ITF-14 is the GS1

GS1

Founded in 1977, GS1 is an international not-for-profit association dedicated to the development and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors...

 implementation of an Interleaved 2 of 5

Interleaved 2 of 5

Interleaved 2 of 5 is a continuous two-width barcode symbology encoding digits. It is used commercially on 135 film and on cartons of some products, while the products inside are labeled with UPC or EAN....

 bar code to encode a Global Trade Item Number

Global Trade Item Number

Global Trade Item Number is an identifier for trade items developed by GS1...

. ITF-14 symbols are generally used on packaging levels of a product, such as a case box of 24 cans of soup. The ITF-14 will always encode 14 digits.

GS1

GS1

Founded in 1977, GS1 is an international not-for-profit association dedicated to the development and implementation of global standards and solutions to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply and demand chains globally and across multiple sectors...

 GEPIR  tool can be used to find out the company identification for a given GTIN-14 that is encoded in ITF-14 Symbol.
The thick black border around the symbol is called the Bearer Bar. The purpose of a Bearer Bar is to equalise the pressure exerted by the printing plate over the entire surface of the symbol, and to enhance reading reliability by helping to reduce the probability of misreads
or short scans that may occur when a skewed scanning beam enters or exits the bar code symbol
through its top or bottom edge.

See also

• Global Trade Item Number
  Global Trade Item Number
  Global Trade Item Number is an identifier for trade items developed by GS1...
  
   (GTIN)
• Global Electronic Party Information Register
  Global Electronic Party Information Register
  The Global Electronic Party Information Register is a distributed database that contains basic information on over 1,000,000 companies in over 100 countries....
  
  (GEPIR)

External links

• http://www.gs1.org
• http://www.gs1.org/productssolutions/idkeys/technical/#gtin
• http://www.gepir.org (Global Electronic Party Registry)
• http://generator.onbarcode.com/online-itf14-barcode-generator.aspx (Free ITF-14 Barcode Generator)