EN ISO/IEC 15421:2001

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Informationstechnik - Verfahren der automatischen Identifikation und Datenerfassung - Testspezifikationen für Strichcode-Master (ISO/IEC 15421:2001)Technologies de l'information - Techniques d'identification automatique et de capture des données - Spécifications pour essai principal de codes a barres (ISO/IEC 15421:2000)Information technology - Automatic identification and data capture techniques - Bar code master test specifications (ISO/IEC 15421:2000)35.040Nabori znakov in kodiranje informacijCharacter sets and information codingICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN ISO/IEC 15421:2001SIST EN ISO/IEC 15421:2003en01-oktober-2003SIST EN ISO/IEC 15421:2003SLOVENSKI
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EUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHE NORMEN ISO/IEC 15421December 2001ICS 35.040Supersedes ENV 13065:1998 English versionInformation technology - Automatic identification and datacapture techniques - Bar code master test specifications(ISO/IEC 15421:2000)Technologies de l'information - Techniques d'identificationautomatique et de capture des données - Spécificationspour essai principal de codes à barres (ISO/IEC15421:2000)Informationstechnik - Verfahren der automatischenIdentifikation und Datenerfassung - Testspezifikationen fürStrichcode-Master (ISO/IEC 15421:2001)This European Standard was approved by CEN on 20 October 2001.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the officialversions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36
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2002-03-27ForewordThe text of the International Standard from Technical Committee ISO/IEC/JTC 1 "Informationtechnology" of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has been taken over as aEuropean Standard by Technical Committee CEN/TC 225 "Bar coding", the secretariat of whichis held by NEN.This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication ofan identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2002, and conflicting nationalstandards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2002.This document supersedes ENV 13065:1998.According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations ofthe following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, CzechRepublic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Endorsement noticeThe text of the International Standard ISO/IEC 15421:2000 has been approved by CEN as aEuropean Standard without any modifications.SIST EN ISO/IEC 15421:2003

ReferencenumberISO/IEC15421:2000(E)©ISO/IEC2000INTERNATIONALSTANDARDISO/IEC15421Firstedition2000-09-15Informationtechnology—Automaticidentificationanddatacapturetechniques—BarcodemastertestspecificationsTechnologiesdel'information—Techniquesd'identificationautomatiqueetdecapturedesdonnées—SpécificationspouressaiprincipaldecodesàbarresSIST EN ISO/IEC 15421:2003

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ISO/IEC15421:2000(E)©ISO/IEC2000–AllrightsreservediiiContentsPageForeword.ivIntroduction.v1Scope.12Conformance.13Normativereferences.14Termsanddefinitions.15Symbolsandabbreviatedterms.36Physicalrequirements.36.1Material.36.1.1Dimensionalstability.36.1.2Archivalproperties.36.2Physicalrequirementscontrolledbythemanufacturingprocess.36.2.1Targetbarwidth.36.2.2Barwidthadjustment.36.3Tolerances.46.3.1ToleranceA-allsymbologies.46.3.2ToleranceB-twowidthsymbologies.46.3.3ToleranceC-(n,k)symbologies.46.3.4ToleranceD-allsymbologies.46.4Baredgecharacteristics.46.4.1Baredgeconformance.46.4.2Baredgegradient.46.5Defects.56.6Quietzones.56.7Cornermarks.56.8Opticaldensities.56.8.1Minimumdensity(Dmin).56.8.2Maximumdensity(Dmax).56.9Orientation.56.10Polarity.56.11Encodation.56.12Humanreadableinterpretation.57Testmethods.67.1Barandspacewidthmeasurement.67.1.1Conditionsfordimensionalmeasurements.67.1.2Calculationoftheachievedbarwidthadjustment.67.2Testreportandtraceability.7AnnexA(informative)Opticaldensityprofiles.8SIST EN ISO/IEC 15421:2003

