Recommended Measurements (mm)

Bar code measurements below in mm (millimeters)

Recommended size in Inches

BOLD = Default setting in Barcode Image Maker Pro.

EAN-13, EAN-99, JAN-13, ISBN, ISMN, ISSN, UPC-A, UPC-E recommended size.

Magnification	X-dim (mm)	Height excl. human readable text.	1) Width excl. Quiet Zone	2) Width excl. Quiet Zone (UPC-E)
80%	0.264	18.28	25.08	13.47
85%	0.281	19.42	26.65	14.31
90%	0.297	20.57	28.22	15.15
95%	0.314	21.71	29.78	15.99
100%	0.330	22.85	31.35	16.83
105%	0.347	23.99	32.92	17.67
110%	0.363	25.14	34.49	18.51
115%	0.380	26.28	36.05	19.36
120%	0.396	27.42	37.62	20.20
125%	0.413	28.56	39.19	21.04
130%	0.429	29.71	40.76	21.88
135%	0.446	30.85	42.32	22.72
140%	0.462	31.99	43.89	23.56
145%	0.479	33.13	45.46	24.40
150%	0.495	34.28	47.03	25.25
155%	0.512	35.42	48.59	26.09
160%	0.528	36.56	50.16	26.93
165%	0.545	37.70	51.73	27.77
170%	0.561	38.85	53.30	28.61
175%	0.578	39.99	54.86	29.45
180%	0.594	41.13	56.43	30.29
185%	0.611	42.27	58.00	31.14
190%	0.627	43.42	59.57	31.98
195%	0.644	44.56	61.13	32.82
200%	0.660	45.70	62.70	33.66

1 inch = 25.4 mm

Recommended font size is 2.5 mm at 100% Magnification.

1) Width (excl. Quiet Zone, Light Margin) for EAN-13, EAN-99, JAN-13, ISBN, ISMN, ISSN, the UPC-A is almost the same width.

2) Width (excl. Quiet Zone, Light Margin) for UPC-E

EAN-13, EAN-99, JAN-13, ISBN, ISMN, ISSN

Size = Total size including Human readable text, Quiet Zone

Magnification	Width (mm)	Height (mm)
80%	29.930	20.680
85%	32.322	22.183
90%	34.671	23.347
95%	37.063	24.490
100%	39.412	26.035
105%	39.793	27.157
110%	42.185	28.321
115%	44.535	29.464
120%	46.927	30.586
125%	49.276	32.533
130%	49.657	33.697
135%	52.007	35.200
140%	54.398	36.343
145%	56.790	37.486
150%	57.129	39.074
155%	59.521	40.196
160%	61.870	41.720
165%	64.262	42.863
170%	66.612	44.006
175%	66.993	45.572
180%	69.384	46.715
185%	71.734	47.858
190%	74.126	49.382
195%	74.464	50.525
200%	76.856	52.070

UPC-A

Size = Total size including Human readable text, Quiet Zone

Magnification	Width (mm)	Height (mm)
80%	28.871	20.680
85%	31.179	22.183
90%	33.486	23.347
95%	35.793	24.490
100%	38.100	26.035
105%	38.396	27.157
110%	40.704	28.321
115%	43.053	29.464
120%	45.318	30.586
125%	47.625	32.533
130%	47.921	33.697
135%	50.229	35.200
140%	52.578	36.343
145%	54.885	37.486
150%	55.182	39.074
155%	57.446	40.196
160%	59.754	41.720
165%	62.061	42.863
170%	64.410	44.006
175%	64.707	45.572
180%	67.014	46.715
185%	69.279	47.858
190%	71.586	49.382
195%	71.924	50.525
200%	74.232	52.070

UPC-E

Size = Total size including Human readable text, Quiet Zone

Magnification	Width (mm)	Height (mm)
80%	17.695	20.680
85%	19.071	22.183
90%	20.447	23.347
95%	21.823	24.490
100%	23.199	26.035
105%	23.495	27.157
110%	24.871	28.321
115%	26.289	29.464
120%	27.623	30.586
125%	28.998	32.533
130%	29.295	33.697
135%	30.671	35.200
140%	32.089	36.343
145%	33.465	37.486
150%	33.761	39.074
155%	35.094	40.196
160%	36.470	41.720
165%	37.846	42.863
170%	39.264	44.006
175%	39.561	45.572
180%	40.936	46.715
185%	42.270	47.858
190%	43.646	49.382
195%	43.984	50.525
200%	45.360	52.070

EAN-8, JAN-8, EAN-Velocity recommended size.

Magnification	X-dim (mm)	Height excl. human readable text.	1) Width excl. Quiet Zone
80%	0.264	14.58	17.69
85%	0.281	15.50	18.79
90%	0.297	16.41	19.90
95%	0.314	17.32	21.00
100%	0.330	18.23	22.11
105%	0.347	19.14	23.22
110%	0.363	20.05	24.32
115%	0.380	20.96	25.43
120%	0.396	21.88	26.53
125%	0.413	22.79	27.64
130%	0.429	23.70	28.74
135%	0.446	24.61	29.85
140%	0.462	25.52	30.95
145%	0.479	26.43	32.06
150%	0.495	27.35	33.17
155%	0.512	28.26	34.27
160%	0.528	29.17	35.38
165%	0.545	30.08	36.48
170%	0.561	30.99	37.59
175%	0.578	31.90	38.69
180%	0.594	32.81	39.80
185%	0.611	33.73	40.90
190%	0.627	34.64	42.01
195%	0.644	35.55	43.11
200%	0.660	36.46	44.22

1 inch = 25.4 mm

Recommended font size is 2.5 mm at 100% Magnification.

