Barcodes

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    Barcode

    There are about 120 different barcode standards in use today, about 20 of them are widely accepted and supported, and the rest are adopted by companies for internal tracking use.

    Most important for Consumerium are:

    EAN and UPC are compatible in GTIN namespace


    Other

    the Code 128 barcode system

    • Widely accepted as a standard in barcodes (used by UPS, Wal-Mart and many others)
    • Printable on a normal high quality printer (like we have in house)
    • Easily read by affordable barcode scanner ($250 Cdn)
    • Up to 40 characters
    • Includes Alpha and numeric characters
    • No licensing fee
    • Third parties will be able to read our barcodes
    • Barcodes can be printed up in standard windows applications so long as the barcode fonts are installed.
    • Barcodes can be generated by a third party application, or via Active X plug ins
    • Standard code 128 bar codes are not as long as those in standard code 39.

    See also:


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