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Regardless of the type of barcode, the basic concept of barcode software is the same:
- Information is mapped to an arrangement of (usually black and white) bars, squares or dots.
- Printed barcodes are scanned to retrieve the encoded information quickly and accurately.
- Barcode labeling increases efficiency and reduces costly errors.
Barcode labeling has obvious advantages in a business setting: It increases efficiency, reduces costs and errors, and helps meet regulatory requirements. But these benefits are only achieved if the barcode software used to create those barcodes can be trusted to encode the required information quickly and correctly and print it consistently and accurately. It’s not enough to use an online barcode generator.
Linear barcodes
A linear symbology is a single row of bars and spaces. The elements can vary either by width (such as EAN-8) or by height (such as Royal Mail 4-State).
Linear barcodes
A 2-D stacked symbology contains multiple rows of bars and spaces. In some 2-D stacked symbologies, separator areas exist between multiple data rows (such as GS1 Databar Expanded Stacked). Other 2-D stacked symbologies contain no separator areas (such as PDF417).
A 2-D matrix symbology has a two-dimensional pattern of elements that doesn’t necessarily have a row-by-row structure. Typically, the elements are squares or dots rather than bars. In Aztec Code, the data is written in a spiral outward.
Data format standards
Encode text using almost any data format, including Unicode, ASCII, Western, Japanese, Chinese, or any other character encoding, plus custom formats. Predefined barcode components also support the following standards:
- GTIN-8 (for EAN-8, JAN-8, and UPC-E components)
- GTIN-12 (for UPC-A components)
- GTIN-13 (for EAN-13 and JAN-13 components)
- GTIN-14 (formerly EAN-14 and SCC-14; for GS1 components that use the (01) application identifier, for GS1 DataBar components, and for ITF-14 components)
- SCC-18 (for GS1 barcode components that use the (00) application identifier)
Barcode Software
Regardless of the type of barcode, the basic concept of barcode software is the same:
- Information is mapped to an arrangement of (usually black and white) bars, squares or dots.
- Printed barcodes are scanned to retrieve the encoded information quickly and accurately.
- Barcode labeling increases efficiency and reduces costly errors.
Barcode labeling has obvious advantages in a business setting: It increases efficiency, reduces costs and errors, and helps meet regulatory requirements. But these benefits are only achieved if the barcode software used to create those barcodes can be trusted to encode the required information quickly and correctly and print it consistently and accurately. It’s not enough to use an online barcode generator.
Linear Barcodes
A linear symbology is a single row of bars and spaces. The elements can vary either by width (such as EAN-8) or by height (such as Royal Mail 4-State).
2-D and Stacked Barcodes
A 2-D stacked symbology contains multiple rows of bars and spaces. In some 2-D stacked symbologies, separator areas exist between multiple data rows (such as GS1 Databar Expanded Stacked). Other 2-D stacked symbologies contain no separator areas (such as PDF417).
A 2-D matrix symbology has a two-dimensional pattern of elements that doesn’t necessarily have a row-by-row structure. Typically, the elements are squares or dots rather than bars. In Aztec Code, the data is written in a spiral outward.
Data Format Standards
Encode text using almost any data format, including Unicode, ASCII, Western, Japanese, Chinese, or any other character encoding, plus custom formats. Predefined barcode components also support the following standards:
- GTIN-8 (for EAN-8, JAN-8, and UPC-E components)
- GTIN-12 (for UPC-A components)
- GTIN-13 (for EAN-13 and JAN-13 components)
- GTIN-14 (formerly EAN-14 and SCC-14; for GS1 components that use the (01) application identifier, for GS1 DataBar components, and for ITF-14 components)
- SCC-18 (for GS1 barcode components that use the (00) application identifier)
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