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1-2 aLMatim* TbesEsbalbeu8@ wimever b= C50ciemurktq and read$ngoperationsareenployedwithinloglsticsoperations.

2.1.1 Smcifications.standark - ~ks Unkx5 otherwiseSpecitid, tk tolkwing ~ifications, stan&rdsO am& for tk issue!list@ in thatissue ot the DqwblEnt Ot DefenseIxw3exOt @eciftitiDns d Stiaxds ~ISS) specifiedin the solicitationform a part of this standardto the extentspecifi- herein.

MmJN?YSmNMuDS” km4+lD-lo5,Proceduresand !l!&Mesfor ~ by A~~tes.

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3.1* 3 Ot 9bar code. The 3 ot 9 bar code is a variablelength,discrete, self-checking,bidirectional,alphammx ic bar code. Its characterset contains43 maningful cbaraXers: O-9,A-z, -, ., $. /, i-,%, d we.

Each chartier is coxxposedof nine elenmts: five bars ZUXIfour ~. Three ot the nine elemnts are wide (binaryvalue 1)● - six elementsare narrow (b~w ValMe 0). An =itimal ecxxxmn@artier (*) is used for both start and stip d~W6. Table I px~= the -e synMlogy bar-codecimr=ters. - .

3.2 ~. Tbe darker elenmt of a barode.

3.3 BarCoc& An arrayof rectangularbarsm ~

pattern.

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In a pr&eterzdn@

3.4 Bar width. The perpendicular distance across a bar measuredfroma pointon one edge to a point on the _ite edge. ~h point will be defina as havinga reflectancethat is 50 percentof the di.fterme betweenthe backgr~ and bar reflectance.

3*5 E==LwL*-Ar~b=m-c irmmcxibixq tbe bar code, OftM t!8@d Wi~ a X bOfA!#d&eCtlY win&!d on COr~&d t~.

3.6 w~~. A bar code formatwhich perml- Eez@lngIn —m-=-m? (QP-M4 dis=tiazs ~tk

3.7 --- ~ tIOa cbmcteristlc selecticm,choice, or ccxxlitionin which there

3.8 Bm~ code● A code which makesuse of

usuallyo m 1.

bars ‘a ~. “ or”p~ Involvinga are two possibil.itles.

exactlytwo distinctchar= ters

3.9 c~. In a transaction, the party that provides transportation services, e.g., -ck, boat, rail, etc.

3.10 of tk intk

3o11 Wlthln

~. Letter, digit,or other ~ial tom that is used as part orgmization, CUMZOl, or representation of data. A cbar~ Is often firm of a spatialarrangementof zdj-t or mmected StZOICeS.

~. Thosechar~wMchae avaiMme fir eSEdnlg the bar axle.

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3.13 closed s-. A systemin which a Single authori~ has control

- ekumts, e.g.,data content, bar Code printing, bax code scanners;

%P=ite of “Opensystem”.

3.14 Code dens$$y. The nllnberof Char=te.rsthatcan qar per unit -, I’U=-y ~==- in Cha.t=t=S per &h (~1) ●.

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3.I.5~. Abarcode inwhich~iMercbarX gqismt~” of thecdezxxl is allowedto varydlxmsimally withinwide -Usrmce limlts.

3J6 glgKH&. Ageneric termusedtmrefatm eitberabarora~.

3.17 -. A uniqaephysicalobject-t whichinformationcanbe defined.

3.18 F-. See “Message”.

3.19 man ReZ*le Internretation (MU) . T13eex=t interpretation ot the encoded bar codedata present~ in a laman-re=able tent.

3020 ~. -- b—= the last elementof one chac- X t& firstelenmt of the =j=ent char~ of a discretebar code.

3*= “EmmmKQL. Ibtllalprodm/tzbxicalxx of m entity;mt moessarily the supplkr in a tr~iom Mamfzcturer”sIDcode is aprmof an entity,not of a trms~o See ‘Supplierafor tr~..

3.22 The area Hia@ly precedingthe start

charzcterand followingthe‘s@ character,whichcontainsno markingsand providesthe sam reflectance as the spzces.

3.23 ~. The stringot data ch==ters encoded in a b= tale. (Ako called a field.)

3.24 Jbn+ead. In a bar code system,the absenceofdataat the scanner ou~t atteran atteuptedscan due - no code,det~tive code, scannertailme or operatmr error.

3.25 ~. A 6ysM which anto~ W) es~lxxl Se- ad that tbre50recanbe re&lilycmwct&l toother systemsthatcouply with thesa= Sward ● @#oSite of -C1OM system”●

3.26 Print contrast ~als“ (PCs)* A ~asure of the contrast between the bars ~ spzes of a synbol. It is basa on refl~tance z’masuremnts at a specified wavelength ot light.

