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<H1>Zint Barcode Generator</H1>
<H3>by Robin Stuart</H3>
<P>Version 2.0, TBC 2008</P>
<P>This document is a guide to Zint, the <I>libzint</I> library and
the barcode symbologies supported by them.</P>
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<DT><B>Table of Contents</B>
</DT><DT>
1. <A HREF="introduction.html">Introduction</A>
</DT><DT>
2. <A HREF="installing.html">Installing Zint</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
2.1 <A HREF="installing.html#BACKEND">Installing the Back End</A>
</DT><DT>
2.2 <A HREF="installing.html#FRONTEND">Installing the Front End</A>
</DT><DT>
2.3 <A HREF="installing.html#TESTING">Testing the Installation</A>
</DT></DL>
<DT>
3. <A HREF="frontend.html">Using the Front End</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
3.1 <A HREF="frontend.html#INPUT">Inputting Data</A>
</DT><DT>
3.2 <A HREF="frontend.html#OUTPUT">Directing Output</A>
</DT><DT>
3.3 <A HREF="frontend.html#BARTYPE">Selecting Barcode Type</A>
</DT><DT>
3.4 <A HREF="frontend.html#HEIGHT">Adjusting Height</A>
</DT><DT>
3.5 <A HREF="frontend.html#WHITESPACE">Adjusting Whitespace</A>
</DT><DT>
3.6 <A HREF="frontend.html#BOUNDARY">Adding Boundary Bars and Boxes</A>
</DT><DT>
3.7 <A HREF="frontend.html#COLOUR">Using Colour</A>
</DT><DT>
3.8 <A HREF="frontend.html#ROTATE">Rotating the Symbol</A>
</DT><DT>
3.9 <A HREF="frontend.html#OTHER">Other Options</A>
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<DT>
4. <A HREF="backend.html">Using the API</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
4.1 <A HREF="backend.html#CREATE">Creating and Deleting Symbols</A>
</DT><DT>
4.2 <A HREF="backend.html#ENCODE">Encoding and Saving to File</A>
</DT><DT>
4.3 <A HREF="backend.html#OPTIONS">Setting Options</A>
</DT><DT>
4.4 <A HREF="backend.html#ERRORS">Handling Errors</A>
</DT><DT>
4.5 <A HREF="backend.html#SYMBOL">Specifying a Symbology</A>
</DT><DT>
4.6 <A HREF="backend.html#BOXES">Adding Boxes and Boundary Bars</A>
</DT><DT>
4.7 <A HREF="backend.html#ROTATE">Rotating the Symbol</A>
</DT></DL>
<DT>
5. <A HREF="symbologies.html">Types of Symbol</A>
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5.1 <A HREF="onedim.html">One-Dimensional Symbols</A>
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5.1.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE11">Code 11</A>
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5.1.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE25">Code 2 of 5</A>
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5.1.2.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE25STAND">Standard Code 2 of 5</A>
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5.1.2.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#IATA">IATA Code 2 of 5</A>
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5.1.2.3 <A HREF="onedim.html#IND25">Industrial 2 of 5</A>
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5.1.2.4 <A HREF="onedim.html#INTER25">Interleaved Code 2 of 5</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.2.5 <A HREF="onedim.html#DLOGIC">Code 2 of 5 Data Logic</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.2.6 <A HREF="onedim.html#ITF14">ITF-14</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.2.7 <A HREF="onedim.html#DPLEIT">Deutsche Post Leitcode</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.2.8 <A HREF="onedim.html#DPIDENT">Deutsche Post Identcode</A>
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5.1.3 <A HREF="onedim.html#UPC">Universal Product Code (EN 797)</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
5.1.3.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#UPCA">UPC version A</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.3.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#UPCE">UPC version E</A>
</DT></DL>
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5.1.4 <A HREF="onedim.html#EAN">European Article Number (EN 797)</A>
</DT><DL>
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5.1.4.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#EANX">EAN-2, EAN-5, EAN-8 and EAN-13</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.4.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#ISBN">SBN, ISBN and ISBN-13</A>
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5.1.5 <A HREF="onedim.html#PLESSEY">Plessey</A>
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5.1.6 <A HREF="onedim.html#MSI">MSI Plessey</A>
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5.1.7 <A HREF="onedim.html#TELEPEN">Telepen</A>
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5.1.7.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#TELEPENASCII">Telepen Alpha</A>
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5.1.7.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#TELENUM">Telepen Numeric</A>
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5.1.8 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE39">Code 39</A>
</DT><DL>
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5.1.8.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE39STAND">Standard Code 39 (ISO
16388)</A>
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5.1.8.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#EXCODE39">Extended Code 39</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.8.3 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE93">Code 93</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.8.4 <A HREF="onedim.html#PZN">PZN</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.8.5 <A HREF="onedim.html#LOGMARS">LOGMARS</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.8.6 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE32">Code 32</A>
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5.1.9 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODABAR">Codabar (EN 798)</A>
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5.1.10 <A HREF="onedim.html#PHARMA">Pharmacode</A>
