A Composite Component is a two dimensional bar code added to a GS1-14 or GS1-Expanded barcode: it is not a true matrixed code, but a stacked linear bar code. CC is bi-directionally decodable therefore can be read with laser scanners.
They have a binary-based encoding scheme optimized for EAN & UCC Application Identifier Element Strings.
Special compaction methods have been designed to decrease the symbol size for commonly used Element Strings such as lot number and expiration date.
All DataBar Composite symbols encode a linkage flag in both the linear component and the 2-Dimensional Composite Component to tell the scanner to continue scanning for the other component.
To add data in a CC call the regular DataBar symbology and send the data to encode as a CC after the digits for the
DataBar code, separated by the character | (ASCII code 124):
Example with GS1 -14
“JetmobileBarDIMMpro” encoded as CC for main data “1234567890123”:<Esc>(s24810T1234567890123|JetmobileBarDIMMpro <Esc>(s0p10h12vbs4099T