Appendix: Barcodes in ReportLab
This is a brief guide the barcodes supported in ReportLab.
Further information on the barcode tag for use in RML
The barcode types supported
| Type | svg | Info | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codabar | Used in blood banks, photo labs and FedEx labels. Encodes 0-9, -$:/.+, and four start/stop characters A-D. | 1234567890 | |
| Code11 | Used mostly for labelling telecommunications equipment. It encodes numeric digits. | 1234567890 | |
| Code128 | Code 128 encodes any number of characters in the ASCII character set. | 1234567890 | |
| Code128Auto | Modified Code128 to use auto encoding | 1234567890 | |
| EAN13 | N/A | 000000000000 | |
| EAN5 | EAN-5 barcodes can print the human readable price, set: price=True | 00000 | |
| EAN8 | N/A | 0000000 | |
| ECC200DataMatrix | ECC200DataMatrix | 1234567890 | |
| Extended39 | Extended 39 encodes the full ASCII character set by encoding characters as pairs of Code 39 characters; $, /, % and + are used as shift characters. | 1234567890 | |
| Extended93 | This is a compressed form of Code 39, allowing the full ASCII charset | 1234567890 | |
| BarcodeFIM("A") | A | ||
| BarcodeFIM("B") | B | ||
| BarcodeFIM("C") | C | ||
| BarcodeFIM("D") | FIM was developed as part of the POSTNET barcoding system. FIM (Face Identification Marking) is used by the cancelling machines to sort mail according to whether or not they have bar code and their postage requirements. There are four types of FIM called FIM A, FIM B, FIM C, and FIM D. The four FIM types have the following meanings: FIM A- Postage required pre-barcoded FIM B - Postage pre-paid, no bar code exists FIM C- Postage prepaid prebarcoded FIM D- Postage required, no bar code exists | D | |
| I2of5 | Interleaved 2 of 5 is used in distribution and warehouse industries. It encodes an even-numbered sequence of numeric digits. There is an optional module 10 check digit; if including this, the total length must be odd so that it becomes even after including the check digit. Otherwise the length must be even. Since the check digit is optional, our library does not check it. | 1234567890 | |
| ISBN | ISBN Barcodes optionally print the EAN-5 supplemental price barcode (with the price in dollars or pounds). Set price to a string that follows the EAN-5 for ISBN spec: leading digit 0, 1 = GBP 3 = AUD 4 = NZD 5 = USD 6 = CAD next 4 digits = price between 00.00 and 99.98, i.e.: price='52499' # $24.99 USD | 000000000000 | |
| MSI | MSI is used for inventory control in retail applications. There are several methods for calculating check digits so we do not implement one. | 1234567890 | |
| POSTNET | N/A | 1234567890 | |
| QR | N/A | www.reportlab.com | |
| Standard39 | Code39 is widely used in non-retail, especially US defence and health. Allowed characters are 0-9, A-Z (caps only), space, and -.$/+%*. | 1234567890 | |
| Standard93 | This is a compressed form of Code 39 | 1234567890 | |
| UPCA | N/A | 00000000000 | |
| USPS_4State | N/A | 1234567890 |