Accurate item control in industry or warehouse, on products or equipment - hardly any area of daily life works without high-quality barcode solutions. Barcodes are a vital tool, to track and gather data on the location and use of countless products. Safe and reliable. Extremely high quality and very long lasting - whenever it comes to precise and individual barcode labelling solutions, inotec is the best partner for every application. Because each barcode label can carry a unique or sequential identity, this offers clear, reliable identification and data. Inotec barcode labels are available in almost every conceivable type, as well as countless shapes and colors - we will offer the best label solution for every application.
The inotec barcode advantage
- Versatile and flexible to use
- Digital printing, thermal transfer and phototypesetting
- Hygienic and robust Inmould solutions
- Metal labels for heavy duty applications
- All barcode symbology possible
- Code 2/5 Interleaved, Code 39 and Code 128
- Code EAN 128 or GS1.128 Grayscale in GS1 128
- Datamatrix and GS1 Datamatrix
Barcodes - How does it work?
The inotec barcode technology
A barcode or barcode is an opto-electronically readable font consisting of different widths, parallel lines and gaps. The term "code" in this case does not stand for encryption but for the representation of data in binary symbols. The data of a barcode are machine read and processed with barcode scanners or cameras.
Different barcode types There are 1D barcode types with 2 bar widths as well as bar width types. The barcode should have a certain minimum height, which is standardized in some cases. In addition, the width ratio between narrow and wide bars is standardized and is between 1: 1.8 to 1: 3.4 by standard (normally only 1: 2.0 to 1: 3.0 should be used, the larger range is allowed) tolerances). Multi-stroke width codes usually have bar widths that increase by one module each. Also, before and after the code, a field must remain free - the so-called quiet zone - to decode the code properly. The bars are often labeled with the English word bars, the spaces with space. The first and the last character are usually a start or stop character, on the basis of which the reader can determine the barcode type as well as the reading direction. However, there are, for example, the pharmaceutical code or Laetus code without start and stop characters. For other codes, such as. As the EAN code, start and stop characters are equal, the reading direction results from the uniqueness of the code words with respect to read forward or backward.
Special Application Barcodes Special applications require a special form of barcode type. So the code can be over-square, that is, it is higher than it is wide. This makes it possible to read the code in any position with two scanners perpendicular to each other. This is used, for example, in baggage tags for airlines. Another type is the T-shaped code. In this case, two codes are printed with the same content T-shaped to each other. Here it is possible to read in all directions with a single scanner.
Barcode solutions for every challenge
We always have the right solution. For every challenge. Tried under the toughest conditions and millions of times in use - we make sure that you do not have to worry. From research, manufacturing and installation, to specialized training and long-term service. Always individual and always Made in Germany. And if something does not exist yet, we will find a solution together.