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3.27 m ● t ~. The measureof co~liance of a bar c~e syrrbolto ~ requirementOf dimns ional tolerance, age roughness, SPOtS~ Wids, reflectance,KS, *iet zone,~ encodation.

3.28 ~. The ratioot the nuaberof attenpt@ the total.Xnnberof attenpts.

3.29 9X (S=ard ~ ~ we ~ hunawremzble Interpretation(HRI). The 3 o;

of 6ize, densi~, Cmtrast,ti codepattern.

xefermd tapasCode 39or Co& 3 ot 90 successfulreadson the tirst

!the30f 9barcxxlewitia 9barcode lsdetlnedti~ ~30f9barwde is also

3.30 ~.. Abarcaodewhlchuses achaclcingalgorithm whichcm be ~~ a@ust ~ char- to guard aga=t uxxletectalerrors.

3.31 ~. The lighterelexmt of a bar code.

3“32 ~. A distinctcharzcter represent- by an astirisk,oz star (*),used at the b6ginningand end of each 3 of 9 bar code whichprovidesixutia.1t- references- directionof red informationto the codinglogic. The asteriskstart ard stop code is an intqral part ot ZUY3 ~liu to the 3 ot 9 bar caie.

3.33 ~. 111 a ti~ti, tknp8rtythatp~ arnmhas allbemotsavioe, Otkrthtul

# p-m, ~ ~SemlSes. AISo~

Warr2erm●

3.34 k. A ooapletebar code con~ing margins.startcharacter;dati Ch8S=&XW ~ ~, C- digit (if q), _ S- Char-.

3.35 x~~~. A muber assignedby a controllingathori~ to provideuni~e identification to an enti~ or group of entities@ permit ~=k q of the rmvemnt of that at ity or group of entitiestromPOint to pht through a series of transztions~ - -

3.36 ~ ● The Width of the narrow~areqalti~ 3of9 ~ ax-dixmsion.

3*37 ~. see -supplier-* narrowelemnt.

bar code.) This

(W narrowbar and the width is refemxl ti as

4.1 3ot !lbar c~e dexription. The30t9bar codeshzdJbe usedtorzill applications unless Otherwise specitid.

4.2 Ehmawreackbleinte~r tatine (EEW ● The HRIotthe30f9barcde

shallrepresentonly tk encockd charzters. Themlsix ltendedtikwti only foc _ recognitimamlisnot mtemk@ to be ~hine rezxhble.For met a =t~ GtQCk~ (~ ~~y ~ be mark= 5960-0CkIZ7-4329. Ibwever,when barcoded, mly the 13digitsare tobe ~ m tk ERIwillbe IIHrktieqmlly as 5%ooo1274329* Note that t!= Startl!mdstopasbermksshall besuppmssedwhenmarkingtbe mu. me shapes tislzes oftbecbar~scm bein~easilyrxtont= arebo bea minimm Of 0.094Am&s (2.39m) in height.The BRImaybe mark- m besideor preferablybelow m bar code.

4.3 ~s c~ . (when~itkd by the procuxingactivity). m =S nessageshallconsistot a nunberot 3 ot 9 bar code data char~er syxrboIs enclwed betweenstart and stq code characters,with the cormspord~ FiRI cbar=ters. An exanpleof an = nessagecontainingthe data string“=” is sti in figure1. The dimnsioni.ngrqirenents are cletail-in section5.2.

4*4 ~. seesectios16*oxtbe optimal use Otcheqk “char-, M= ~, and the-fullAmer$ca Standa@ Code”SW

- InSomaMcm Interchange(AS211)charifderset. Anemoded leMIIqspme&?lll beusedwhm zxxionlywhentbeoptlmalbroken~et ormat isbeixqused~” (See6.2ol) _ bothtbebrok~ formatalxltkz-x=e -beused#tbHncoded~shall CilsobeconsiileredwhenCalmlatiq thevalue of m checkchare.

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rem~ There may be a@ications that requirespecial

COMiderZkiOnS concerning & code tormat @ density as well as the ~ contents, size, and location. The pertinent application st@ard or procurement documnt shall take precedence tor these applications.

Kn!E- An exaupleof a ~ial requirementis for a bar code with a densityot 9.4char-s per inch and only 0.016 inch (0.406rx@.high that is etchedinto the edgeot a printedci.rmitboard.

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DIMENSIONSIN INCHES*

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.00753 .0017

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UIDE BAR .0168 ~ .0017

II6AP8ETUEECHARAq *X T03X f I f

?iAfutoU”SPACE -0075: .0017

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* ?fIMMJ?l14ARGINS- 0.25INCHESOR IOX UNraiEVER Is UW6ER

FIGURE 1. Exanmle ~S with a ~ia~~sit-v ?2arc05e of 9.4 characters ner i~~ ((3?1)(ml arqd) .

