EN ISO/IEC 15419:2010

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Information technology - Automatic identification and data capture techniques - Bar code
digital imaging and printing performance testing (ISO/IEC 15419:2009)
Informationstechnik - Verfahren der automatischen Identifikation und Datenerfassung -
Leistungsanforderungen für digitale Bild- und Druckverarbeitung für Strichcodes
(ISO/IEC 15419:2009)
Technologies de l'information - Techniques automatiques d'identification et de capture
des données - Test de performance de la numérisation digitale et l'impression des codes
à barres (ISO/IEC 15419:2009)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO/IEC 15419:2010
ICS:
35.040 Nabori znakov in kodiranje Character sets and
informacij information coding
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO/IEC 15419
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2010
ICS 35.040 Supersedes EN ISO/IEC 15419:2002
English Version
Information technology - Automatic identification and data
capture techniques - Bar code digital imaging and printing
performance testing (ISO/IEC 15419:2009)
Technologies de l'information - Techniques automatiques Informationstechnik - Verfahren der automatischen
d'identification et de capture des données - Test de Identifikation und Datenerfassung -
performance de la numérisation digitale et l'impression des Leistungsanforderungen für digitale Bild- und
codes à barres (ISO/IEC 15419:2009) Druckverarbeitung für Strichcodes (ISO/IEC 15419:2009)
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Contents Page
Foreword .3

Foreword
The text of ISO/IEC 15419:2009 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 “Information
technology”of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical
Commission (IEC) and has been taken over as EN ISO/IEC 15419:2010 by Technical Committee
CEN/TC 225 “AIDC technologies” the secretariat of which is held by NEN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by February 2011, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn
at the latest by February 2011.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO/IEC 15419:2002.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO/IEC 15419:2009 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO/IEC 15419:2010 without any
modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 15419
Second edition
2009-06-01
Information technology — Automatic
identification and data capture
techniques — Bar code digital imaging
and printing performance testing
Technologies de l'information — Techniques automatiques
d'identification et de capture des données — Test de performance de la
numérisation digitale et l'impression des codes à barres

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ISO/IEC 15419:2009(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . vi
1 Scope .1
2 Normative references .1
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms .1
4 Bar code design software .3
4.1 General requirements.3
4.2 Considerations by software and imaging device categories.3
4.3 Test requirements.8
4.4 Conformance.8
4.5 Test report .9
5 Dedicated bar code printers .10
5.1 Data input requirements .10
5.2 Test requirements.10
5.3 Conformance.12
5.4 Test report .13
Annex A (normative) Sample test layout .14
Annex B (normative) General constructional and operational requirements.15
Annex C (informative) Maintenance and supplies .16
Annex D (informative) Classification of software categories .18
Annex E (informative) Classification of imaging categories.20
Annex F (informative) Programmer’s examples.21
Annex G (informative) Functions of bar code production software .25
Bibliography .26
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Foreword
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ISO/IEC 15419 was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 15419:2001), which has been technically
revised.
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ISO/IEC 15419:2009(E)
Introduction
Bar code technology is based on the recognition of patterns encoded in bars and spaces of defined
dimensions according to rules defining the translation of characters into such patterns, known as the
symbology specification.
Bar code digital imaging systems must be capable of reliably converting the information to be encoded into a
bar code symbol meeting the symbology specification and application requirements if the technology is to fulfil
its basic objective. Such systems comprise two major components, namely the hardware device which
produces the physical image of the bar code symbol on paper, photographic film, printing plate, or other
substrate, and the associated software which converts the input data into digital instructions used to drive the
hardware device. Each component can take many forms and perform differing functions.
Manufacturers of bar code equipment, the producers of bar code symbols and the users of bar code
technology therefore require publicly available standard test specifications for bar code digital imaging
systems to ensure the accuracy and consistency of performance of these systems. This International
Standard is intended to lay down general principles governing the bar code image generation function in each
component, supplemented by more specific details applicable to certain major categories of software and
hardware.
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