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5.1.11 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE128">Code 128</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
5.1.11.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE128STAND">Standard Code 128
(ISO 15417)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.11.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#CODE128B">Code 128 subset B</A>
</DT><DT>
5.1.11.3 <A HREF="onedim.html#EAN128">EAN-128</A>
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5.1.11.4 <A HREF="onedim.html#EAN14">EAN-14</A>
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5.1.11.5 <A HREF="onedim.html#NVE18">NVE-18</A>
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5.1.12 <A HREF="onedim.html#DATABAR">GS1 DataBar (ISO 24724)</A>
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5.1.12.1 <A HREF="onedim.html#RSS14">DataBar-14 and DataBar-14
Truncated</A></DT><DT>
5.1.12.2 <A HREF="onedim.html#RSSLTD">DataBar Limited</A></DT><DT>
5.1.12.3 <A HREF="onedim.html#RSSEXP">DataBar Expanded</A></DT></DL>
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5.2 <A HREF="stacked.html">Stacked Symbologies</A>
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5.2.1 <A HREF="stacked.html#BASIC">Basic Symbol Stacking</A>
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5.2.2 <A HREF="stacked.html#CODE16K">Code 16k (EN 12323)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.2.3 <A HREF="stacked.html#PDF417">PDF417 (ISO 15438)</A>
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5.2.4 <A HREF="stacked.html#PDF417T">Compact PDF417</A>
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5.2.5 <A HREF="stacked.html#MICROPDF">MicroPDF417 (ISO 24728)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.2.6 <A HREF="stacked.html#RSS14STACK">GS1 DataBar-14 Stacked
(ISO 24724)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.2.7 <A HREF="stacked.html#RSS14OMNI">GS1 DataBar-14 Stacked
Omnidirectional (ISO 24724)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.2.8 <A HREF="stacked.html#RSSEXPSTACK">GS1 DataBar Expanded
Stacked (ISO 24724)</A>
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5.2.9 <A HREF="stacked.html#CODABLOCK">Codablock-F</A>
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5.3 <A HREF="composite.html">Composite Symbols (ISO 24723)</A>
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5.3.1 <A HREF="composite.html#CCA">CC-A</A>
</DT><DT>
5.3.2 <A HREF="composite.html#CCB">CC-B</A>
</DT><DT>
5.3.3 <A HREF="composite.html#CCC">CC-C</A>
</DT></DL>
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5.4 <A HREF="twotrack.html">Two-Track Symbologies</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
5.4.1 <A HREF="twotrack.html#PHARMA">Two-Track Pharmacode</A>
</DT><DT>
5.4.2 <A HREF="twotrack.html#POSTNET">PostNet</A>
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5.4.3 <A HREF="twotrack.html#PLANET">PLANET</A>
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5.5 <A HREF="fourstate.html">4-State Postal Codes</A>
</DT><DL>
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5.5.1 <A HREF="fourstate.html#AUSPOST">Australia Post 4-State
Symbols</A>
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5.5.1.1 <A HREF="fourstate.html#AUSCUST">Customer Barcodes</A>
</DT><DT>
5.5.1.2 <A HREF="fourstate.html#AUSREPLY">Reply Paid Barcode</A>
</DT><DT>
5.5.1.3 <A HREF="fourstate.html#AUSROUTE">Routing Barcode</A>
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5.5.1.4 <A HREF="fourstate.html#AUSREDIRECT">Redirect Barcode</A>
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5.5.2 <A HREF="fourstate.html#RM4SCC">Royal Mail 4-State Country
Code (RM4SCC)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.5.3 <A HREF="fourstate.html#ONECODE">USPS OneCode</A>
</DT></DL>
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5.6 <A HREF="twodims.html">Two-Dimensional Symbols</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
5.6.1 <A HREF="twodims.html#DMATRIX">Data Matrix (ISO 16022)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.6.2 <A HREF="twodims.html#QRCODE">QR Code (ISO 18004)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.6.3 <A HREF="twodims.html#MICROQR">Micro QR Code (ISO 18004)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.6.4 <A HREF="twodims.html#MAXI">Maxicode (ISO 16023)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.6.5 <A HREF="twodims.html#AZTEC">Aztec Code (ISO 24778)</A>
</DT></DL>
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5.7 <A HREF="markings.html">Other Barcode-Like Markings</A></DT><DL>
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5.7.1 <A HREF="markings.html#FIM">Facing Identification Mark (FIM)</A>
</DT><DT>
5.7.2 <A HREF="markings.html#FLAT">Flattermarken</A>
</DT><DT>
5.7.3 <A HREF="markings.html#DAFT">DAFT Code</A>
</DT></DL>
</DL>
<DT>
6 <A HREF="legal.html">Legal and Version Information</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
6.1 <A HREF="legal.html#LICENSE">License</A>
</DT><DT>
6.2 <A HREF="legal.html#PATENT">Patent Issues</A>
</DT><DT>
6.3 <A HREF="legal.html#VERSION">Version Information</A>
</DT><DT>
6.4 <A HREF="legal.html#CREDITS">Sources of Information</A>
</DT><DT>
6.5 <A HREF="legal.html#STANDARD">Standard Compliance</A>
</DT></DL>
<DT>
A <A HREF="appxa.html">Appendix A: Character Encoding</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
A.1 <A HREF="appxa.html#ASCII">ASCII Standard</A>
</DT><DT>
A.2 <A HREF="appxa.html#LATIN1">Latin Alphabet No 1 (ISO 8859-1)</A>
</DT></DL>
<DT>
B <A HREF="appxb.html">Appendix B: Three Digit Country Codes (ISO
3166)</A>
</DT><DT>
C <A HREF="appxc.html">Appendix C: GS1 General Specification</A>
</DT><DL>
<DT>
C.1 <A HREF="appxc.html#AI">Application Identifiers</A>
</DT><DT>
C.2 <A HREF="appxc.html#FIELDS">Fixed Length Fields</A>
</DT></DL>
</DL>
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