DX Film Edge

DX Film Edge

The DX Film Edge barcode is exposed as a latent image along the edge of 135 (35mm) photographic film to identify the film for automated photofinishing, as a data track beside a clock track that synchronises its reading.

Uses:

• Identification of the film and its frames in automated photofinishing of 135 film.

Standards: ISO 1007 Photography - 135-size film and magazine - Specifications; US Patent 4,965,628.

Data and Options

• The data field is the DX number, optionally followed by / and the frame number:
  • The DX number is either its two parts separated by a hyphen, Part 1, the product code, from 1 to 127 and Part 2, the generation, from 0 to 15, e.g. 79-7; or the DX extract of up to four digits, e.g. 1271; or the six digits of the full DX number, e.g. 012710, whose first and last digits are not encoded.
  • The frame number is from 0 to 63, optionally followed by A for a half frame. S and X stand for frame 62, K and 00 for frame 63, and F for frame 0.
• The rowheight option specifies the height of each track in modules. The default is 3.

Examples

Data:    79-7/22A
Options:
Encoder: dxfilmedge

Without a frame number:

Data:    1271
Options:
Encoder: dxfilmedge