Barcode Types and Their Uses

Here we have listed the different barcode types and their uses.

Symbology

Uses / Explanation

Plessey Catalogs, store shelves, inventory
U.P.C. Worldwide retail, GS1 approved
Codabar Old format used in libraries, blood banks, airbills
Code 25 Non Interleaved 2 0f 5 Industrial
Code 25 Interleaved 2 of 5 Wholesale, Libraries
Code 30 Various
Code 93 Various
Code 128 Various
Code 128A Various
Code 128B Various
Code 128C Various
Code 11 Telephones
UPC Binary Post Office
Dun 14 Various
EAN 2 Addon Code Magazines
EAN 5 Addon Code Books
EAN 8  EAN 13 Worldwide Retail

GS1-128 formerly UCC/EAN-128

Various
ITF-14 Non Retail packaging levels
Latent Image barcode Color print film
Pharmacode Pharmany products
Planet US Postal Services
Postnet US Postal Services
One Code Replaces "Postnet & Planet"
MSI Warehouse shelves & Inventory
PostBar Post Office
RM4SCC Royal Mail
RSS Varoius
Telepen Libraries, UK

Stacked Barcodes

Codablock Stacked 1D barcodes
Code 16K Based on 1D Code 128
Code 49 Stacked 1D barcodes from Intermec
PDF417 The most common 2D barcode. Public domain
Micro PDF417 Compact version of PDF417

2D Barcodes

3-DI Developed by Lynn Ltd.
ArrayTag From ArrayTech Systems.
Aztek Code Public Domain
Small Aztek Code Space-saving version of Aztec code.
Bullseye tested in a Kroger store, concentric bars
Codablock Stacked 1D barcodes
Code 1 Public domain
Code 16K Based on 1D Code 128
Code 49 Stacked 1D barcodes from Intermec
Color Code Mainly used for cell phones in Korea
CP Code From CP Tron, Inc.
Datamatrix From RVSI Acuity CiMatrix. Now Public Domain.
Datastrip Code From Datastrip, Inc.
Dot Code A Designed for the unique identification of items.
HueCode Uses greyscale or colour
Intacta.code From INTACTA Technologies, Inc.
MaxiCode Used by United States Postal Service
mCode For camera phone scanning applications
MiniCode From Omniplanar, Inc.
PDF417 The most common 2D barcode
Micro PDF417 Space Saving version of PDF417
PDMark Developer by Ardaco
PaperDisk High density code (10K-1 MB)
QR Code Japanese cell phones music, images, URLs, emails
Semacode URLs for cellular phones with cameras
SmartCode From InfoImaging Technologies
Snowflake Code From Marconi Data Systems, Inc
ShotCode Circular barcodes for camera phones
SuperCode Public domain
UltraCode Black-and-white & colour versions
VeriCode / VSCode From Veritec, Inc.
WaterCode High-density 2D Barcode

 

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