 “~* ~mWsamAineshaU md’edm {U*7 Iun)(- haveaminimm separatiocqt0.51mh fig 2) ● 5.2.7 Maximum nunber Q e~m~ The maximum nunber of encoded data characters in a single SX message shall-not exceed 30 data c-asters nUKber Ot ermoded Char=ters shall not unless otherwise speciti@. The to= ~ 32 char=ters including the start and stop char=ters and other control characterstly!k~beused suchasanenwded~. 13I . . 9.53mu) MINIMUM lllll1lllllllllllllllllll STACKED: To SRf’’lPLE 1 9.QSnml. MAXIMUM . llllulllllllllllllllllllllllllll[lIllllllllllt"75hcb( SRilPLE B.QI 2 INCH ( ~.asmm > MINIMUM TO 0.25 inch [6.35 mm] MAXIMUM nPn THESE DIMENSIONS APPLY TO ALL FOUR MESSAtita .“ 03incti 02.7 ml IN-LINE: MINIMUld . lll[llIlllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lIllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll SflI’lPLE SRMPLE 3 14 I 4 5.3.1 wcan be The Width of maxked bars a to~e instruments Easur& with an optical~&ra~x or electro@ical lK?asuring using retl.ected light incidentat 30 degzees to 45 degr= mom a ~to the marktisurt- . Whm using a cmparator, a magnificationOt 5~ = r-~ed although,with so= loss of ~~, 20X may be -. uk~ -es with reason&ly smoth bar edges are ea8fiy measuredby visulJy averagingthe -e rouglmss over a Linearreticleon ~ coapara~r semen. 5*3= ~“ tllnction of * ~allowblemadclxqptidthtoknominalwidth (x) of a n=mw element m - ot the wide to mrow elenmts. This tderzme is defined (t)&a ~~ r*iO (n) as: range OX 2 to 3.” ““ of n shaU be no less than 1.98nor greaterthan3.3. Table IV stiws t& tolerance for som of the cormmn.ly used d inensions and on the =tual bar width ratios~ The ~Wal densityobtainedmy vary depend- Note that the nominal value ot n shall be in the aUowable The zctual (marked) value ~“. ~~. )ensl& ~ Narrow ● w~a (x) wid#Nam)’w Elemmts. -- NmltAalWd-WideElemats lnd . Ele91Ent w- (t) Cm 15.5 0.0044 O*U2 2.5 0.0110 0.279 0.Oou 0.030 12*5 9.4 8.6 0.0055 0.0075 0.0080 0 ●140 0.190 0.203 2.5 2.24 2.5 0.0138 0.0168 0.0200 7.4 0.0100 0.254 2.2 0.0220 0.0300 0.0300 0.0345 0.351 0.427 0.508 0.559 0.762 0.762 0.876 0.003-50.038 0.0017 0.044 0.0022 0.055 0.0023 0.058 0.0035 0.088 0.0033 0.083 0.0040 0.101 6.3 5.7 5.4 4e8 3.9 0.0100 0.0120 0.Olls 0.0160 0.0160 0.254 0.305 0.292 3.0 2.5 3.0 0.406 2*O 0.0320 0.8J3 0.0032 0.081 0.406 3.0 0.0480 1.219 0.0055 0.140 3.0 O+lo 0s33 3.0 O.(Km 1.600 0.0073 0.184 2.3 1.7 O.om 0.0400 9.762 1.016 Z*5 2*5 . t).0750 1.905 0.1000 2.540. 15 0---- -— —--- 0 ●OWL (1 .207 0.0109 0.276 MIbS2D-U89B 5.4 5.4.~ ● ~. ids, and MU edqe rouqhness. A n’qor avantxy? Ot USlng ~ 3 Ot 9 ba cme lS ltS proper~ which leaas to a very low charactersubstl~tlon erzor (arm) rate. The charactersubstitutmn rate varEs wxtb the prtit q~l~ ot the bar code syRMl and operatortecfnlqe. seLt+3ecHng 5-4*3 ~~ cmm=ter Incmndual smgLe spot or vmd ot Suttacxent magmtude In an wxll c=se a tmd scannermnotre=lwhentm A code scanmng Mx? passes d iK?ctly thrOUgh the deteCt. 