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Quiet Zones “The Quiet Zones for linear barcodes are the solid, light areas before the first bar and after the last bar. For two-dimensional barcodes, the Quiet Zone is the light area around the barcode.” GS1

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 !