How do product barcodes actually work?
How do product barcodes actually work?
I never understood how a computer could just scan a few black lines.
Best answer:
a laser shoots a bar across yhe lines of a bar code and the black breaks up that line, acording to the number of spaces and width of the returning laser it tells the computer which item has been scanned,
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3 Comments for How do product barcodes actually work?
1. Mo | April 24th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
They actually mean something. Go into Microsoft word and switch the font to barcode and you’ll see what I mean.
2. David M | April 25th, 2007 at 12:28 am
How do Barcodes Actually Work?
URL: barcodesymbols.com/how_they_work.htm
I Hope this Helps!
3. Joe C | April 25th, 2007 at 12:36 am
the ammount out time between the bars is recorded its hard to read but when you buy it its is able to go threw the scanner
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