130wever , tW) independent ocmrrmg along the sane scan.wltlunthe same charmer code could SUCh error can Only result It a voti m a wide producea substltitlon error. detects bar E aLIgned with a spot Spots and vokls Wuch met on a narrow bar wlthm either ot the tollowmg the sam ChEWZCter code. cr lterla are pernutted: a. Z13espot or voti can be contameu wmhm a circlewmse ammter M 0.4 tunes the nominalwidth ot the narrow element. . mmpiesnolmm UKm 25peroent ottheareaota b. Tbeqoton%nd nominalWidth Ot tm narrw circle~ d~ 3s0.8tlues ~t. Larger spots omllcmdscalbe expeeWd toreducethetlrst real rate cf~lng upon theu slzeo 16 M&ml189B con~ ml (E) TraAsportcase @mol Hcs) .Thesepz=tlces mnlkl be toLLOWd mr mmrct prlKMxlgOt @s ~ m corruga~ t~. widthOz tm narrmll Tm mcolmEm@ nlinimlm ~ elenmt tir direct pxmtang on comagated tiberboamSW be 0.020mm (0.508 For curectprinted bar coaes, me reco~ed mmiuum Eatlo OZ WM-C m. narrow elemmt wmth E 2.5:1. Duect pr mted bar cme aensmles greater than mz!cuces tog Unq 1.7 CPI axe -eptable when they =t the r~uemnts ot th2s s~ard. A rearer Dar E a rectangular bar pattern vertlcmy. A bearer b= my the SDS mssage horizontally~ be errpLqed to provme umtorm supprt tor the prmt~ p-te at criticalareas near the SDS -age tor direct prantingon corrugatedtberboard. ~ed d~xms.ot~beamrbar arealso~~snt&r~rt reZer~m ,. 6 L~-2 ~. cxrcumscr Dmg . . ‘6.1.2.1. Zhere are W thermaLprinting mtbcMS, directaM irxlirect (tCMmnaltranszer) Both X=tmds can be used to achieve-ra& sharplydetined bar codes. 6.1.3.1 ~. ● D~ect therm prmtmg utlllzesheat 6-1”3”2 D~sells Itive paper and theretore the heated pr xnt be= contzcts the prlntq ~ (1-M) direcUy. thermal 1- my stock that has ~ C~llity la Ot belq is mre B800hams shall.be Usa. Thas stock heat ~ IMustrml solventstba the wbxt~lored Ocgmlc H mock is The materiaishall have the capmtilq ot being Sam@ by laser-diodeam visiblemd scanners. EHKlycaset herlWUMtms . shaUnOtbeHm_iaL that WbedxrectLy~ @sunlight toza periodOt trot?exceeding3 ~. salnea duxzUe m - both tne zes~tant B633 m ~ ● Jmirect tf=rmu printingRetWds are ~llw m an lnkrlmalamltmlnkls then transferred~ the Lmel ~terial. Care should betakentousew correctconmnatmn ot ink r~ l.&eL materi~ when using this prlntlng EUKM 6~”3*3‘ ~* are usecl t& &ated prantmg ~ ● 17 “ 6.1.4 P ~t mark jJKl IIEms Some qlications WU permanency uarked bz codes be u&l. mls Udlafly llrplles = or to M rqi= -t that the bar code tor the litetim ot the mater la to wmc!’1 It iS ?&t lxremainreamb~e Aitetime Ot tk material m which ~ bar axle M marK2d - For ~ zqplicationsthe ox cods may be laser-etma, pho-imaged. or ut~i~ ~ naming natbodsare Omr perlwxlmtmarxq tecmology. A WtUl~ Or ~t slxlwnin ~130, Identification Wor U.S. MflltaryPrOper~. Pernlmentmaralxqreqliremesl=shallbe uses Speciti- by = p~-w PerIEmmtmarkingtecmomgy bas to be actlvlty.Whetheror not a specltic U8edWLLlalsobe Spelctited. .Code3 cm c~ ~ ~~ 6a.1 armmostzmmitionsdo not reqtire a cbecK of 9 Is strongly~hecked It a specitz applacatmn rqires excqtmnal data semrlty, a char-r. check cbar~ter can be aXled to the encmm mssage. When this option M m be The check exercisedthe data SW be tollowedby the encodedcheck CWXter. character@ the mlus 43 sum ot U the charmer vties (seeTable V) in a given ms=qe, am 1s pr~ted as the l=t char=ter. Check char=ter generatmn is