CHAR. PATTERN BARS SPACES

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10001”

01001

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01100 00011 10010 01010 00110 10001 01001 11000 00101 10100 01100 00011 10010”

01010 00110 aQo$/1

01001

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,0010 ‘0010 plo Ooo1 Ooo1

The*symbol denotes a uniqueS~a~t/StOpcharacter which must be the first and last cl~aractet of every bar code

Ncn!E: @r ~ Table VI tor tull.AXII enc~ation.

5. DEX!MSEI ~RE4?31??

5.1 ~fectivim ~~ COntraSt.

5.1.1 Reflectivity.

5.1.1.1~t SaJYx!es ● Four spctral bads are refer-~: “

Spectxal -

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!rypicalSalines (Peak Nanometers)

X33 633* 5% heliuumean (visible] B680 680+ 5% visiblelaserdiode B8!)C 800 * 5% solid-hte laserdiode B900 900& 5% invkible infrard smrces

Thesebards representspectralresponsesrequiredfrom the msaSuz@ in.strunent

(lightsource,filter,det=tor] . Bard 13633correspondswith scannersus@ sarces emittingvisiblercd lightwithin theB633 ~tral bad. Bad B680 com?sponds b devices thatrespod to visiblelaserdiode sourcesthatoperate withinthe visibleB680 bard. Bm3 B800 cozr~s to rezdixqdevicesthat mspoM m laserdiod~lightsmmes thatemitlightwithinthenearmare MN-. Ba@B900comespm3s boma3k@evK thatuselight~ ald ~Wiabe de-m opecat@ in ~ Mm&. AU the ~-ts SMl be &lein-final _ccnfiguratim asitistO&sczmM. ~pxkting l?==== sqchasthose usiqin!c=ontaining CZ@OCM~=Sily~ -ate emtrast in all threespectrallxm3s. - pctit~ p~ Sldl as thoseusing Variaw Cx310r’ddyes may satis~ * r(quimnents of theM33 bandbutnot for the !3800or WOO btis. As a minimm, themark~ m de synbolshall meet the contrast an?lreflectivity requirements for M s800ad for band B633 usingbariumsulfate (BaS04) or magnesium oxide (MgO) as a photometric s’tiard. Wflectivitymeasurementssimll “m me with incident ixrdiation at 45 dqmes frm a nomal (-perperdicular)to the su~fze ti reflectedfluxcollectd withina M degree anglecenterd on thenormal. W bar ~ slxillbe re&lablewhen utilizings2annersthat operate in thebailof WaveWqtis bex the B633 artiMOO ti inclusiveMess otl-ise specifi03* .

SOLL2 ~ ~vaMessii@n3 aeasumauimctsfaabamde -,eti--ma~ whfchbaEuKt4Jg0Bilpnme eme&Mrq 0.90. ~ ~bed ~i~ value of a materKL slxillbe debeunind by tamrefla?&s’Eemasumknts (Rp@m& me fi=t ~ewnt (~) shall be tdcenm a blank materialszmpleMe withenoughlayersof thesane materialso thatdoublingthenumberof layerswill not change the neasurd valueoE refls-e. ZlleseCOndXn3asuremnt(112)shall be takenon thesane blank material.s~le exceptthat a bl~k baking s’hallbe placeddiratly &iml the materialsanple inste~ of uultiplelayecs. l’hereflectancev~ue of the blackback~ shallnot ~ S percent. The calculatim of the opacityvalue is as follows:.

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- W cde synbolsare to & ~k& ~ nmwe n~terids wit.11~iq values 1- than or qual to ().90,reflat=e ~=u~ments sh~l W tie on the k“ cde synbol witil a backing material which has a refl=tme v~u~ ~a to -t of & bar co3e -1 b~k~ in the final pzckaging configuraha.

- the bar code synbol is -lid to the find ~kage configuratim, there shall be no 9 resterthan 10 percent variatiOn in the reflec~e values of tM whiteelemen= due b the interfer~ patterss~@ timgh n~-e ~ cde s@Ol materiaM.

5.1.1.3 ~. me XIE?xilnlm.dhwab.lerefl~tivi~ of - dti bars is relaM ti the refleCtivi~of the”lightp. Bar cde -h witi ~ thatareIs deflectivewillzequirebazs thatare ‘dtia” (1w reflective).!J!zWeIIilllmm-timk- reflecZe”%@~ of spa= remctajm% ~. T!&m.ininump r~ec~ shzillbe 25 pemt for bar de symbolswith narrowbar widths-al to or greaterthan0.020 tih (0.508m). - mininumwe reflec~e shallbe 50 percent for bar code s@Ms with narrowbar widthsless than0.020 imsh (0.508m).