1) Width (excl. Quiet Zone, Light Margin) for EAN-8

EAN-8, JAN-8, EAN-Velocity

Size = Total size including Human readable text, Quiet Zone

Magnification	Width (mm)	Height (mm)
80%	20.701	16.976
85%	22.373	18.267
90%	24.003	19.177
95%	23.728	20.087
100%	27.305	21.400
105%	27.559	22.310
110%	29.189	23.220
115%	30.861	24.130
120%	32.491	25.061
125%	34.163	26.776
130%	34.375	27.686
135%	36.005	28.977
140%	37.677	29.887
145%	39.307	30.798
150%	39.561	32.131
155%	41.190	33.041
160%	42.863	34.332
165%	44.492	35.243
170%	46.165	36.153
175%	46.376	37.486
180%	48.048	38.396
185%	49.678	39.328
190%	51.308	40.619
195%	51.562	41.529
200%	53.192	42.841

UCC/EAN-128 also known as GS1-128

Magnification	X-dim (mm)	Height excl. human readable text.
25.0%	0.2540	13
30.0%	0.3000	13
35.0%	0.3600	13
40.0%	0.4100	13
45.0%	0.4600	13
48.7%	0.4948	32
50.0%	0.5080	32
55.0%	0.5600	32
60.0%	0.6096	32
65.0%	0.6600	32
70.0%	0.7100	32
75.0%	0.7600	32
80.0%	0.8128	32
85.0%	0.8600	32
90.0%	0.9100	32
92.5%	0.9398	32
95.0%	0.9700	32
100.0%	1.0160	32

1 inch = 25.4 mm

You should use a minimum of 32 mm height. If you use the barcode internally you can go as low as 13 mm.

Quiet Zone should be X-dim x 10.

Max length for the barcode is 165 mm

GS1-128 Bar Code Symbol must not exceed 48 characters. This includes Function Code 1 (FNC1) when used as a field separator

ITF-14

Magnification	X-dim (mm)	Height excl. human readable text.
25.0%	0.250	13
30.0%	0.300	13
35.0%	0.360	13
40.0%	0.410	13
45.0%	0.460	13
50.0%	0.508	32
55.0%	0.560	32
60.0%	0.610	32
62.5%	0.635	32
65.0%	0.660	32
70.0%	0.711	32
75.0%	0.760	32
80.0%	0.813	32
85.0%	0.860	32
90.0%	0.914	32
95.0%	0.970	32
100.0%	1.016	32

ITF-14

Size = Total size including Human readable text, Quiet Zone. Font was Arial 9pt

Magnification	Width (mm)	Height (mm)
25%	32.004	16.277
30%	37.507	16.277
35%	45.254	16.277
40%	50.758	16.277
45%	58.505	16.277
50%	64.050	35.285
55%	69.511	35.285
60%	77.258	35.285
62.5%	80.095	35.285
65%	82.762	35.285
70%	90.466	35.285
75%	96.012	35.285
80%	101.473	35.285
85%	109.262	35.285
90%	114.893	35.285
95%	122.513	35.285
100%	128.101	35.285

General settings (below) for:

Codebar

Code 11

Code 2 of 5 Industrial

Code 2 of 5 Interleaved

Can be set in the menu Barcode > Barcode (Size/X-Dim and Start/Stop Char) > Size (Bar width X-dim) and also > Height

Size (Bar width X-dim).

X-dim (mm)	Quiet Zone
0.19 mm, 0.0075 Inch	1.90
0.254 mm, 0.01 Inch	2.54
0.300 mm, 0.0118 Inch	3.00
0.36 mm, 0.01417 Inch	3.60
0.41 mm, 0.01614 Inch	4.10
0.46 mm, 0.01811 Inch	4.60
0.51 mm, 0.02008 Inch	5.10
0.56 mm, 0.02205 Inch	5.60
0.61 mm, 0.02402 Inch	6.10
0.66 mm, 0.02598 Inch	6.60
0.71 mm, 0.02795 Inch	7.10
0.76 mm, 0.02992 Inch	7.60
0.81 mm, 0.03189 Inch	8.10
0.86 mm, 0.03386 Inch	8.60
0.91 mm, 0.03583 Inch	9.10
0.97 mm, 0.03819 Inch	9.70
1.02 mm, 0.04016 Inch	10.20

The only recommendations that have been found is that the X-dim should be 0.19 mm or higher for the above barcode types.

Quiet Zone should be X-dim x 10.

Height

Magnification	Height (mm)
10%	1.6
20%	3.2
30%	4.8
40%	6.4
50%	8.0
60%	9.6
70%	11.2
80%	12.8
90%	14.4
100%	16.0
110%	17.6
120%	19.2
130%	20.8
140%	22.4
150%	24.0
160%	25.6
170%	27.2
180%	28.8
190%	30.4
200%	32.0

No general recommendations for the height have been found for the above barcode types.