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 Action
Packaging has your solution. From basic to advanced
scanning, we make it easy. We have hand-held, wand and fixed
mount scanners for retail, industrial, medical, government and
many other applications. Barcode scanners are designed to meet
the needs of almost every application imaginable.
 Since
their invention more than 50 years ago, bar codes have been
enablers for accurate data capture, the rapid movement of goods,
and all types of automation. Whether at the Point-of-Sale, in a
hospital, or in a manufacturing environment these little black
and white images deliver incredible value.
There are many different bar code symbologies, or languages.
Each symbology has its own rules for encoding characters (e.g.,
letter, number, punctuation), printing, decoding requirements,
and error checking.
Bar code symbologies differ both in the way they represent data
and in the type of data they can encode: some encode numbers;
others encode numbers, letters, and a few punctuation
characters; still others offer encodation of the 128 or 256
ASCII character sets. Recently unveiled symbologies include
options to encode characters in any language as well as
specialized data types.
 Action
Packaging distributes performance-packed barcode scanners for
small businesses to the global enterprise. From
pharmaceutical and retail point-of-sale applications; to
inventory control in manufacturing; to shipping applications,
Action Packaging can supply you with a barcode scanner that will
satisfy your needs.
With our extensive experience and diverse range of product
solutions, Action Packaging has a labeling system for all of
your needs. Contact our
Sales Team for more information or
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The specification of a symbology includes the
encoding of the single digits / characters of the message as
well as the start and stop markers into bars and space, the size
of the quiet zone required to be before and after the barcode as
well as the computation of a checksum.
Linear symbologies can be
classified mainly by two properties, continuous vs. discrete or
Two-width vs. many-width
Some symbologies use interleaving. The first character is
encoded using black bars of varying width. The second character
is then encoded, by varying the width of the white spaces
between these bars.
There is a large variety
of 2-D symbologies. The most common are matrix codes, which
feature square or dot-shaped modules arranged on a grid pattern |
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