Supported Bar Code Types

Issue

Which Bar Code types are supported by the Kofax VRS 5.x Standard Bar Code Engine and Enhanced Bar Code engines?

 

Solution

The following 1D bar code types can be read by the Standard Bar Code (SBC) engine from bitonal images:

• Codabar
• Code 39
• Code 93
• Code 128
• EAN
• Interleaved 2 of 5
• Post Net
• UPC-A
• UPC-E

 

The following 1D and 2D bar code types can be read by the Enhanced Bar Code (EBC) engine from bitonal, grayscale, and color images:

• Codabar
• Code 39
• Code 93
• Code 128
• EAN
• Interleaved 2 of 5
• Post Net (Includes Intelligent Mail Bar Codes (IMB))
• UPC-A
• UPC-E
• QR
• PDF 417
• Data Matrix
• Aztec

 

SBC Licensing Notes:

• The Standard Bar Code (SBC) engine is a feature in the AIPE feature set. 
• Licensing for the AIPE feature set at scan time and import time is included in all levels of Kofax VRS 5.x Elite licenses. 
• Licensing for the AIPE feature set at scan time only is included in all levels of OEM VRS 5.x Professional licenses. 
• Licensing for the AIPE feature set is not included in OEM VRS 5.x Basic licenses.

 

EBC Licensing Notes:

• Licensing for the Enhanced Bar Code (EBC) engine at scan time only is included in Workgroup- and Production-level Kofax VRS 5.x Elite licenses and Workgroup- and Production-level OEM VRS 5.x Professional licenses. 
• EBC licensing is not included in OEM VRS 5.x Basic licenses. 
• A Hardware EBC license dongle or an EBC License line item on a Kofax Capture license is required for EBC licensing at file import time.

 

Level of Complexity 

Easy

 

Applies to  

Product	Version	Build	Environment	Hardware
Kofax VRS	5.2 5.1.2 5.1.1 5.1	ALL	ALL	N/A

References

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