Barcodes
Barcodes allow automatic identification (AI) and provide efficient data input into IT systems. Object identification does not require human intervention. This method has been very successful worldwide for several years. Barcodes are currently one of the most widely used method of data marking and identification.
Barcodes Barcode is a graphic representation of certain information through combination of black and white elements according to particular code structure. There are data coding characters and additional characters depending on particular symbols.
Symbology provides regulations on how to make particular types of codes, that is how legible text characters are represented by dark and light lines of varying width.
Barcode symbol is a set of elements with structure determined by certain symbology and graphically represented legible characters.
Basic types of barcodes include:
Symbols of linear barcodes are easy to recognize by black and white vertical lines of varying width. There are many types of linear codes. Most often used include: Code 128, Code 39, EAN-13, EAN-8, ITF (Interleaved 2 of 5) UPC-A, UPC-E. Introducing barcodes is cost effective and improves work organization. A company becomes more competetive on a free market.
