diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/Code128Reader.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/Code128Reader.java
index 96212b76e..969a341d9 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/Code128Reader.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/oned/Code128Reader.java
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ public final class Code128Reader extends AbstractOneDReader {
 
     while (!done) {
 
-      // Remember whether the last code was printable or not (excluding CODE_STOP)
-      lastCharacterWasPrintable = true;
-
       boolean unshift = isNextShifted;
       isNextShifted = false;
 
@@ -280,6 +277,11 @@ public final class Code128Reader extends AbstractOneDReader {
       // Decode another code from image
       code = decodeCode(row, counters, nextStart);
 
+      // Remember whether the last code was printable or not (excluding CODE_STOP)
+      if (code != CODE_STOP) {
+        lastCharacterWasPrintable = true;
+      }
+
       // Add to checksum computation (if not CODE_STOP of course)
       if (code != CODE_STOP) {
         multiplier++;
diff --git a/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/1.png b/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/1.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c9eb7a2c
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diff --git a/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/1.txt b/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f55057e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10064908
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diff --git a/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/2.png b/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/2.png
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index 000000000..fe87e26e5
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diff --git a/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/2.txt b/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/2.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2ea59dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/data/blackbox/code128-3/2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+10068408
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diff --git a/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/oned/Code128BlackBox3TestCase.java b/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/oned/Code128BlackBox3TestCase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..190bd538b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/src/com/google/zxing/oned/Code128BlackBox3TestCase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 ZXing authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.zxing.oned;
+
+import com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat;
+import com.google.zxing.MultiFormatReader;
+import com.google.zxing.common.AbstractBlackBoxTestCase;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * @author srowen@google.com (Sean Owen)
+ */
+public final class Code128BlackBox3TestCase extends AbstractBlackBoxTestCase {
+
+  public Code128BlackBox3TestCase() {
+    super(new File("test/data/blackbox/code128-3"), new MultiFormatReader(), BarcodeFormat.CODE_128);
+    addTest(2, 2, 0.0f);
+    addTest(2, 2, 180.0f);
+  }
+
+}
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