i~ustrat- by the tollowmg exanple: mxa k@ssqe: U345f=E am 02 value: l+2+3+4+HO+10+U+12+13+14 = 1.15.Divxie 115 by 43. _ me~cmr~ctf=c-~ ~tmzmm-z~= remalmer, Wtucfl m ttus exfmple is 29 or - cxxrespaxtlng @ -* valne ot * the check ctmrzter wuW tberetwe be “T”. The ample‘nesszqe, ~xmg ~=. ‘mEtE t v. Cnarzc ter V~r ~lng W -WM1 c~ Kc . value I Char=ter Vtiue Charz ter Value Cmraster o 0 F 1.5 u 1 2 1 2 G 16 17 v v 32 3 3 I 4 5 4 5 J 18 19 x Y 33 34 K 20 z 6 7 6 7 L 21 35 36 M 22 8 9 8 9 N 23 0 A B c D E 10 U X? 13 14 P Q 24 25 26 27 28 29 E R s T 18 - 30 31 37 38. G $ / + % 39 40 41 42 1 . Itis dd “ 6.2.2 .-@E!& 1- ~a===%l= somtadvantqeous or even necessaryto break UP 1~ c~e msages break may be na~ due to we into X or more shortermssages. w constrain- or bar cde scannercapabili~. If the first da- cti=ter of 2 Code 3 of 9 message is a ~e, the bar codd reder -s w tifomation containedwithinthe message (excludingthe led ing ~e) ~ i= hffer. This ● qyxation continuesfor ti Cde 3 of 9 mssages thatc~a a leaing we. Wbenatie30f9~e*t doesnot cmtainaltiq~e isr-, the ~e is -d m the ztier’s buffex,coq?letingthedab entryevent. & -e of a brokenxnes=qe in Figuze 3. It is mcammcdd that tbe Mividual ===~:E&~ z ~~~ -h ZJI13 -t the coabimd data does not * sfRcE Euc#Eo NO ENCOOEIJ 9 mlu!lmllw UR4TINURJS 4MiTR Mlmm tEssfEE” UITHEtaXJED~ING “m tHTRUITHNOEKCK)ED I (3FITR tlESSRGES I CONTINUOt.JS ORTR EJ%ZE LEROIUG CtltlE31NEU f3S ONE tIESSflGE . I I ] I R Figure 3. Exa@e for Use of BrokenMessages 19 MIL-SID1189B 6.2.3 COnversiO?l to full MZII. (Limitd to internalclo-1~ Operationsonly)* There may be applicationsthat r-ire the xodatim of the entireMXX1 char= ter set. W fullASCIIset of 128 charaters may be =~d by using the Code 3 of 9 syxbols$, /, %, and + as precdme cdes with the 26 letters,as shown in TableVI. While in “~~ ~11” ~ec the Code 3 of 9 char~ters $, /, %, d + representtheir corresponding AS211 charactersif they are followedby a digit.~e~ s@& or st~ c~e. If one of these~ial char=ters is follti by a letter. the ~ of hinters is dtied as show in TableVI. Nobe that the lower case lettersof the by thecoxrespadixqletter(a ~t ue rqpsentd by a phS signfo.Jkxded is -W e-.) Cez@in A9ClIcontrolcodesare alternately h as cmtxol letters.Foremz@e, carriageretum(CI?)is also~~~~Mtiis representiin CXMe30f9m$@f. ManyCde30f9rti= arektetnally ~ progrti ti mspmd in uniqueways to qxdfic ~harater MMs in-h botbcharacters are qubols (+8-, .,/a %, $). For exqle# ‘—* d~ ~ BUFFZR. l!’rtiiticxmlly, the36 possible~har=teg ~ in which both char=ters are s@Ols are r~rvd for use as controll-. FOr exauple,tk ~11 data ab@P would be convertd to cde 3 of 9 by -od ing the characters+M%/~P or the reverse is true, i.e., the encdd characters +&ffl/mP WOUld k this wmld d-de d~~d ~ &/DP If the reeder is not in the XXII exactly as it appears, i.e., +Ai%/CDP. m de, ● densiti=. Ultr&high densitiesgreater than9.4 of ul... CPI may be uqd in clos@-loop axd specialapplicationswhen specifid by the Pr-m =@vity, EKX thep~vtier of the baf cdle markings. ~ that 6.2.4 &e -- will red ultra-high densitybar codeswillnotusuallybe able- Ed the wi31 not usuallymxil l&er-densiq/bar Cdes d thescmners gener~y - ultrtiigh densitybar Codes. . 