^B8 — EAN-8 Barcode

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^B8 — EAN-8 Barcode

Description

^B8 prints EAN-8: the 8-digit retail barcode, 7 payload digits plus a check digit. (MaxiCode is a different command, ^BD.)

Example

^XA
^BY3
^FO20,20^B8N,70,Y,N^FD12345670^FS
^XZ

Result

A valid EAN-8 symbol — the last digit (0) is the check digit of 1234567.

Article author: Andrei Olegovich