25 May 2010
Honeywell’s new Xenon 2D barcode scanner
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Contact Barcode Reader
| These low cost barcode scanners are an excellent choice for simple uses, where read range isn’t important (i.e. reading from a barcoded menu), when they’re just for occasional use and where durability isn’t going to be an issue. They are technically known as CCD and will read from contact to a few centimetres. One thing to look out for is the width of codes they need to read, generally nothing more than 90mm. Libraries, hospitals and schools have bought these barcode scanners.
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Scanning at a distance
| These barcode scanners can read codes from contact to 35cm (depending on how wide the bars in the barcode are). Because they work over longer ranges, they tend to be easier to use. They can cope with much wider codes than contact readers, as wide as 25cm. Whilst not as tough as industrial scanners, most of them have a 5-year warranty and are built to withstand moderate punishment.
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Tough industrial Scanners
| Industrial strength barcode scanners are made from tough ABS compounds, usually protected by rubber ‘bumpers’. Many include internal rubber shock-absorbers or ‘solid-state’ barcode reading components (known as CCD technology). As well as shock resistance they’re built to resist water and dust damage. These units can read codes 5 cm to over 200cm. These tend to be used by factories, warehouses and defence establishments who need tough, reliable equipment.
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Automatic Barcode Scanners
| Sometimes you need a hands free or automatic operation where you simply present a barcode and the computer does the rest. These scanners tend to be compact, reliable, maintenance free and easy to use. They come in two types. Retail: where the reader is position on the counter and can read codes from virtually all angles. Industrial: where the reader is fixed down and barcodes are presented to it, either by hand or on a conveyor. These have been sold to food production, electronics manufacturers – even a theatre that needed the compact size and trigger-less use.
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Cordless Barcode Scanners
| If you need freedom of movement when you scan barcodes, then cordless would be a logical answer. They work up to 50m from a base station and they come in industrial and retail versions. We sell 2D reader models as well as standard linear barcodes and they all come with rechargeable batteries. We've sold these to distribution centres and warehouses.
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2D Barcode Scanners
| 2D codes have been with us for years. They encode masses of data, in addition to being more resistant to ‘damage’ (where the code is accidentally scratched or marked). Thought of as portable data files, 2D codes are used to carry test results, detailed registration details, or pallet contents. Another benefit, because they store more information, they can be made smaller. If you have a space problem (with printed circuits for example), 2D codes are perfect. The readers tend to come into 2 families – genuine 2D code readers, capable of matrix, stacked and traditional bar codes. Other readers can only cope with stacked (such as PDF-417’s) and traditional codes . Check the reader you choose can read the code you have.
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