pbmupc(1)pbmupc(1)NAMEpbmupc - create a Universal Product Code bitmap
SYNOPSISpbmupc [-s1|-s2] type manufac product
DESCRIPTION
Generates a Universal Product Code symbol. The three
arguments are: a one digit product type, a five digit man
ufacturer code, and a five digit product code. For exam
ple, "0 72890 00011" is the code for Heineken.
As presently configured, pbmupc produces a bitmap 230 bits
wide and 175 bits high. The size can be altered by chang
ing the defines at the beginning of the program, or by
running the output through pnmenlarge or pnmscale.
OPTIONS
The -s1 and -s2 flags select the style of UPC to generate.
The default, -s1, looks more or less like this:
||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||||
0||12345||67890||5
The other style, -s2, puts the product type digit higher
up, and doesn't display the checksum digit:
||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||||
0||||||||||||||||
||||||||||||||||
||12345||67890||
SEE ALSOpbm(5)AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
14 March 1989 pbmupc(1)