TABLE 11. Allowable values of bar refl~t~e.

Space MaXm

Reflec~e Bar R2flect=e

Q(%) qJ%)

.25 625 30 7s0 35 8.75

40 10*OO .

45 11.25 50 12So 55 13.75 60 15.00 65 16.25

70 17.50 75 18.75 80 20.00 85 21.25 90 22s0 .

9s 23.7s 100 25.00 twnm In@xd30ve&a’e,*~@=-- z8tioof~*~&4”o, ti m midlmm printCmtrast signal (PCs)is 75 pement.

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5.1.2 Print Contrast Signal (~s). me KS is defind as:

ZU13~ is the reflectance pement.

code can be markedat where ~ is tbe reflectancefrom the white -es, from the dark tXUS. TheminiRuIllPC!salloWedis75

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. d~l e d~ ~. ‘1’he30f9 bar vari&s densiti- to L atea varietyof markingand red ing processes.

Mmples of q-e densitiesinCPI are:

= low. High densi~ codes are

9.4= highs5.7- med~ d 3.0 cummnly - whereq is“at-aprmium. Im densitycdks arecammly usedon exteriorsh@ping containerswhere lwer densi~ codeswillf~ilitate au-ted materials~ling by r-te seamers.

Ultra-highdensitiesgreaterthan 9.4 CPI may be us@ in closdl-loopan3 specialapplicationswhen required.(See6.2.4) The significantparameters are the nominal width (x) of the narrow elements ti the nominal ratio of Widetenarrow elements. The allwable range for the n6minal unit size ad the nominalwide-to-narrowratio is as follows:

Minimm nominalunit size - (fOZspecialapplications)

MdJluxa nm&nalunitsi2x2 - (*E general applicatiotM3)

Maciuurananlnalunit size - (forgenemi a@icatiOns).

Mf3ximmnminal unitsize - (forspecialapplications)

Nominal wide to-narrow wi$3*tXHlarrow ratio -ratioof

0.0044 inch (0.112m)

0.0075 imh (0.i90mm).

0.0200 *1 (.508m?)

0.0400 imh (1-016°m) ●

2.5:1 to 3.0:1 for codes whose unit size is less than 0.0075 inch (0.190 nun)

2.2:1 to 3.0:1 for codes whose unit size is less than 0.015 inch (0.381 m) ad equal to or greater than 0.0075*b (0.190m)

2.0:1to 3.0:1forcodeswhineunitsizeis x tO or morethan0.015inch(0.381~..

3.0:1b gxeferrd for allunitsizes.The ztial widetonarrm ratiowill d- on ‘~ mtual (mark&i)sizes of the narrowand wide element,but shallnot exceed 3.3:1.

5.2.1 C@e d HRI heiuhts. !Ihebar code height can vary to suit spific realing ard marking requirements. TINSbar cde heights lista3 in table 111 shallbe usa for the correspondingrangesof bar cede density. For those appltitions where theseheightsare not suitable, height requirements will be as -ifi~ by the responsible prmurement activity. The correspotiing utiimm HRI heights are also listed in table III.

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T!f)BIE III. Bar tie d HRI kigh-

A. Bar code~ HKI _ for~.

Bar(Me” BarWe BarCode DensiW Ranue Min “IHLIJIIHeiqht Maximm FIeiqh~ Mininum Wiah~ in (nnl) in (nan) in (m

1.7 ~CPI < 3.0 0.75 (19.05) 1.25 (31.75) .125 3.18

3.0 ~CPI < 6.5 0.375 (9.53) 0.875 (22.23) .094 2.39

6.5~CPI & 9.4 0.25 (6.35) 0.s0 (12.7) .094 2.39

B. Bar cde a-d HRI heiqhtsfor mec id amlications.

Bar Code “BarCode Bar Code piniRu!nE@sclht @XilmnllHeiQht” il!llmHeic& in (m) ~ (- in (-

9.4~ CPI & 32.5 0.125 (3.18) 0.375 (9.53) .063 1*6O

U*S < CPI ~ 15.5 0.0625 (1.s9) 0.250 (6.35) .035 0.89

*Special ap@ications or conditions may dictate the use of height a-d densi~ combinations other than those shown in TABLE III.

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5.2.2 Interc-te r qm The minimum gap *t- c~=f== = * S- as

the minimm dimnsion (x) o; a narrow element. The max~ intercharacter gap width SW be three times the width ot a narrow ekrent (3X) (S* tig 1). In mst cases, the minimumdimension(x) is used.

