Bar-Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) Implementation guide - IATA
Bar-Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) Implementation guide - IATA
Bar-Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) Implementation guide - IATA
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StB <strong>Bar</strong> <strong>Coded</strong> <strong>Boarding</strong> Pass <strong>Implementation</strong> Guide<br />
The main reason for selecting 2D bar codes instead of 1D bar codes is that they can store more<br />
data in a given space. Airlines can play with the settings to fit as much data as possible on the<br />
boarding pass.<br />
Here are some examples of how the size of the bar code varies depending on the number of<br />
characters. The settings used for the following examples are:<br />
EC level 3<br />
X dim<br />
0.03cm<br />
X to Y ratio 3<br />
Number of columns adapted to the number of characters<br />
Example 1:<br />
Content: 36 characters<br />
String: QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890<br />
Width: 5 Columns<br />
Size: 4.5 x 1.0 cm<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> code:<br />
Example 2:<br />
Content: 108 characters<br />
String:<br />
QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM<br />
1234567890 QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890<br />
Width: 5 Columns<br />
Size: 4.5cm x 1.5cm<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> code:<br />
Example 3:<br />
Content: 324 characters<br />
String:<br />
QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM<br />
1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJK<br />
LZXCVBNM1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890QWERTYUIOP<br />
ASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890QW<br />
ERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234567890QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM1234<br />
567890<br />
Width: 9<br />
Columns<br />
Size: 6.3 x 2.0 cm<br />
<strong>Bar</strong> code:<br />
108/128 27-May-2009