BARCODE-LABELS

The Plöckl Media Group (PMG) offers an extensive range of barcode labels for every application in industry, trade and public authorities. Our many years of expertise in this labelling technology enable us to provide customised solutions - tailored to your requirements.

Barcode label - No. 1 for Object labelling and identification

A barcode - also known as a bar code - is a machine-readable font for the electronic labelling of objects of all kinds. It consists of bars and spaces of different widths that are arranged parallel to each other. The information, which is represented in binary form in a barcode, can be read with optoelectronic reading devices such as barcode scanners, CCD cameras or vision sensors. Further data processing can take place directly on the reader or after the read data has been transferred to a higher-level evaluation system.

Development of barcode labels

The barcode was developed at the end of the 1940s and patented a few years later. The first commercial use of barcodes was in the mid-1970s by US retail chains and supermarkets as UPC (Universal Product Code). The European equivalent, the EAN code (European Article Number), was introduced only a little later - and the first scanner checkouts were installed in German supermarkets at the same time.

Essential product information in a small space directly on the item, faster and more error-free payment processes, automated stock control and inventory as well as the possibility of group purchase analyses were the first benefits of product labelling with barcodes. Today, processes such as the picking of delivery orders or the control and tracking of items in supply chains are also based on this globally leading and cross-industry labelling technology.

1D- und 2D-Codes

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CODE TYPES

The term ‘barcode’ is often used to generalise machine-readable markings. This initially includes the eponymous, ‘classic’ one-dimensional 1D codes as an optical sequence of bars and spaces in different module widths.
Significantly more information - up to a factor of 1,000 or more compared to 1D codes - can be stored in two-dimensional 2D codes. These no longer consist of bars and spaces, but of mostly white and black dots (for dot codes) or fields (for matrix codes) in a defined area.

1D-Codes

Typical representatives are

Commercial barcodes such as EAN (including EAN 18 for the shipping unit number and the ISBN and ISSN known from books and magazines) and UPC,
Code 39 for VDA shipping labels in the automotive industry or the pharmaceutical central number PZN for medicines,
Leitcode and Identcode on Deutsche Post/DHL mail items
DUN-14 and SSC-14 for labelling containers and
Code128 and its subtypes for industrial and logistical labelling of products, containers, pallets, storage locations and other assets

In total, more than three dozen standardised main and subtypes of barcode are currently used worldwide. In order to increase the amount of data that can be depicted in a code - i.e. to have even more information available on the product - so-called stacked codes were initially developed, e.g. Codablock or PDF417. The latter is used, among other things, for labelling boarding passes in air traffic, official documents, certificates, lottery and gambling receipts.

2D-Codes

The best-known representatives of these typologies are

QR Code (Quick Response) for use in mobile tagging on mobile devices and today probably known to everyone as proof of vaccination via the CovPass app,
Data Matrix, for example as a download-capable electronic stamp or for space-saving and highly decode-proof labelling of car parts, aerospace components or medical technology products and devices.

The comparatively delicate structure of 2D codes places special demands on the properties, printing and processing of label carrier materials as well as on the reading technology - we at Plöckl Media can tell you what is important.

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Are you unsure as to how RFID can improve your business, your supply chain or your production processes? Or do you have any other questions regarding RFID? Feel free to contact us! Experts with extensive knowledge are on hand for non-binding discussions. We are continually adding to our product portfolio and are developing and producing the most modern RFID labels for the most varied of industries and applications, from inexpensive, standardized labels through to your own entirely individual, customized product solution. We will be happy to personally advise you about our advantages and wide-ranging benefits for your company.

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