ISO/IEC15421:2000(E)iv©ISO/IEC2000–AllrightsreservedForewordISO(theInternationalOrganizationforStandardization)andIEC(theInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission)formthespecializedsystemforworldwidestandardization.NationalbodiesthataremembersofISOorIECparticipateinthedevelopmentofInternationalStandardsthroughtechnicalcommitteesestablishedbytherespectiveorganizationtodealwithparticularfieldsoftechnicalactivity.ISOandIECtechnicalcommitteescollaborateinfieldsofmutualinterest.Otherinternationalorganizations,governmentalandnon-governmental,inliaisonwithISOandIEC,alsotakepartinthework.InternationalStandardsaredraftedinaccordancewiththerulesgivenintheISO/IECDirectives,Part3.Inthefieldofinformationtechnology,ISOandIEChaveestablishedajointtechnicalcommittee,ISO/IECJTC1.DraftInternationalStandardsadoptedbythejointtechnicalcommitteearecirculatedtonationalbodiesforvoting.PublicationasanInternationalStandardrequiresapprovalbyatleast75%ofthenationalbodiescastingavote.AttentionisdrawntothepossibilitythatsomeoftheelementsofthisInternationalStandardmaybethesubjectofpatentrights.ISOandIECshallnotbeheldresponsibleforidentifyinganyorallsuchpatentrights.InternationalStandardISO/IEC15421waspreparedbyJointTechnicalCommitteeISO/IECJTC1,Informationtechnology,SubcommitteeSC31,Automaticidentificationanddatacapturetechniques.AnnexAofthisInternationalStandardisforinformationonly.SIST EN ISO/IEC 15421:2003

ISO/IEC15421:2000(E)©ISO/IEC2000–AllrightsreservedvIntroductionThetechnologyofbarcodingisbasedontherecognitionofpatternsencodedinbarsandspacesofspecifieddimensions.Awidevarietyofmethodsexistsbywhichthesebarandspacepatternscanbereproducedasaphysicalimage.Conventionalprintingprocessessuchasoffsetlithography,photogravure,letterpress,screenprocess,hotfoilstampingandflexography,requireoneormoreintermediateimagecarriersforexample,artwork,photographicfilm,printingplatesorcylinders,screensordies.Thetermbarcodemasterreferstothefirstphysicalimageofthecompletebarcodesymbolfromwhichtheotherimagecarrierscanbeproduced.Inordertomakeallowancesforvariabilityoftheproductionprocesses,andtoensurethecorrectencodingofthedatatoberepresented,certainproceduresmustbeperformedduringthepreparationofthebarcodemaster.ThisInternationalStandarddoesnotdefinetheproceduresbutstatestherequirementsforabarcodemaster.SIST EN ISO/IEC 15421:2003

INTERNATIONALSTANDARDISO/IEC15421:2000(E)©ISO/IEC2000–Allrightsreserved1Informationtechnology—Automaticidentificationanddatacapturetechniques—Barcodemastertestspecifications1ScopeThisInternationalStandarddefinesthephysicalandrelatedattributesofabarcodemasterandthequalitycriteriabywhichitsconformitywiththisstandardistobeassessed,andcontainsguidelinestoassistinitsuse.Thestandardcoversallformsofbarcodemaster,irrespectiveofthemodeoforiginationoftheinitialimage,intendedforreproductionbyconventionalprintingprocesses.2ConformanceConformancewiththisInternationalStandardshallbeestablishedbymeasurementofthebarcodemasterinaccordancewiththetestmethodsdefinedinclause7toestablishthatthedimensionalandopticaldensityrequirementssetoutinclause6havebeenmet.3NormativereferencesThefollowingnormativedocumentscontainprovisionswhich,throughreferenceinthistext,constituteprovisionsofthisInternationalStandard.Fordatedreferences,subsequentamendmentsto,orrevisionsof,anyofthesepublicationsdonotapply.However,partiestoagreementsbasedonthisInternationalStandardareencouragedtoinvestigatethepossibilityofapplyingthemostrecenteditionsofthenormativedocumentsindicatedbelow.Forundatedreferences,thelatesteditionofthenormativedocumentreferredtoappl
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