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The 14-digit case code printed on shipping cartons — built with thick bars specifically to survive printing straight onto corrugated cardboard.
14-digit carton/case code used on shipping boxes.
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ITF-14 encodes a GTIN-14, the number that identifies a whole carton or case rather than the individual item inside it. Its first digit is an indicator that describes the packaging level — how many consumer units are in the box — followed by the base product number and a modulo-10 check digit. What makes ITF-14 visually distinctive is that it is engineered for bad printing conditions. Cartons are usually flexographically printed directly onto brown corrugated board, a surface that absorbs ink unevenly and blurs fine detail, so ITF-14 uses deliberately thick bars and is normally enclosed in a heavy rectangular frame called a bearer bar. That frame is not decoration: interleaved codes can be misread as a shorter valid number if a scanner clips the edge of the symbol, and the bearer bar makes such a partial scan physically impossible.
Shipping cartons and outer cases
Pallet and distribution labels
Warehouse goods-in scanning
Wholesale and cash-and-carry stock
Cross-docking and 3PL operations
Identifying shipping cartons, cases and pallet layers in distribution — the outer box, not the retail item inside it.
The first of the fourteen digits. It describes the packaging level, distinguishing a case of twelve from a case of twenty-four of the same product.
It is the thick frame drawn around the symbol. It prevents a partial scan being read as a shorter valid number and helps flexographic print quality. It is strongly recommended and usually added at the carton-printing stage.
No. Point-of-sale systems expect EAN-13 or UPC-A on the consumer item. ITF-14 is for the outer case and is read in the warehouse and in goods-in.
Because cartons are printed directly onto corrugated board, where ink spreads and fine bars smear. Thick bars keep the symbol readable through that print variation.
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