Barcode Types

Barcode Printing Market Overview

The use of barcodes is set to increase massively over the next few years, with the barcode equipment market being worth an estimated US $2.75 billion by 2004 (Frost and Sullivan). This is a result of the growing trend for companies to increase the automation of their data collection processes so requiring the use of barcode technology.

Corporations using applications such as warehousing, storage and document tracking are starting to replace the retail sector as the core users of barcode technology. The use of barcodes helps maintain data integrity as well as increasing office efficiency through data automation. In an increasingly competitive global economy many companies are looking to the improved efficiency and cost savings that barcoding can bring in order to give their organisation a competitive advantage over competitors.

Types of barcodes

Code 128 Used in retail distribution for tracking, increasingly begining to be used in the food industry and medical industry.

Code 39 (3 of 9) Widely used as the industrial bar code in: Automobile Industry Action Group (AIAG), Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)

Ean 13 EAN is the standardized bar code that can be found on most retail products.

Ean 8 EAN is the standardized bar code that can be found on most retail products.

I 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 bar codes are used throughout the shipping industry and are also used by the medical industry.

UPC A UPC is a unified product code used in U.S.A and Canada. UPC-A is used only in U.S.A. and Canada, and it has no country code. Instead, the first digit, called number system character (NS), defines the contents of information.

UPC E UPC code is planned to fit in EAN code system in the year of 2005. This makes EAN international standards and allows EAN code to be read in U.S.A. and Canada.

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