ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 22742 Second edition 2010-12-15 Packaging Linear bar code and two dimensional symbols for product packaging Emballages - Code-barres linéaire et symboles bidimensionnels pour emballage de produits Reference number ISO 22742:2010(E) @ISO 2010 py IHS under lic Not for Resale ISO 22742:2010(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by Iso member bodies. In COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ?ISO2010 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or IsO's memberbody in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ ISO 2010 - All rights reserved ed without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 22742:2010(E) Contents Page Foreword .iv Introduction. 1 Scope 2 Normative references.. 3 Terms and definitions. 4 Data content and requirements . 4.1 General ... 4.2 Rules for encoding of mandatory and optional data elements in machine-readable symbols and human-readable information................ .9 4.2.1 General rules... .9 4.2.2 Rules for mandatory data elements ..... 9 4.2.3 4.2.4 Rules for data elements not specified in this International Standard .... ..10 4.3 Basic data elements... 4.3.1 General 4.3.2 Item identification 12 4.3.3 Quantity. 13 4.3.4 Traceability identification ... 14 4.4 Additional data elements .... 16 4.4.1 General 4.4.2 Supplier identification. 16 4.4.3 Country of origin, 17 4.4.4 Date elements ... 18 4.4.5 Others not specified in this International Standard... 20 4.5 Data representation.... 20 4.5.1 General formatting .... 20 4.5.2 General formatting for machine-readable symbols .... 4.6 Data carriers... 24 4.6.1 Data carrier selection.. 24 4.6.2 General symbology requirements .... 4.6.3 Linear symbols used on product packaging .... 24 4.6.4 Two-dimensional (2D) symbols used on product packages.. 27 4.6.5 Data carrier/symbology identifiers .. 28 4.7 Label size and layout . 4.7.1 Label size.. .28 4.7.2 Label layout.. 28 4.7.3 Examples of label layout.... 4.7.4 Annex A (informative) Direct printing of linear bar code symbols on corrugated fibreboard ... Annex B (informative) Organizations relevant to this International Standard.... Copyright International Organization for Standardizalon ghts reserved ili ted withoutlicensefromIHS Not for Resale