Overview

GS1 Composite symbologies consist of a primary component beneath a 2D component (variations of MicroPDF417 and PDF417) used to encode supplementary GS1 formatted data.

The following is the complete list of GS1 Composite symbologies:

• EAN-13 Composite
• EAN-8 Composite
• UPC-A Composite
• UPC-E Composite
• GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional Composite
• GS1 DataBar Stacked Composite
• GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni Composite
• GS1 DataBar Truncated Composite
• GS1 DataBar Limited Composite
• GS1 DataBar Expanded Composite
• GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite
• GS1-128 Composite

Invoking

• The data field consists of a primary and secondary component separated by a pipe | character.
• The data for the primary component (preceding the pipe) is entered in a format identical to the corresponding non-composite symbology.
• The data for the 2D component (following the pipe) is entered in GS1 Application Identifier standard format.
• For maximal efficiency, if the data for the 2D component contains a number of application identifiers matching any of the specifications below then they should be provided in this given order:
• (11)...(10)...
• (17)...(10)...
• (90){0-3 digits not starting 0}{upper alpha}...
• The ccversion option is used to select a specific 2D component:
• ccversion=a - CC-A
• ccversion=b - CC-B
• ccversion=c - CC-C (GS1-128 Composite only)
• If ccversion is not specified a CC-A component will be selected if the data will fit, otherwise a CC-B component will be used. In the case of GS1-128 Composite a CC-C component will be used if the data does not fit within either a CC-A or CC-B component.

Examples

EAN-13 Composite:

0 0 moveto (331234567890|(99)1234-abcd) (includetext guardwhitespace) /ean13composite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

EAN-8 Composite:

0 0 moveto (12345670|(21)A12345678) (includetext guardwhitespace) /ean8composite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

UPC-A Composite:

0 0 moveto (01600033610|(99)1234-abcd) (includetext) /upcacomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

UPC-E Composite:

0 0 moveto (0121230|(15)021231) (includetext) /upcecomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional Composite:

0 0 moveto ((01)03612345678904|(11)990102) () /databaromnicomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1 DataBar Stacked Composite:

0 0 moveto ((01)03412345678900|(17)010200) () /databarstackedcomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni Composite:

0 0 moveto ((01)03612345678904|(11)990102) () /databarstackedomnicomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1 DataBar Truncated Composite:

0 0 moveto ((01)03612345678904|(11)990102) () /databartruncatedcomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1 DataBar Limited Composite:

0 0 moveto ((01)03512345678907|(21)abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv) () /databarlimitedcomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1 DataBar Expanded Composite:

0 0 moveto ((01)93712345678904(3103)001234|(91)1A2B3C4D5E) () /databarexpandedcomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite:

0 0 moveto ((01)00012345678905(10)ABCDEF|(21)12345678) (segments=4) /databarexpandedstackedcomposite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1-128 Composite with a CC-A 2D component:

0 0 moveto ((01)03212345678906|(21)A1B2C3D4E5F6G7H8) () /gs1-128composite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

GS1-128 Composite with a CC-C 2D component:

0 0 moveto ((00)030123456789012340|(02)13012345678909(37)24(10)1234567ABCDEFG) (ccversion=c) /gs1-128composite /uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

Isolated CC-A 2D component:

((01)95012345678903) (ccversion=a cccolumns=3) /gs1-cc
/uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

Isolated CC-B 2D component:

((01)95012345678903(3103)000123) (ccversion=b cccolumns=4) /gs1-cc
/uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec

Isolated CC-C 2D component:

((02)13012345678909(37)24(10)1234567ABCDEFG) (ccversion=c cccolumns=5) /gs1-cc
/uk.co.terryburton.bwipp findresource exec