Varieties Of Barcode Scanners
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008Barcode scanners are used for reading bar codes and are widely used at places like retail industries and grocery stores. Bar code scanners are used to decode barcodes for data like prices and hence help the sales people in efficiently conducting sales. Barcode scanners are of two types: those that use the CCD technology and the others that use laser based technology.
Barcode scanners using the CCD technology make use of optical cameras to read the barcodes and then convert it into information. Laser-based bar code scanners are far more capable than the CCD bar code scanners because they can be used to scan barcodes from a very short distance as compared to the latter. CCD bar code scanners are often used in case of stationary scanners where objects are checked from a very short distance. The laser-based bar code scanners can scan curved surfaces as they use laser to decode barcodes.
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