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	Codabar Change Type Liner Barcodes(1D) UPC-A UPC-E EAN-8 EAN-13 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 11 Codabar Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 MSI Code 2D Barcodes QR Code PDF417 DataMatrix MaxiCode Aztec Code DotCode Micro QR Code Micro PDF417 Composite Barcodes GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Truncated GS1 DataBar Stacked GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Limited GS1 DataBar Expanded GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked GS1 Composite Code Other Types Patch Code USPS Intelligent Mail Postnet Planet Australian Post UK Royal Mail (RM4SCC)	+ Add comparison Liner Barcodes(1D) UPC-A UPC-E EAN-8 EAN-13 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 11 Codabar Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 MSI Code 2D Barcodes QR Code PDF417 DataMatrix MaxiCode Aztec Code DotCode Micro QR Code Micro PDF417 Composite Barcodes GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Truncated GS1 DataBar Stacked GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Limited GS1 DataBar Expanded GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked GS1 Composite Code Other Types Patch Code USPS Intelligent Mail Postnet Planet Australian Post UK Royal Mail (RM4SCC)	+ Add comparison Liner Barcodes(1D) UPC-A UPC-E EAN-8 EAN-13 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 11 Codabar Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 MSI Code 2D Barcodes QR Code PDF417 DataMatrix MaxiCode Aztec Code DotCode Micro QR Code Micro PDF417 Composite Barcodes GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Truncated GS1 DataBar Stacked GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Limited GS1 DataBar Expanded GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked GS1 Composite Code Other Types Patch Code USPS Intelligent Mail Postnet Planet Australian Post UK Royal Mail (RM4SCC)
Structure	1. Leading quiet zone 2. Start character 3. Symbol characters that represent data (including an optional check digit) 4. Stop character 5. Trailing quiet zone
Density	Low-density. Codabar is not much more dense than Code 39
Character set	Numeric (Codabar also supports these characters: Colon (:), Slash mark (/), Period (.), Plus sign (+))
Capacity	Unlimited (Usually up to 20 Numeric)
Error detection	Codabar is self-detection, most standards do not define a check digit.
Error correction	Codabar does not support error correction
Usage	Codabar barcodes are used by logistics and healthcare professionals, including the U.S. blood banks, FedEx airbills, photo labs, libraries, etc.
Industry	Logistics Healthcare Education