5.2.3 ~~ (caQgt m The mininum lett md Eightmarginsshallbe 10 tiresthewidthof one narrow&amt (l(h)or 0.25 M (6.35m) , whichever isgreaterunlassOtmrwme qecltmd (seefig 1)● Uniqlesi~ q exist,butinnocasesw theWidthbfthegliet zonesbe lef3stmno.125 imh (3.17m).

5.2.5 .~acirm between tiqe ot ~ mu. The IIwlin’llmspacing be* tbe horizontaledge of the lzbel- the HEU SW be 0.0625 inch (1.588m) (seetig 1).

5.2.6 ~=ixw reconmmlat@ns tor 9)s ~ts The tO~OW@ “ spa=ing zqir~ts gly unlessotherwisespecitied(rlterto tig 2):

5.20601-~. - = ~ areinaover—~ Contlguratlm (m=c.ea) # - ==q= shall have a midmm sqaratlon ot 0.375 inch (9.53MN and a maximm sepacaticm ot 0.75 -h (19.05mm) fromM mde to barmde (sOefig2).

- 5.2.6.2 md’edm {U*7 Iun)

“~* T&wSpacingbet3ieentx) separately ~mWsamAineshaU haveaminimm separatiocqt0.51mh (- fig2)●

5.2.7 Maximum nunber Q e~m~ The maximum nunber of encoded

data characters in a single SX message shall-not exceed 30 data c-asters unless otherwise speciti@. The to= nUKber Ot ermoded Char=ters shall not ~ 32 char=ters including the start and stop char=ters and other control characterstly!k~beused suchasanenwded~.

13I

STACKED:

lllll1lllllllllllllllllll

SRf’’lPLE 1 llllulllllllllllllllllllllllllll[lIllllllllllt"75hcb( SRilPLE 2

9.53mu) MINIMUM To

9.QSnml MAXIMUM. .

B.QI INCH ( ~.asmm > MINIMUM TO 0.25 inch [6.35 mm] MAXIMUM nPn

THESE DIMENSIONS APPLY TO ALL FOUR MESSAtita

IN-LINE:

03incti

02.7 ml MINIMUld.

lll[llIlllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll SflI’lPLE 3 SRMPLE 4

I

5.3.1 to~e The Width of maxkedbars a w- can be Easur& with an optical~&ra~x or electro@ical lK?asuringinstruments usingretl.ectedlight incidentat 30 degzees to 45 degr= mom a ~- to the marktisurt- . Whm using a cmparator, a magnificationOt 5~ = r-~ed although,with so= lossof ~~, 20X may be -. uk- ~ -es with reason&ly smoth bar edges are ea8fiy measuredby visulJy averagingthe -e rouglmss over a Linearreticleon ~ coapara~r semen.

5*3= ~“ ~allowblemadclxqptidthtok- (t)&a tllnctionof * nominalwidth (x)of a n=mw element m - ~~ r*iO (n) ot the wide to mrow elenmts. This tderzme is defined as:

Note that the nominalvalueot n shall be in the aUowable range OX 2 to 3.” ““ The zctual (marked) value of n shaU be no less than 1.98norgreaterthan3.3.

Table IV stiws t& tolerance for som of the cormmn.ly used dinensions and ratios~ The ~Wal densityobtainedmy vary depend- on the =tual bar width

~ w~a (x) wid#Nam)’w NmltAalWd- lnd . Ele91Ent

)ensl& Narrow Elemmts. -- -WideElemats w- (t)

Cm

15.5 0.0044 O*U2 2.5 0.0110 0.279 0.Oou 0.030 12*5 0.0055 0●140 2.5 0.0138 0.351 0.003-50.038

9.4 0.0075 0.190 2.24 0.0168 0.427 0.0017 0.044

8.6 0.0080 0.203 2.5 0.0200 0.508 0.0022 0.055

7.4 0.0100 0.254 2.2 0.0220 0.559 0.0023 0.058

6.3 0.0100 0.254 3.0 0.0300 0.762 0.0035 0.088

5.7 0.0120 0.305 2.5 0.0300 0.762 0.0033 0.083

5.4 0.Olls 0.292 3.0 0.0345 0.876 0.0040 0.101 4e8 0.0160 0.406 2*O 0.0320 0.8J3 0.0032 0.081

3.9 0.0160 0.406 3.0 0.0480 1.219 0.0055 0.140

3.0 O+lo 0s33 3.0 O.(Km 1.600 0.0073 0.184

2.3 O.om 9.762 Z*5 t).0750 1.905 0●OWL (1.207

1.7 0.0400 1.016 2*5 0.1000 2.540. 0.0109 0.276.

