Pharmacode

Pharmacode

Pharmacode is a binary barcode symbology that is used by the pharmaceutical industry.

Also known as: Pharmaceutical Binary Code, Laetus Code.

Uses:

• Checking the printed packaging materials of pharmaceuticals on packaging lines, rather than identifying an item in trade.

Variants:

• Two-track Pharmacode is a variant of the Pharmacode barcode.

Data and Options

• The data field must contain a number between 3 and 131070 inclusive.
• The nwidth, wwidth and swidth options can be used to specify a custom width, in modules, for the narrow bars, wide bars and inter-bar spaces respectively. The defaults are 1, 3 and 2.

Examples

A basic symbol:

Data:    117480
Options:
Encoder: pharmacode

A symbol with custom bar widths:

Data:    117480
Options: nwidth=2 wwidth=6 swidth=4
Encoder: pharmacode