Barcode Software Barcode Software is professionally developed software used for creating the barcode labels. Barcode label creator provides easy design and printing features that creates customized barcode labels in few seconds. Easy-to-use and reliable barcode label generator is capable of making creative and attractive barcode labels or asset tags useful for shipping labels, bin labels, rack labels and inventory/tracking labels etc.
The user can easily create bar codes in customized format using the label maker software. The high resolution and versatile barcode label images can be easily printed in different caption colour, background colour and font colour using professional barcode label software. Barcode and labelling software allows you to enter barcode caption and barcode value to build barcode stickers and labels. The barcode generators available in the market are powerful enough to build bulk barcode labels for commercial usage.
Barcodes are basically the machine-readable symbols used to store bits of data. Barcodes are used for identification, tracking, inventory and most of all for security. A bar code is a series of varying width vertical lines (called bars) and spaces. Bars and spaces together are called "elements" that represents different characters and are affixed to retail store items, identification cards, and postal mails to identify a particular product number or location.
The use of bar coding has been growing dramatically over the last 20 years. Barcodes are used for the fast, easy, and accurate data entry methods and have become everyday experience for most people. The correct use of bar codes can decrease the required employee time and increase organization's efficiency. Barcode tags and labels are suitable for all types of industries, organizations or companies including small, mid-size and large corporations (like Pharmaceuticals, Retail Stores, Healthcare Agencies, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Transportation, Automobile Industry, Graphic Designing, Postal Services, Telecom Industry, Electronic and Chemical Industry, Price item marketing, Financial services and other similar organizations).
Various barcodes font symbology are available in market that provides the flexibility to meet your most demanding labelling needs. Depending on the requirement of barcodes in the organization, different companies may use different barcodes.
For Example:
| Bar Code |
Variable Length |
Allowable Characters |
Industries in Use |
CODE39 |
Yes |
(0-9), (A-Z), (./+-%$), (~) for space |
Manufacturing, Military, and Health Applications for ID, Inventory, and Tracking Purposes |
| CODE11 |
Yes |
0 to 9 |
Labelling Telecommunications Equipment |
| CODABAR |
Yes |
(0-9), ($+.:/) |
Blood Banks, Cotton, Transportation, Libraries and Air Parcel Business |
| CODE93 |
Yes |
(0-9), (A-Z), (./+%$), (=) for space |
Electronic Components |
| INTERLEAVED 2of5 |
Yes |
0 to 9 |
Shipping Industry and in Laboratories |
| MSI-PLESSEY |
Yes |
0 to 9 |
Grocery Store, Shelf Marking Applications And Libraries |
| CODE128 |
Yes |
Full ASCII |
Shipping and Packaging Industries |
| EAN13 |
13-digit Code |
|
Marking Retail Goods |
| EAN8 |
8-digit Code |
2 or 3 digit country code, 4 or 5 data digits and a checksum digit |
Small Packages like Cigarettes, Pencils and Chewing Gum Packets |
| IND25 |
NO |
Encode Numbers only |
|
| POSTNET |
NO |
Five-digit ZIP Code (32 bars), a Nine-digit ZIP + 4 code (52 bars) or an Eleven-digit delivery point code (62 bars) |
United States Postal Service |
| UPCA |
12-digit Code |
First-digit (0-9), next 5 digits identifies the manufacturer, next 5 digits – for particular product and last digit is a Modulo 10 checksum |
Consumer Goods, Local Supermarket, Books, Magazines, and Newspapers |
| UPCE |
8-digit Code |
0 to 9 |
Small Packaging Products |
| PLANET |
12 or 14 digits Code |
First 2 digits – Service Type ID, Next 5 digits – Subscriber ID, Next 4 or 6 digits – Mailing ID and 12th or 14th digit – Check-Sum Digit |
Track both Inbound and Outbound Mails |
| UCC128 |
|
128 ASCII characters |
Goods and Palettes in Commerce and Industry |
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