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Contents
Introduction 5
About Bar Codes 5
Automatic Identication 5
Benets of Bar Coding 6
Fast and Reliable Data Collection 6
Reduced Costs 6
Improved Management 6
Examples of How Bar Codes are Used 6
Point-of-Sale 6
Work In Progress 7
Inventory Control 7
Secured Access 7
Time and Attendance 7
Quality Control 7
Packaging 7
Collection of Data from Forms 8
Productivity Measurement Systems 8
Summary 8
Hand-held Scanners 8
In and On-Counter Stationary Scanners 9
Bar Code Systems 9
Origins of Bar Codes 9
Preprinted Bar Codes 9
Printed-On-Demand Bar Codes 9
Reading Bar Codes 10
Input Devices 10
Interfaces 11
Operating Systems 12
Single-User Systems 12
Multi-User Systems 12
Networks 12
Developing a Bar Code System Single-User Systems 13
Multi-user Terminal-Only Systems 13
Expansion 13
Reliability 13
Bar Code Symbologies 14
Symbology Types 15
Checksums 15
Code 128 15
Code 39 15
Interleaved 2 of 5 15
UPC (Universal Product Code) 16
Extended Code 39 16
Code 93 16
UCC/EAN-128 16
Codabar 16
EAN/JAN 16
MSI/Plessey 17
2D Bar Code Symbologies 17
Symbology Summary Table 17
Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) 17
RSS-14® 18
RSS-14 Truncated® 18
RSS-14 Stacked® 18
RSS-14 Stacked Omni-directional® 18
RSS Limited® 18
RSS Expanded® 18
RSS Expanded Stacked® 19
For More Information on Bar Code Technology 19
About Datalogic Scanning, Inc 19
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