Barcode 101 by Datalogic
By: POSGuys - 1/8/2015

Not everyone gets excited about barcodes and barcode technology, but they really are a revolutionary way to gather and exchange information.  Datalogic was the inventor of the <a href="http://www.datalogic.com/upload/pdf/articoli/conception-of-an-industry.pdf.pdf" title="More details on the history of the first barcode scanner" target="_blank">first commercially used barcode scanner</a> and bar code on a product.

To celebrate this fact and to enlighten the public on what kinds of barcodes are out there, they created a vibrantly colored document that dives into the history of barcodes, spicing it up in such a way that makes it a bit more entertaining than your normal technical document.

<a href="/download/EB-THEARTOFTHECODE-EN.pdf">![barcode art gallery][1][400][]</a>

Download Here: <a href="/download/EB-THEARTOFTHECODE-EN.pdf">Datalogic - Barcode 101</a>

Table of Contents:

Introduction ....3
The Beep heard around the world ......4
Bar Coding 101 .........5
Automatic Identification  ........6
Data Collection is Essential ......7
Reasons why Bar Codes Exist today .....8
The International Bar Code Gallery ......9

Linear Symbologies ..... 11
Ean/UPC (Universal Product Code) .......12
Ean-13 .........12
UPC-a ........12
Ean-8 ........13
UPC-E .........13
Code 128 .......14
Code 39 ........14
Extended Code 39 (Code 39 Full aSCII)  ....14
GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional ......15
GS1 DataBar Expanded .......15
Interleaved 2 of 5 ......16
GS1-128 ........16
Code 93 ........17
MSI/Plessey ........17
Codabar ........18
Code 32  ........18

2D STACKED Symbologies ..... 20
PDF417 .........21
Codablock F ........21
GS1 DataBar  .......22
GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional .....23
GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked ......23
Code 49 ........24
Code 16K .........24
Composite Bar Codes.......25

2D matrix Symbologies ... 27
Data matrix .........28
QR Code ........28
Aztec Code .......29
Maxicode .........29
Postal Codes .......30

Creating Barcodes ..... 32
Preprinted Bar Codes  ......32
Printed On-Demand Bar Codes  ......33
Mobile Bar Codes ......34

If your a student doing research and need help gathering information on barcodes or their usage this document is a great place to start.  It also gives some helpful information on each type of barcode and why you might want to choose that symbology over another one.

POSGuys.com's favorite barcodes are CODE128 for linear, PDF417 for Stacked, and QR Code for Matrix.  Those three barcodes are very easy to read, they print well, and tend to be the most compact barcodes of their types.

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