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Telepen Barcode

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Telepen was designed in Britain in 1972 to encode the full ASCII character set without shift codes. Many UK university libraries still use it on books and membership cards.

Also called Telepen barcode, Telepen Numeric.

Specifications

Standard	No ISO standard (SB Electronic Systems)
Character set	Full 128 ASCII (numeric double-density mode available)
Capacity	Variable
Check digit	Mandatory modulo 127 check character
Dimension	1D linear
Origin	Developed by SB Electronic Systems (UK) in 1972

Where it is used

UK university and academic libraries, industry

People use it for uK university and academic libraries, industry.

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Example

ABC123

Scan and create

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Related codes

Questions

Where is Telepen used?

UK university and academic libraries, industry. Telepen was designed in Britain in 1972 to encode the full ASCII character set without shift codes. The camera app does not scan this. The Zebra app does not scan this.

What is Telepen Numeric?

Telepen was designed in Britain in 1972 to encode the full ASCII character set without shift codes. The cited standard is No ISO standard (SB Electronic Systems). The camera app does not scan this. The Zebra app does not scan this.

Can a smartphone scan Telepen?

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