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5.4 ● ids,and MU edqe rouqhness.

5.4.~ ~. A n’qor avantxy? Ot USlng ~ 3 Ot 9 ba cme lS ltS seLt+3ecHng proper~ which leaasto a very low charactersubstl~tlon erzor (arm) rate. The charactersubstitutmn rate varEs wxtb the prtit q~l~ ot the bar code syRMl and operatortecfnlqe.

5-4*3 ~~ A smgLe spotor vmd ot Suttacxent magmtude In an Incmndual cmm=ter code wxllc=se a tmd scannermnotre=lwhentm scanmng Mx? passesd iK?ctly thrOUgh the deteCt. 130wever , tW) independent detects ocmrrmg along the sane scan.wltlunthe same charmer code could producea substltitlon error. SUCh error can Only result It a voti m a wide bar E aLIgned with a spot on a narrow bar wlthm the sam ChEWZCter code.

Spots and vokls Wuch met either ot the tollowmg cr lterla are pernutted:

a.

b.

Z13espot or votican be contameu wmhm a circlewmse ammter M

0.4 tunesthe nominalwidthot the narrow element.

Tbeqoton%ndmmpiesnolmm UKm circle~ d~ 3s0.8tlues - ~t. Largerspotsomllcmdscalbe real ratecf~lng upon theu slzeo

25peroent ottheareaota nominalWidth Ot tm narrw expeeWd toreducethetlrst

M&ml189B mz!cuces togUnq con~ ml (E) TraAsportcase @mol Hcs) .- Thesepz=tlcesmnlkl be toLLOWd mr mmrct prlKMxlgOt @s ~ m corruga~ t~. Tm mcolmEm@ nlinimlm~ widthOz tm narrmll elenmt tirdirectpxmtang on comagatedtiberboamSW be 0.020mm (0.508

m. For curectprintedbar coaes, me reco~ed mmiuum EatloOZ WM-C narrowelemmt wmth E 2.5:1. Duect pr mted bar cme aensmles greater than

1.7 CPI axe -eptable when they =t the r~uemnts ot th2s s~ard.

6L~-2 ~. A rearerDar E a rectangular bar pattern cxrcumscrDmg the SDS mssage horizontally~ vertlcmy. A bearer b= my be errpLqed to provme umtorm supprt tor the prmt~ p-te at criticalareas near the SDS -age tor directprantingon corrugatedtberboard. ~ed d~xms.ot~beamrbar arealso~~snt&r~rt reZer~m ‘6.1.2.1.

6.1.3.1 ~. Zhere are W thermaL irxlirect(tCMmnaltranszer)● Both X=tmds sharplydetined bar codes.

printing mtbcMS, directaM can be usedto achieve-ra&

6-1”3”2 D~- D~ect therm prmtmg utlllzesheat sellsItive paper and theretore the heated prxnt be= contzcts the prlntq ~ la (1-M) direcUy. my thermal 1- stock that has ~ C~llity Ot belq salnea m both tne B633 m B800hams shall.be Usa. Thas stock is mre duxzUe - zes~tant ~ heat ~ IMustrml solventstba the wbxt~lored Ocgmlc H mock is● The materiaishall have the capmtilq ot being Sam@ by laser-diodeam visiblemd scanners. EHKlycaset herlWUMtms

. shaUnOtbeHm_iaL that WbedxrectLy~ @sunlight toza periodOt trot?exceeding3 ~.

6~”3*3‘~* - Jmirect areuseclt& &ated prantmg ~ are ~llw m an then transferred~ the Lmel ~terial. Care should correctconmnatmn ot ink r- ~ l.&eL materi~

EUKM ●

tf=rmu printingRetWds “ lnkrlmalamltmlnkls betakentousew when using thisprlntlng

6.1.4 P~t mark jJKl IIEms Some qlications WU rqi= -t

permanency uarkedbz codes be u&l. mls Udlafly llrplles that the bar code = to remainreamb~e tor the litetim ot the mater la to wmc!’1 It iS ?&t lx-or M Aitetime Ot tk material m which ~ bar axle M marK2d - For ~ zqplicationsthe ox cods may be laser-etma, pho-imaged. or ut~i~ ~ Omr perlwxlmtmarxq tecmology. A WtUl~ Or ~t naming natbodsare slxlwnin~130, IdentificationW- or U.S. MflltaryPrOper~.

Pernlmentmaralxqreqliremesl=shallbe uses - Speciti- by = p~-w actlvlty.Whetheror not a speclticPerIEmmtmarkingtecmomgy bas to be U8edWLLlalsobe Spelctited.

