Our new online validation tool lets you upload your artwork and instantly checks that your linear UPC/EAN and 2D codes carry the right GTIN, and that the spacing between them meets the GS1 transitional 50 mm proximity rule.
– Decodes UPC, EAN, QR, and Data Matrix in one pass
– Measures center-to-edge distance to the GS1 standard
– Verifies the GTIN matches between linear and 2D codes
GS1 offices and solution partners are doing a great job promoting the promise of GS1 Digital Link QR codes. But there’s a gap between promotion and reality that nobody is talking about loudly enough.
Our niche is different. We don’t just sell the vision — we help companies actually get there.
Here’s what our testing lab is seeing: 90+% of the GS1 Digital Link samples we have received over the past year have been non-compliant.
That’s not a small edge case. That’s a systemic implementation gap — and it affects manufacturers, retailers, and solution partners equally. The shift from linear UPC/EAN barcodes to QR codes isn’t just a format change. It’s a standards change. And without compliance, the benefits everyone is promising simply don’t materialize at the point of scan.
That’s exactly why we built our GS1 Digital Link Barcode Validation Tool — a practical first step that empowers any company, regardless of which solution they use, to close the gap between where they are and where the standard requires them to be.
Compliance isn’t optional. Neither is scanning. ✅
Fee free to try the tool today: https://www.barcode.graphics/gs1-transitional-format-validator/
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