Often people do not know how to read the barcode on the products they buy in stores, and in fact these weird black stripes with white space can tell us not only about the country of origin, but also some of the important parameters of production.
In this notation symbols person understands only the figures standing at risk.What is the bar code of the country?This term referred to a special graphic representation of digital information.It is a combination of bars and spaces, which are designed to read the respective devices.At the same time in the country of origin point to the first two or three digits.
worth noting that the bar code invented and patented in 1949, Woodland and Silver.This invention allowed for more accurate accounting and control of material resources on their way from producer to consumer.
Today, most are American Universal commodity code or European coding system.The most popular is the 13-digit code, which was introduced in Europe in 1977.
in Russia used two types of bar coding:
• European coding system to 13 bits;
• barcode system settlement and payment documents.
What can tell this coding?The bar code of the country - is a European product number, which indicates the place where it was produced.Depending on the origin of products under the first digits of the risks are different.It should be noted that the bar code of the country assigns a special international association.We must remember that this code can not enter a single digit.
Important: The bar code system is the same for all countries except the US and Canada.Thus on the book can be a bar code of the country so-called prefix, and some products may contain a combination of two types of coding by bars and spaces of varying thickness.
Buyers are always interested in the product manufacturer.Determine the country by bar code is quite simple.Enough to know the numbers that indicate the origin of the goods.
Barcodes countries are very diverse.So, on the packaging of products from the United States and Canada are the first numbers 00-09, s Germany - 400-440, Poland - 590, China - 690, and z Russia - 460-469.
It should be noted that the determination of the country's bar code - is not the only information that can be obtained using this graphic on the goods.It tells about the company, which manufactures products.Bar code points to the individual parameters of the product - its name, consumer characteristics, size and weight, and color of the ingredients.There is also a check digit.It serves to verify the correctness of the reading of coding using special scanners.Sometimes it may be administered another figure which indicates the Item production licenses.
Barcoding is crucial.It makes it easy to keep records of goods through a network of computers to know the amount of their daily implementation, as well as to prevent removal of even the unpaid products outside shops and supermarkets.
