Barcode Technology - An Article by Indian Barcode Corporation

Indian Barcode Corporation formed a revolution in businesses by providing, the best quality labels and scanners under one roof. Indian Barcode The corporation manufactures and distributes barcode labels.

Now barcodes are a part of our daily life.  We scan them at the checkout for a daily or weekly shop.  We scan them on event tickets.  We even now expect to scan them on our smartphones. Barcodes are those ever-familiar "bars" and "numbers" on virtually everything. In 1973 barcode quietly strolled into our world, in another way literally taken over the world. A barcode is an encoded image, usually displayed with black and white lines of varying width that contains vital information easily readable by a machine.  There are different types of barcodes, short barcodes, tall barcodes, skinny barcodes, fat barcodes, postal barcodes, international barcodes, 1- D and 2-D barcodes that determine the exact type of data that can be encoded unto it. Barcodes store information using symbols that can vary from lines to dots, such as in the matrix bar-coding.

1D Barcode represents data in the lines and the spacing of parallel lines. It is also referred to as linear barcode symbologies. All 1 D Barcode products are capable of having human-readable text, with the exception of the Native Barcode Generator products. The drawback is the limited amount of space available in 1D barcodes, which downsizes how much information a barcode can hold. This set of 8-25 characters can be used to store product descriptions, customer or item identification, pricing, tracking information, and more. Essentially, any type of data can be stored in a 1D barcode, excluding special characters.

• Holds less than 85 characters (symbology specific character limit).

• A majority of customers are set up to use Linear barcodes (Linear scanner).

• It creates a wide barcode.

• May be difficult to scan from phone and tablet cameras.

Two-dimensional barcodes are more complex than their counterparts, permitting users to accumulate anywhere between 1-2,000 characters of encoded data. 2D barcodes encrypt data horizontally and vertically, which allows for more versatile use.2D barcodes, such as Data Matrix, PDF417, and QR Code, may have patterns of squares, dots, hexagons, and other geometric patterns. While maintaining a fairly small size, these barcode types hold much more data than linear barcodes. 2D barcodes can hold hundreds of characters and it is non-human readable.

• Encodes/holds hundreds of characters.

• Requires a 2D barcode scanner.

• It creates a smaller barcode than 1D.

• Easily scanned from phone and tablet cameras.

            Barcodes are encoding through software. 1D barcode encoding is found in almost all ID card software, including the most basic versions. 2D barcodes are sometimes included in more advanced versions. Barcode helps in tracking, tracing and identification. Barcode scanners keep an accurate track of where things are. It is an efficient measure for identifying inventory and a virtually error-free way to assign product information to a specific item, such as a lot number, product ID, etc. Simply by scanning its barcode, a product can be identified. Barcodes are applied for quick identification. They are used in retail stores as part of the purchase process, in warehouses to track inventory, and on invoices to assist in accounting, among many other uses.

            Barcode encoded through software and decoded through equipment known as barcode readers or barcode scanners. Barcodes, Inc. carries the largest selection of barcode scanners, verifiers and mobile computers. Whether you need a reader for 1D or 2D barcodes. Barcode scanners begin by illuminating the code with a red light. The sensor of the barcode scanner detects the reflected light from the illumination system and generates an analog signal with a varying voltage that represents the intensity of the reflection. The converter changes the analog signal to a digital signal which is fed to the decoder. The decoder interprets the digital signal, does that math required to confirm and validate that the barcode is decipherable, converts it into ASCII text, formats the text and sends it to the computer the scanner is attached to.

 Indian Barcode Corporation made a great contribution by providing scanners and labels at best prices, to the businesses to keep the tracked index in and out of the store, confirms the safety of supply from stolen by employees or any other. It has reduced the chances of human error. A barcode reading is quick, dependable and takes apparently less time than manually indexed data. For a fast and secured business working environment, a barcode reader is simply imperative.

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