The shift from 1D to 2D barcodes is making packaging smarter, more connected and ready for GS1 Sunrise 2027.

Christoph Wagner is the CEO of Scanbot SDK, a software development company specializing in data capture software for mobile and web apps. Considering how quickly retail is changing, it is astounding ...

Benjamin Claeys is CEO of QR TIGER, MENU TIGER and GiftLips. He also hosts Stay QRious, a podcast about QR code best practices. Barcodes have been a staple of commerce since the first UPC barcode was ...

Unlike “linear imagers” or scanners, digital or area imagers can read and process data from 1D and 2D bar codes. A diffuse light source boosts image-capture reliability. Bar codes, those ubiquitous ...

Though popular with their peers in the pharmaceutical industry for serialization, less than a fifth of food processing companies use 2D barcodes for track and trace, according to a survey from PMMI ...

On June 26, 1974, the universal product code barcode was scanned for the first time at Troy’s Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. That kicked off a 50-year run of the iconic barcode—that small square of ...

Barcodes work based on light reflected back to scanner optics: black does not reflect light, while the white (blank) spaces do reflect light. Because characters (alphabetic, numeric, special) are ...

Barcode scanners have become indispensable tools across various industries, offering seamless solutions for tracking assets, managing inventory, and enhancing productivity. As we step into 2023, the ...