Resources: Barcodes

Setting up your warehouse labels can be an extremely complex operation and making sure you meet the correct label requirements needed for your operation is no exception. Here is a quick guide and resources for you to establish your exact needs and requirements, to let us help make this as seamless and easy as possible. […]

What about ladder style barcodes? Here’s a trick we’ve learned about ladder style barcodes to resolve printing problems involving linear barcodes like Code 39, Code 128, or UPC printed on thermal or thermal transfer equipment. Have you ever been handed a label with someone complaining about print quality and not being able to scan a […]

Code 128 is one of the most popular, highest-density linear barcodes, widely used in applications where a relatively large amount of data must be encoded in a relatively small amount of space. For the most part, it tends to replace Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5 as a more compact and flexible code for […]

QR Codes: Quick response, 2-Dimensional, fast readability, large storage capacity… These mysterious unique matrixes are not your traditional barcodes of the past. They’re called “Quick Response Codes,” better known as QR Codes, and we thought we’d help de-mystify them for you. The marketing industry is running fast and hard with QR Codes. When you consider […]

Well, this isn’t a way-out piece of artwork or some new pattern for linoleum. It’s a QR (Quick Response) Code! The key to the QR Code is that it can be read by anyone with a Smartphone and a simple barcode reader application. The phone takes a picture of this “matrix” or patterned barcode, translates the […]

Universal Product Codes (UPCs) are 12-digit numbers commonly required for products sold by retailers and distribution centers. Each unique product requires its own assigned UPC number from GS1. Products are then identified with UPC barcodes. How do I get assigned UPC numbers? All UPC numbers are assigned by GS1 – the Global Standards Organization, formerly known as the Uniform Code […]

Your desired scanning distance and the number of digits in your barcode are both key factors in determining the necessary warehouse label size. To determine what size label will be most cost effective (without compromising functionality), both metrics have to be taken into consideration. The scanning distance of your barcode is determined by its x-dimension. […]