RE: 13 digit UPC code - the new Y2K

Here's info on the 2005 sunrise which *does* include EAN-13 and EAN-8 as
well as GTIN 12 digit.


http://www.symbol.com/products/barcode_scanners/2005_sunrise_date.html

Chuck
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 3:05 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: 13 digit UPC code - the new Y2K


Hi Jerry,

It's my understanding that the change is to the 14-digit GTIN rather
than
the EAN-13.   And the mandate is that everyone can scan and store these
symbols -- the printing side of things does not need to change as far as
I've been told.  It's just the scanning side of things.   (Though, I
imagine that the printing part of it will be next.)


On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Jerry wrote:

> I understand that all computer systems must use the European UPC code 
> system beginning in January, 2004.
>
> This sounds like a huge undertaking as the UPC field must expand from 
> 12 to 13 bytes.
>
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