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Barcode software |
Bar code verification |
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The whole bar code system needs software to run.
Some systems have their own embedded software but bar code scanners
and printers can also be hooked up to a personal computer running
Windows, Apple OS or Linux software.
Depending on the system you have you can expand the
capabilities of your barcode software by adding specific components
such as fonts, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software for the
readers or scanners, inventory control packages, and other
administrational or bar code specific programs.
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Bar code verification is relatively new to the bar code
world. It has come about because of the many complaints of
unreadable or improperly encoded bar codes.
Verification of the bar code should be done after the
printing of the label as well after scanning it. A properly
verified bar code label means that it can be scanned (read) by
all suitable scanners, not just the one you are using.
Some organisation and businesses will charge a fine if you
use unreadable or incorrect bar codes as this will significantly
cost them time and money to correct, if possible.
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Bar code font software
Bar code font software is used to print the special character
font used by many bar code symbologies.
Bar code printing software
Bar code printing software is specially designed to print bar
codes. Depending on the software it can print linear, 2D and
stacked bar codes or both.
Some bar codes can be printed by a good quality home office
inkjet or laser printer. The more complex bar code symbologies may
require a specialised bar code printer, however.
Bar code labelling software
Bar code labelling software is for printing bar code labels.
Depending on the bar code symbology you are using or want you may
need to get a special bar code printer or label set.
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Bar code reading software
Bar code reading software is for controlling your bar code
reader or scanner.
Bar code inventory software
Bar code inventory software runs the back office of your bar
code system. It updates your warehouse inventory and prints out
reports and other administrational information. Depending on the
sophistication of the software it can automatically order articles
which are going out of stock.
Specific bar code symbologies software
Specific bar code symbologies software is written to use one
particular bar code symbology and allows you to fully optimise
this symbology according to your needs.
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