CC A

CC-A

CC-A is the smallest of the three 2D components of a GS1 Composite symbol, a variant of MicroPDF417 with its own row address patterns. It encodes up to 56 digits in 3 to 12 rows of 2 to 4 columns.

Uses:

• The 2D component of a GS1 Composite symbol with any linear component (EAN-13 Composite, UPC-A Composite, EAN-8 Composite, UPC-E Composite, GS1-128 Composite, GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional Composite, GS1 DataBar Stacked Composite, GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional Composite, GS1 DataBar Truncated Composite, GS1 DataBar Limited Composite, GS1 DataBar Expanded Composite, GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite), for data that it can hold.

Data syntax: GS1 Application Identifiers.

Standards: ISO/IEC 24723, ITS EAN.UCC Composite Symbology, AIM ISS - EAN.UCC Composite Symbology, GS1 General Specifications.

Data and Options

• The gs1-cc encoder draws the 2D component alone, so that it can be printed separately from its linear component. The GS1 Composite encoders draw it with its linear component.
• The data field input is provided in GS1 Application Identifier standard format.
• Note that it is not necessary to specify FNC1 characters since the encoder will insert these automatically where necessary.
• Deprecated. The dontlint option disables GS1 Application Identifier syntax validation allowing images to be generated for input that does not comply with GS1 standards.
• For maximum efficiency, if the data for the 2D component contains a number of application identifiers matching any of the specifications below then they should be provided in this given order:
  • (11)...(10)...
  • (17)...(10)...
  • (90){0-3 digits not starting 0}{upper alpha}...
• The ccversion=a option selects CC-A.
• The cccolumns option sets the width of the component in columns, 2 to 4.

Example

Isolated CC-A 2D component:

Data:    (01)09521234543213
Options: ccversion=a cccolumns=3
Encoder: gs1-cc