Pharmaceutical barcodes

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Pharmaceutical barcodes are the ones on medicine packs. Two of them carry the number each medicine is given in its country, so a pharmacy can sell and track it; the third checks, on the production line, that every pack, leaflet and label is the right one.

The pharmaceutical symbologies
Code 32Italy: the AIC number of a medicine, printed with an A in front.
PharmacodePackaging control on the production line: a number, in one row of bars or two.
Pharmazentral NummerGermany: the PZN of a medicine.

All three take digits only, and Labeljoy works out the check digit where there is one. Medicines sold in shops also carry an EAN or a Data Matrix with GS1 data, as the rules of each country ask - check them before you print.

The rest of the settings - text position, quiet zone, color - are in the Barcode section.