20 ~SID-l189B ‘ABLE VI Cde 3 “1-1 =1-1 1 * w SC h 1 AC% E & I F F t G IG I c 0 ‘E c r 9 h t i k H H u w SK + I J K 1 J K FF SL SM /L -. .L M I CR Q. 0 L M so S84 * N I so / . 1 1 .s? m“ “o I SS 1 NM ● SYN - “L “ ●SV Em SW CAN EM 1 six I S@ I m 1 Gs us %E I I I Q +Q f s +R +s [ R s I u u i v w x v w x I Y z Y z I 6 7 I 8 9 /z * 4 9 > ? %F %4 “A L IWI!E: Charecteg pairs /M, /N, I and 1 ( \ 1 A — /I?tirxnqh 1 * ‘A *A W v +1/ w +W +x x I I /’Yare resemd . 1 u I I +K +L 1 P R s 7 I +N 2 3. I +[ *J +() +P 2 3 m +H 0 v Q. 5 +G 0 Q I I +:4 [. 5 6 +E +F 1 1 i - OO +() n 1. I +0 N P i I I ● i ● 1 1 o i ● %8 %c o G 8 9 . SY Sz [ . 1 e F /1 iJ. /K +A +c d G II+ %W .I a b ) 9 I / c o E % “m I B ’1-1=’ . B ( GE. cm t /8. SE I A 1A # e %V A SI SJ s F I C m .s+ I Bs r m s S(3 HT . I I AS211 %1-1= I St) SF I 8EL , Sf \ # SA $8 ST)(” 1 EOT 1 ■ I NW of 9 Conversion to Full Y +y z +2 %P %0 %R w~ { 8 I } I ~W -6X-OY“’a for future controlchamcter pairs. 21 L — . ..- -.. . - .. —..- - y. v. - .,-.-v..” ., . evialsissues Verticallinesor asterisks are not usd 6.3 ChaxmesfromPr in this revisionto identi~ chang& with respectto tbe previous issuedue the extensivenessof the changes. to — 22 I 1- l— I I --- MWSTlj-l189B APPEN)Ix A Rwwu31LrXY -P~ 10. GEmmw 10.1 a. criteriafordelxxmining the ‘1’bis appeidix eswlishes the axeptabili~ of bar cod&ldatabasedm rea3abiliqof tbebar code. !Llk rquirments W information con~e3 hereinare a mzdabory part of this Starikrd ● ‘rherequimlleneint hisappedix apply toaumand on the ~- of matirialxnrkd- or a) &- niirkingtdmology utilized. Inspectim of the SDS sh~l be perforn&l after any process thatmy It W~ be axxptable if the bar code aff~t the readabilityof the bar cde. can be successfully scanned as descrM in section 40. U*Z ● are not de&dent 20. RITmExm Zo.1 eti DaxJMnn’s TIE following daument ~. to the ext~t forms a part of the ~ified. Militxq Specifications MIA!ID=105, 30. Proceduresml Tables for Inspectionby Attr~tes DES?INI!L!KM Not ap@icable. 40• SPECIFIC~REIWWS SX3 will be ~eptable if the bar code can be successfullyscanned. A suc&sful scan is achievedwhen a bar code is red scanner or two or fewer att~pts with three or fewer attenpts with a wand-~ with a laser Wanner. These requirements apply when the scanners are being used in accord-e with corr=t operating procedures as s~ified by the scanner manuf~~rer. A minimm of 97 percent of the bar codes in a shipxent shall be su&essfully red within the above paramkers, ad 100 percentof the formatrequir~ts. Ran30cnsanpling shall be in ~ nllstEet W -Odame with B5-105• 23 Custodians: @my-si Navy -sli Air Force - 43 Prqaring =tivity: AmY-= (ProjectPXK 0836] Marinecorps - x (LLW2) DL?4- DH (DXJWMP) R3viewZxAivities: Army-mAL,A&ATME,AV,PDEA, E& Kf, GL, IM, AM, m,m,’XM, mvy-YD, m,sE, As, m, Ms, E, m,m, im Aix Force-11, 99, 01, 69, 70, 71, 80, 82, 84 Dm-cT, m, KM, m, Gs, E, PS, CS, XP, SS Fderal - GSA !xn-l?o,~ User=tivities: DLA-IP, SS Amy-m nh-- .*. -..* AM DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 111111 AMCPSCC ATTENTION SDSTO-TA TOBYHANNA, PA. 18466 1 .