Barcode Online Reference
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UPC Version E is well suited for labeling small items. It allows manufacturers to encode a limited number of unique twelve-digit codes into six digits. Version E is also referred to as the “zero-suppression version,” because it compresses the 11 numbers and the checksum into six numbers.
Only bar codes with a number system character of 0 or 1 can be encoded into the zero-suppressed version. With the UPC-E bar code, the original 10 data characters (without the system code) must have at least four zeros in certain positions. The first five characters are the manufacturer number and the last five characters are the product number.
UPC-E accepts the following characters:
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