Glossary — Letter Q

Q

Quiet Zone
The blank areas before and after the barcode, necessary for reading the barcode's margin.
If any other design elements are placed within the quiet zone, the barcode cannot be recognized correctly. In EAN, this is 11 modules on the left side and 7 modules on the right side.
In other barcodes, a quiet zone of at least 1 character width is required on both sides of the barcode.