EAN-8 Size Setting

EAN-8 Generator Size Setting, Generate & Create EAN-8 in C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET applications

Size setting overview
This page is on size setting of EAN-8, emphasizing 2 important factors: barcode width and height.

Barcode structure
The components of EAN-8 barcode include a left quiet zone, a normal guard bar pattern, eight data characters divided by a center guard bar pattern, another normal guard bar pattern and then the right quiet zone.

EAN-8 Size Setting

Barcode Width:
The EAN-8 barcode width, W (measured in pixel), including quiet zones, can be calculated from the following expression:

EAN-8

W = ( 7C + 11 )X + 2Q

*Note: If a two-digit add-on symbol is used, W=107X+15. For a five-digit add-on, W=134X+15.
W: width of EAN-8 barcode image, including quiet zones.
X: width of EAN-8 narrowest bar; (X min = 1 pixel)
C: number of EAN-8 encoded data characters, including the check digit; (C =8)
Q: the width of the quiet zone; Q > = 7X; For Avapose, default Q=10X

Barcode Height::
The EAN-8 barcode width, W (measured in pixel), including quiet zones, can be calculated from the following expression:

EAN-8

According to GS1 standard, the nominal height of an EAN-8 bar code symbol, including the human readable information, is 21.3 millimeters (0.8 inch).
All Avapose products create EAN-8 barcodes according to standard.

For more details on EAN-8 size setting, please go through the below guide:

Barcode Symbologies

2D/Matrix Barcodes

Data Matrix

PDF417

QR Code

1D/Linear Barcodes

Codabar

Code 2 of 5

Code 11

Code 39

Code 93

Code 128

EAN-8

EAN-13

GS1 128 (UCC/EAN-128)

Identcode

Intelligent Mail (OneCode)

Interleaved 2 of 5

ISBN

ISSN

ITF-14

Leitcode

MSI Plessey

Planet

Postnet

RM4SCC

UPC-A

UPC-E