Overview:
ITF-14 barcodes are sometimes called Shipping Container Codes (SCC-14), Carton Codes, or GTIN-14 barcodes.They are 14-digit barcodes that are used on the outer shipping cartons or delivery boxes that contain your retail products.
Each shipping carton should contain a set number of your retail products (e.g. 24 jars of mayonnaise).
Procedure:
Retailers scan the ITF-14 barcode on each shipping carton when it comes into their warehouse.
The ITF-14 barcode triggers the system to show how many units of a product are contained in each shipping carton (e.g. 24 jars of mayonnaise).
This information will then be recorded in their inventory management or logistics system so that they can keep track of stock in their warehouse.
ITF-14 barcodes are usually created from the barcode number that is on the retail product within the box (the EAN-13 or UPC number).
Up to ten different ITF-14 barcodes can be created from one EAN-13 or UPC number.
Instant Email delivery of your ITF-14 barcode package:
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Deliverables by Email:
- ITF-14 barcode number
- The barcode image in 4 different high-resolution formats: jpg, pdf, png, svg
- Free barcode registration on the International Barcodes Database
- A guarantee certificate stating that
- you are the sole legal owner of this barcode number in the world
- International Barcodes Ltd will not issue this number to any other person or company
Specifications for printing the ITF-14 barcode on your product:
IMPORTANT:
If you print outside of these standards,
🙁 your barcode may be rejected by some retailers
🙁 your barcode may fail our (optional) barcode verification service
🙁 your barcode may fail to scan correctly.
ITF-14 dimensions in millimetres when printed at 100% magnification (actual size):
(This shows the officially allowed sizes of your ITF-14 Barcode on your carton)
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 corrugate 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, so all ITF-14’s 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, but 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 |
Terminology:
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