We are proud to announce our new (new and the first) free e-book called “Introduction Into Barcodes”.
This free book will (we hope) help business users and software developers to quickly get introduced into different types of barcodes to make the best choice.
Download the book from this page (no sign-up or registration required!):
https://bytescout.com/books/introduction-into-barcodes-book.html
The book is available in PDF, ePUB and MOBI (Kindle) formats for free, contains 48 pages:
The Table of Contents preview:
Preface – iii
1. Introduction – 1
1.1 What are barcodes? – 1
1.2 Why use barcodes? – 1
1.3 What are applications of barcodes? – 2
2. Categories of barcodes – 2
2.1 One Dimensional Barcodes – 3
2.2 Two Dimensional Barcodes – 3
3. One Dimensional/ Linear Barcodes – 4
3.1 Code 39 – 4
3.2 Code 93 – 5
3.3 Code 128 – 6
3.4 EAN 13- 7
3.5 EAN 14- 9
3.6 EAN2 EAN5 and Their Usage with EAN13 10
3.7 Codabar Barcode – 12
3.8 Interleaved 2 of 5 Barcode – 13
3.9 Numly Barcode – 14
3.10 Optical Product Code – 15
3.11 PZN (Pharma-Zentral-Barcode) – 16
3.12 Telepen barcode – 17
3.13 UPC-A and UPC-E – 18
3.14 Patch Code – 19
4. Two Dimensional Barcodes – 21
4.1 Data Matrix- 21
4.2 Maxi Code – 23
4.3 Aztec Barcode – 24
4.4 GS1 Datamatrix Barcode
4.5 MICR E-13B – 27
4.6 QR Code – 28
4.7 PDF417 – 29
4.8 Codablock F Barcode – 30
4.9 Code 16k – 32
5. 4 State & Postal Barcodes – 33
5.1 Deutsche Post Leitcode – 33
5.2 Deutsche Identcode Barcode – 35
5.3 KIX Barcode – 36
5.4 PostNET Barcode – 37
5.5 Royal Mail Barcode – 39
5.6 Singapore 4 State Postal Barcode – 40
5.7 Swiss Post Parcel Barcodes – 41
6. Conclusion – 42
7. About ByteScout – 43
7.1 Barcode Generator SDK – 43
7.2 Barcode Reader SDK- 43
7.3 Other ByteScout’s tools for developers – 44