The new 2D barcodes can store much more information than the lowly 1D version, which has the potential to benefit both consumers and store owners. The 2D barcode will “take you on an experience ...

The 2D barcode shift takes time and resources, however. GS1 therefore proposes a transition phase in which manufacturers put both the one-dimensional GTIN barcode and a 2D barcode on their packaging.

The BSH-20U is a versatile, cost-effective 1D/2D handheld USB barcode scanner equipped with a high-performance CPU. It excels in scanning high-density, high-volume, and distorted barcodes on various ...

The initiative by the standards organization could bring traditional 1D barcodes into the 2D world of data matrix and QR-codes. After five decades of barcode use at the point of sale, the technology ...

Other barcodes like the PDF-417 and QR code are known as 2D (two-dimensional) barcodes and are read in whole as an image. Letters, numbers, and special characters are still represented by symbols, and ...

The HS-1RS integrates 1D and 2D barcode scanning with LF/HF RFID smartcard/contact-less and prox card reading functionality in a single, ergonomic, and compact design.

With 2D, in addition to the name of the drug you can also have the drug expiration dates, drug batch numbers, etc. In some cases it can also be easier to image a 2D barcode versus scanning a 1D. If ...

Traditional 1D bar codes (with printed bars and spaces) are giving way to 2D bar codes that also include dots, hexagons, and even colors to encode more data. Bar-code scanners read 1D bar codes.

2D barcodes have an advantage over the 1D barcode because they can store data vertically and horizontally, increasing in either direction depending on the amount of information. ATL's 2D Barcode ...