INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC 15416 STANDARD Second edition 2016-12-15 Automatic identification and data capture techniques Bar code print quality test specification - Linear symbols Techniquesautomatiques d'identification et decapture des donnees-Spécificationspouressaidequalited'impressiondes codes abarresSymboles linéaires Reference number IS0/IEC15416:2016(E) E @IS0/IEC2016 Copyright Intemafional Organization for Standardization rovided by IHS under lic Not for Resale, 01/15/2017 16:50:17 MST IS0/IEC15416:2016(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0/IEC 2016,Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,or posting on the internet or an intranet,without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch.de Blandonnet 8. CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org rovided by IHS unde Not for Resale, 01/15/2017 16:50:17 MST networking permitted without license trom IHs IS0/IEC15416:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. .. 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms 4.1 Abbreviated terms .2 4.2 Symbols 5 Measurement methodology ..4 5.1 General requirements 4 5.2 Referencereflectivitymeasurements. ..4 5.2.1 General. 4 5.2.2 Measurement light source ..4 5.2.3 Measuring aperture. 4 5.2.4 Optical geometry .5 5.2.5 Inspection band :6 5.2.6 Number of scans. .7 5.3 Scan reflectanceprofile 7 5.4 Scan reflectanceprofileassessmentparameters :8 5.4.1 General .8 5.4.2 Element determination .9 5.4.3 .9 Edge determination.. 5.4.4 Decode .10 5.4.5 Symbol contrast (SC) ..10 5.4.6 Edge contrast (EC). ..10 5.4.7 Modulation (MOD) .10 5.4.8 Defects .10 5.4.9 Decodability ..12 ..13 5.4.10 Quiet zone check Symbol grading .13 6 6.1 .13 General 6.2 Scanreflectanceprofilegrading .13 6.2.1 Decode .14 6.2.2 Reflectance parameter grading ..14 6.2.3 Decodability ..14 6.3 Expressionof symbolgrade ..15 Substrate characteristics ..15 7 ..16 AnnexA (normative)Decodability AnnexB (informative)Exampleofsymbolqualitygrading ..17 AnnexC (informative)Substratecharacteristics ..19 AnnexD (informative)Interpretationofthescanreflectanceprofileandprofilegrades .23 AnnexE(informative)Guidanceonselectionoflightwavelength ..26 AnnexF(informative)Guidanceonnumberofscanspersymbol ..28 AnnexG(informative)Exampleofverificationreport .29 AnnexH (informative)Comparisonwithtraditionalmethodologies .30 AnnexI(informative)Processcontrolrequirements .33 Bibliography .36 Cepyrghnemationa Al rights reserved iii Not for Resale, 01/15/2017 16:50:17 MST