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PZN is a discrete, fixed length, self-checking barcode symbology used for pharmaceutical products in Germany.
Also known as: Pharmazentralnummer.
Variants:
- PZN7 is the seven-digit format.
- PZN8 is the eight-digit format.
- For the default PZN7 encoding, the data field must contain six digits or seven digits.
- The pzn8 option specifies that a PZN8 symbol is required, in which case the data field must contain seven digits or eight digits.
- The mandatory check digit is calculated automatically if not provided, otherwise the provided check digit is verified.
- Note: by definition, not all six-digit or seven-digit number sequences are valid inputs.
Identical PZN7 symbols, input provided with and without a check digit:
Data: 1234562
Options: includetext
Encoder: pzn
Data: 123456
Options: includetext
Encoder: pzn
Identical PZN8 symbols, input provided with and without a check digit:
Data: 0275808
Options: pzn8 includetext
Encoder: pzn
Data: 02758089
Options: pzn8 includetext
Encoder: pzn