ITF-14 Carton Barcode Specifications
Below are the ITF-14 Barcode Specifications in millimetres. This page shows the officially allowed sizes of your ITF-14 Barcode on your carton.
The top and bottom bearer bars are mandatory whereas the vertical bearer bars are optional, provided a printing method is being used that doesn’t require printing plates.
Magnification:
The specified magnification range for an ITF-14 Barcode Symbol being scanned in a General Distribution Scanning environment is between 50 and 100%. For other scanning environments, the range is 25-100%
If printing onto corrugated fibreboard, the ITF-14 should be above 62.5%.
Height of Bars:
The minimum height for the bars in a General Distribution Scanning Environment is 32mm.
In other scanning environments, the bar height should be as high as possible. 13mm is the minimum bar height. Hence all ITF-14s should exceed this height; however, every effort should be made to ensure that the height is as close as possible to 32mm.
Bar Width Ratio:
The bar width ratio is 2.5:1. The acceptable range for this ratio is between 2.25:1 and 3:1.
Human Readable Interpretation:
Font, font size and location are not specified; however, these should be printed clearly in proportion to the rest of the barcode. It is preferred for the font to appear below the barcode.
| Magnification | X-Dimension | Width | Bar Height | Quiet Zones |
| 25% | 0.25 | 30.62 | 13 | 2.54 |
| 30% | 0.3 | 36.73 | 13 | 3.05 |
| 35% | 0.36 | 42.85 | 13 | 3.56 |
| 40% | 0.41 | 48.97 | 13 | 4.06 |
| 45% | 0.46 | 55.09 | 13 | 4.57 |
| 50% | 0.51 | 61.21 | 32 | 5.08 |
| 55% | 0.56 | 67.34 | 32 | 5.59 |
| 60% | 0.61 | 73.46 | 32 | 6.1 |
| 62.50% | 0.64 | 76.52 | 32 | 6.35 |
| 65% | 0.66 | 79.58 | 32 | 6.6 |
| 70% | 0.71 | 85.7 | 32 | 7.11 |
| 75% | 0.76 | 91.82 | 32 | 7.62 |
| 80% | 0.81 | 97.94 | 32 | 8.13 |
| 85% | 0.86 | 104.06 | 32 | 8.64 |
| 90% | 0.91 | 110.19 | 32 | 9.14 |
| 95% | 0.97 | 116.31 | 32 | 9.65 |
| 100% | 1.02 | 122.43 | 32 | 10.16 |
All measurements are in millimetres.
It is best to allow more space for the quiet zones than the minimum in case of ink spread
Terms:
General Distribution Scanning Environment – This refers to automated scanning by a machine as the item passes along a conveyor belt.
Other Scanning Environments – Typically, this refers to handheld scanners.
Bar Width Ratio – this refers to the ratio of wide modules to narrow modules in the ITF-14. A wide module should be 2.5 times the width of a narrow module.
Quiet Zones – Area of white space on either side of the bars