6a.1 cm c~ ~ ~~ .Code3 of 9 Is strongly~hecked armmostzmmitionsdo not reqtire a cbecK char-r. It a specitz applacatmn rqires excqtmnal data semrlty, a checkcbar~ter can be aXledto the encmm mssage. When this option M m be exercisedthe data SW be tollowedby the encodedcheck CWXter. The check character@ the mlus 43 sum ot U the charmer vties (seeTableV) in a given ms=qe, am 1s pr~ted as the l=t char=ter. Check char=ter generatmn is i~ustrat- by the tollowmg exanple:

mxa k@ssqe: U345f=E am 02 value: l+2+3+4+HO+10+U+12+13+14 = 1.15.Divxie 115 by 43. _

~tmzmm-z~= me~cmr~ctf=c-~

- cxxrespaxtlng @ -* valne ot * remalmer, Wtucfl m ttus exfmple is 29 or

“T”. The ample- ‘nesszqe, ~xmg the check ctmrzter wuW tberetwe be t ‘mEtE v. Cnarzcter V~r ~lng W -WM1 c~ Kc

Charz ter Value Cmraster value I Char=ter Vtiue o 0 F 1.5 u 30 1 1 G 16 v 31 2 2 E 17 v 32 3 3 I 18 x 33 4 4 J 19 Y 34 5 5 K 20 z 35 6 6 L 21 - 36 7 7 M 22 37 8 8 N 23 G 38.

9 9 0 24 $ 39 A 10 P 25 / 40 B U Q 26 + 41 c X? R 27 % 42 D 13 s 28 E 14 T 29

6.2.2 .-@E!& 1- ~a===%l=dd “

● 1 . Itis somt- advantqeous or evennecessaryto break UP 1- ~ c~e msages into X or more shortermssages. w break may be na~ due to we constrain- or bar cde scannercapabili~. If the firstda- cti=ter of 2 Code 3 of 9 messageis a ~e, the bar codd reder -s w tifomation containedwithinthemessage(excludingthe led ing ~e) ~ i= hffer. This qyxationcontinuesforti Cde 3 of 9 mssages thatc~a a leaing we.

Wbenatie30f9~e*t doesnot cmtainaltiq~e isr-, the ~e is -d m theztier’sbuffex,coq?letingthedab entryevent. & -e of a brokenxnes=qein Figuze 3. It is mcammcdd that tbe Mividual ===~:E&~ z ~~~ -h ZJI13-t the coabimd datadoes not

Euc#Eo sfRcE mlu!lmllw

UR4TINURJS 9

NO ENCOOEIJ EJ%ZE

Mlmm tEssfEE”

4MiTR UITHEtaXJED

“m

~ING

tHTRUITHNOEKCK)ED LEROIUG

. I I

I (3FITR tlESSRGES CtltlE31NEU f3S ONE ]

I CONTINUOt.JS ORTR tIESSflGE I

R

Figure 3. Exa@e forUse of BrokenMessages

MIL-SID1189B

6.2.3 COnversiO?lto fullMZII. (Limitd to internalclo-1~

Operationsonly)* There may be applicationsthat r-ire thexodatim of the entireMXX1 char= terset. W fullASCIIset of 128 charaters may be =~d by using theCode 3 of 9 syxbols$, /, %, and + as precdme cdes with the 26 letters,as shown in TableVI. While in - “~~ ~11” ~ec the Code 3 of 9 char~ters $, /, %, d + representtheircorrespondingAS211 charactersif theyare followedby a digit.~e~ s@& or st~ c~e. If one of these~ial char=ters is follti by a letter.the~ of hinters is dtied as show in TableVI. Nobe thatthe lowercase lettersof the ~t ue rqpsentd by a phS signfo.Jkxdedby thecoxrespadixqletter(a is-W e-.) Cez@in A9ClIcontrolcodesarealternatelyh as cmtxol letters.Foremz@e, carriageretum(CI?)is also~~~~Mtiis representiinCXMe30f9m$@f. ManyCde30f9rti= arektetnally ~ progrti ti mspmd inuniquewaystoqxdfic ~harater MMs in-h botbcharactersarequbols (+8-, .,/a %, $). For exqle# ‘—* d~ ~ BUFFZR. l!’rtiiticxmlly,the36 possible~har=teg ~ inwhich both char=ters are s@Ols are r~rvd foruse as controll-. FOr exauple,tk ~11 data ab@P would be convertd to cde 3 of 9 by -od ing the characters+M%/~P or the reverse is true, i.e., the encdd characters +&ffl/mP WOUld k d~~d ~ &/DP m If the reeder is not in the XXII de, this wmld d-de exactly as it appears, i.e., +Ai%/CDP.

6.2.4 &e of ul...

