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New RFID Bar Code Interoperability Guidelines by GS1I thought you may be interested in GS1 General Specifications as these are the core standards describing how barcodes and identification keys should be used to comply with GS1 standards.

I was recently asked by a client what was the smallest 2D matrix barcode they could print and attach to one of their products.

When you start at the beginning initially people come across two key types of barcode, linear and matrix. In my opinion, in general, you are more likely to work with linear barcodes unless you are in a specialised industry that needs vast amount of info encoded with the product.

How do I generate a code for a barcode?Well, the answer to this one depends on what you intend to use the barcode for !

A barcode can be read by a handheld device or by a fixed position scanner or at a remote distance, for example on a moving conveyor belt. Working with Datalinx Computer Systems and their warehouse management solutions they use a variety of scanners but the principle is the same, push the scanning button on the device and a red light shines in a straight line and when it encounters the barcode that you are ‘carefully’ aiming it at it reads the ‘printed’ code (or gaps between the dark lines). It then checks with your warehouse management system and translates the code into human readable data which if your system is set up correctly should be a recognisable reference and match the item you’ve just scanned. Usually this happens in a lot shorter time than it just took you to read this!