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1973 Incidentally, the first round were codes to reduce possibility of error in reading. However, testing in one of the shows in Cincinnati Magazov obratnyyy result - if the wheels slid slightly during printing, scanner, refused to read the "seen." As a result of the proposed IBM UPC-code it was more successful and was admitted to the performance. Designed it all the same Norman Woodland and IBM Fellow George Laurer.
EAN-13 bar code is today used more often recorded with strips of different thickness and with the help of 13 digits. It is applied for 80% of global production