[sci.electronics] Barcodes

kadie@m.cs.uiuc.edu (01/22/89)

There is a freeware barcode program. It is PC-SIG Disk #877

Here is some info:
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                       BarCode - A Bar Code Print Utility
                                  Version 2.1
 
                         For the IBM Personal Computer
 
                                  A product of
 
                               MicroGadgetry, Inc.
                        7000 Broadway, Bldg 2, Suite 207
                             Denver, Colorado 80221
                                 (303) 428-3800
 
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The registration fee is $25. 

and so more info:

0877 DISK NO  877
0877 PROGRAM TITLE: BARCODE VERSION 2.1, HYDE AND DOVETAIL III
0877 PC-SIG VERSION 1
0877
0877     BARCODE ALLOWS YOU TO PRINT BAR CODE LABELS ON YOUR PRINTER. THIS
0877 PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PRINT CODE 3 OF 9, A TYPE OF BAR CODE WHICH ALLOWS
0877 BOTH ALPHABETIC AND NUMERIC CHARACTERS. LABELS CAN BE PRINTED UP TO 15
0877 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. WITH THIS PROGRAM YOU CAN DEFINE THE PLACEMENT OF TH
0877 BAR CODES, PLACE A DESCRIPTION OVER EACH CODE, PRINT SINGLE OR MULTIPLE
0877 COPIES OF ONE BAR CODE, OR PRINT A RUN OF SEQUENTIALLY-NUMBERED BAR CODES.
0877 BARCODE CAN HOLD THREE DIFFERENT PRINTER CONFIGURATIONS, AND CAN SWITCH
0877 BETWEEN THESE CONFIGURATIONS WITH ONE KEY STROKE. THE THREE CONFIGURATIONS
0877 CAN BE MODIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE A MULTITUDE OF PRINTERS AND COME
0877 PRE-CONFIGURED FOR IBM GRAPHICS, APA GRAPHICS AND EPSON GRAPHICS PRINTERS.

tsj@hwee.UUCP (T. Stewart Jamieson) (02/25/91)

Hello , I am working on a project to do with barcodes and barcode readers.
However finding information on them is proving to be a problem. Does anyone
out there know any articles/books/papers etc on barcodes and the reading of
them. In particular I am looking at the application of CCD cameras to this
problem.

Another question does anyone have the addresses of companies producing systems
to read barcodes in a manufacturing enviroment ?

Thanks in advance for any information,

Stuart

PS I have a problem with net-access at the moment, so could you e-mail replies
.....Thanks again !

Stuart Jamieson     >>>>>  tsj@ee.hw.ac.uk   OR   gandalf@tardis.cs.ed.ac.uk
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