UPC-A

• Jun 19, 2026
• 2 minutes to read

UPC-A (Universal Product Code, Version A) is a linear barcode symbology widely used in retail systems in the United States and Canada for product identification and point-of-sale scanning. The symbol encodes 12 numeric digits, including a check digit used for data validation.

Refer to the following help topic for additional information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Product_Code

Configure UPC-A Settings

Use the UPCAOptions class to configure UPC-A barcode settings.

The following code snippet creates a UPC-A barcode and customizes its encoding parameters:

import com.devexpress.drawing.*;
import com.devexpress.docs.barcode.*;
import com.devexpress.system.drawing.*;
import com.devexpress.docs.Padding;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        UPCAOptions options = new UPCAOptions();
        options.setPadding(new Padding(10));
        options.setModuleSize(10);
        options.setShowText(true);
        options.setWidth(600);
        options.setHeight(200);

        Path outputDir = Path.of("output");
        Files.createDirectories(outputDir);

        try (FileOutputStream fileStream = new FileOutputStream(
                outputDir.resolve("upc-a.png").toFile());
                BarcodeGenerator barcodeGenerator = new BarcodeGenerator(options)) {
                    barcodeGenerator.export(
                            "72527273070",
                            fileStream,
                            DXImageFormat.getPng());
        }
    }
}

Fluent API

Use the UPCAOptionsBuilder class to configure UPC-A barcode settings with the Fluent API.

The following code snippet creates a UPC-A barcode and customizes its encoding parameters with the Fluent API:

import com.devexpress.drawing.*;
import com.devexpress.docs.barcode.*;
import com.devexpress.system.drawing.*;
import com.devexpress.docs.Padding;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        UPCAOptions options = UPCAOptionsBuilder.create()
            .withPadding(new Padding(10))
            .withModuleSize(10)
            .withShowText(true)
            .withWidth(600)
            .withHeight(200)
            .build();

        Path outputDir = Path.of("output");
        Files.createDirectories(outputDir);

        try (FileOutputStream fileStream = new FileOutputStream(
                outputDir.resolve("upc-a.png").toFile());
                BarcodeGenerator barcodeGenerator = new BarcodeGenerator(options)) {
                    barcodeGenerator.export(
                            "72527273070",
                            fileStream,
                            DXImageFormat.getPng());
        }
    }
}