● densiti=. Ultr&high densitiesgreaterthan9.4

CPI may be uqd in clos@-loop axd specialapplicationswhen specifid by the Pr-m =@vity, EKX thep~vtier of thebaf cdle markings. ~ that

--willred ultra-highdensitybarcodeswillnotusuallybe able- Ed the l&er-densiq/barCdes d thescmnersgener~y - wi31 not usuallymxil ultrtiigh densitybar Codes.

~SID-l189B

‘ABLE VI

Cde 3 of 9 Conversion to Full AS211

“1-1 =1-1 %1-1= ’1-1=’

* 1 ■ 1 m

NW I w Sf I I I e %V . I %W SA \ 1A A A a +A

ST)(” 1 $8 # /8. B I B b 1 +0

SC I # C c c c +c EOT 1 St) s m o 0 d I +()h

SE % E E ‘E e +E

AC% I SF & F F F r +F

8EL S(3 I

t

IG G I G 9 I +G

Bs I .s+ ( II+ H H h +H

HT SI ) /1 I 1 t +[ u SJ 9 iJ. J J 1 i *J w SK + /K K K k I +K

FF SL Q. /L .L I L I I +L

CR SM 1 0 -. M M -

● OO 1 +:4

so S84 1

* N I N n +N s so 1 / G o 0 1 0 +() r GE. . .s? “o i o i P i P v I +P cm m“ I 1. 1 [. Q Q. I Q +Q .

“m 2 2 [ R R f +R I SS I 3 I 3. s i s I s +s

F 1 m I m 1 1 1

NM “ “L 5 5 I u u i u W ●SYN - ●SV 6 6 v v v +1/

Em SW

7 I 7 w w I w +W CAN I six 8 8 x x x +x

EM SY 9 9 Y Y

t I Y +y S@ [ Sz ●. /z z z z +2

●* %F I ( I { I %P %8 1 4 \ * 8 %0I

Gs %c 9 1 I ‘A I } I %R > %4 A *A - w~ us %E ? L “A — I ~W -6X-OY“’a/

IWI!E: Charecteg pairs /M, /N, and /I?tirxnqh /’Yare resemd for future controlchamcter pairs.

L

— . ..- -.. . - .. —..- - y. v. - .,-.-v..”

6.3 ChaxmesfromPr. evialsissues Verticallinesor asterisks are not usd in this revisionto identi~ chang& with respectto tbe previousissuedue to the extensivenessof the changes.

I 1- l— I I ---

MWSTlj-l189B

APPEN)Ix A

Rwwu31LrXY -P~

10. GEmmw

10.1 a. ‘1’bis appeidix eswlishes the criteriafordelxxminingthe axeptabili~ of barcod&ldatabasedm rea3abiliqof tbebar code. !Llk rquirments W informationcon~e3 hereinare a mzdaborypartof this Starikrd●

U*Z ● ‘rherequimlleneinthisappedix apply toaumand arenot de&dent on the ~- of matirialxnrkd- or utilized. Inspectim of the SDS sh~l be perforn&l aff~t the readabilityof the bar cde. It W~ be can be successfully scanned as descrM in section

a) &- niirkingtdmology after any processthatmy axxptable if the bar code 40.

20. RITmExm DaxJMnn’s

Zo.1 ~. TIE following daument forms a part of the eti to the ext~t ~ified.

Militxq Specifications

MIA!ID=105, Proceduresml Tables for Inspectionby Attr~tes

30. DES?INI!L!KM

Not ap@icable.

40• SPECIFIC~REIWWS SX3 will be ~eptable if the bar code can be successfullyscanned. A suc&sful scan is achievedwhen a bar code is red with three or fewer attenpts with a wand-~ scanner or two or fewer att~pts with a laser Wanner. These requirements apply when the scanners are being used in accord-e with corr=t operating procedures as s~ified by the scanner manuf~~rer. A minimm of 97 percent of the bar codes in a shipxent shallbe su&essfully red within the aboveparamkers, ad 100 percentof the ~ nllstEet W formatrequir~ts. Ran30cnsanpling shall be in -Odame with B5-105•

Custodians: Prqaring =tivity:

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DL?4- DH (DXJWMP)

R3viewZxAivities:

Army-mAL,A&ATME,AV,PDEA, E& Kf, GL, IM,AM,m,m,’XM, AM mvy-YD, m,sE, As,m, Ms, E, m,m, im AixForce-11, 99,01,69,70,71, 80,82,84 Dm-cT, m, KM, m, Gs, E, PS, CS, XP, SS Fderal - GSA !xn-l?o,~

User=tivities:

DLA-IP, SS

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

111111

AMCPSCC

ATTENTION SDSTO-TA 1

TOBYHANNA, PA. 18466