Introduction to Barcode:
Barcode is an optical machine-readable representation of data related to the object to which it is attached. Barcode is a series of bars and spaces to identify items by varying the width and space. Barcodes are useful in sales and inventory tracking, shipping, product manufacturing, medical industry, post office, non-retail, packaging sectors, etc. There are two types of barcodes:
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2D barcodes |
Linear barcodes or One Dimensional barcode can be seen mostly on every product in our day-to-day life. 1D barcode’s multiple versions encode numerical data while some others can encode alphanumeric, characters, ASCII values, and special characters. |
Two Dimensional barcodes store data in matrix format giving higher data encoding capacity to users. These barcode types are mostly seen in marketing campaigns, logistics, transportation, medicines, etc. 2D barcodes save money and time and most importantly these codes help in making work smooth and error-free. |
Some most used 1D barcodes: are EAN-13 and EAN-8, UPC-A and UPC-E, Code128, ITF-14, Code39, etc. Read More |
Most commonly used 2D barcodes are QR Code, Data Matrix, Aztec Code, Maxi code, etc. Read More |
Linear Barcode
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2D Barcode
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Barcode Application Area:
Barcode technologies are helpful in Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Transportation, Inventory, Shipping, Library, and other industries. DRPU Barcode Software – Corporate Edition designs both linear and 2D barcodes according to business industry requirements. Let’s take a look at some industrial barcode usage:
Healthcare
Barcode in the healthcare industry helps doctors or nurses to give the right dosage of medicine to a patient. A wristband with a barcode is used at the time of admission of a patient. This helps in identifying and medicating a patient through the whole treatment process.
Retail
The retail industry tagged every product with a UPC barcode as a unique identification tag. For tracking purposes, all types of items that bring in to sell are stamped with a unique barcode. You can check them out on every item, you purchase online or from any small shop or supermarket.
Packaging
The barcode on product packaging is a great way to identify a product in every phase of delivery until it reaches to destination. Barcodes are applied to the packages as a means of quick recognition. When dealing with large quantity items barcodes help in tracking and stock management.
Publishing
The ISBN-13 barcode font is utilized for books in the publishing industry. This font type adds the book's ISBN number into a machine-readable form with price or stock code. Barcodes assist automated sales of books and inventory tracking.
Healthcare Industry
Retail Industry
Packaging Industry
Publishing industry
Barcode stationery:
DRPU Barcode software designs multiple barcode images using stationery like Rolls, labels, stickers, tags, Sheets, and Barcode Printer to create and print barcodes. Barcode Scanner or reader is also needed to scan your created barcode once before labelling on products. You can easily get barcode stationery from the market.