Barcoding and RFID Resources

• Primer on Barcode Symbologies
• Primer on Barcode Scanning
• Primer on Barcode Printing

Additionally. We have collected information from a variety of resources that we believe you will find useful for your AutoID and Barcode needs. These include white papers from different manufacturers, as well as links to other sites that we believe have relevant information.

Please let us know if you know of any other useful sites so that we can share them with others.

• Go to Software Downloads
• Go to Manufacturers' Whitepapers
• Industry Magazines and Newsletters
• Go to Barcode and ADC Sites
• Go to RFID Sites
• Go to MICR and Font-Related Sites
• Go to Specialty Manufacturers

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Software Downloads

Manufacturers' White Papers

Manufacturer	Title	Type	Length
Zebra	The Basics of Barcoding
Zebra	The ZebraLink Solution		12 pages;578KB
Zebra	Evolving Technologies to Maximize Your Barcode Printing Capabilities		11 pages;242KB
Symbol	Mobile Computing for Beginnings
Symbol	How to Meet the New Manufacturing Challenge - A Guide to Improving Your ERP, Supply Chain, and E-Commerce Operations		8 pages;1.13MB
Symbol	Are you Ready for the Wireless LAN Revolution
Symbol	Technology for a Secure Mobile Wireless LAN environment
PSC	All About Barcodes
Eltron	The Nuts and Bolts of Barcode Printing		13 pages;232KB

Note: To read the PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer. It is available for a free download from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html 

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Industry Magazines and Newsletters

• Frontline (http://www.frontlinemagazine.com) gives you all the latest information on getting data into a computer without utilizing a keyboard — whether it's by Bar Code Scanning, Magnetic Stripe reading, Radio Frequency Data Communication (RF/DC), Radio Frequency Identification (RF/ID), Contact Memory Tag, EDI, Mobile Computing, Smart Card, Optical Card, OCR, Biometrics, Voice Recognition or other Automatic Data Capture or Automatic Identification technology.
• ID Systems  (http://www.idsystems.com/) is packed full of news and trends, case histories, tutorials, and opinion pieces about the automatic data capture industry. The titles are essential reading for anyone curious to know more about bar code, EDI, radio frequency identification, radio frequency data communication, card technologies, voice recognition, and biometrics.

Barcode & ADC Related Sites:

• Barcode Island - barcode website with information for developers.
• Barcode-1.com - popular barcode website with information on various products and symbologies.
• Code 128 FAQ - several methods are provided for printing and reading Code 128.
• Code 39 FAQ - For help with Code 3 of 9 - printing and scanning.
• Intelcom - software for 2D-bar code decoding, SDK for recognition and decoding scanned Data Matrix images.
• International Bar Code - manufacturer of barcode, magnetic stripe, and smart card readers.
• Frontline Solutions Magazine - a magazine for enterprise-wide solutions for capturing and moving data and industry news.
• JavaBarcoding.com - a website providing barcode solutions using Java and JavaScript.
• ID Systems Magazine - a trade publication for end users, resellers, and systems integrators implementing automated data capture (ADC) hardware and software, APS (Advanced Planning and Scheduling), e-commerce, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), transportation, and warehouse management systems across the supply chain.
• OfficeBarcode.com - a website dedicated to barcoding in MS Office.
• PDF417 FAQ - printing and reading PDF417.
• PostnetFonts.com - primary site for POSTNET and FIM bar code fonts. 

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RFID Related Sites:

MICR and Font Related Sites

• BizFonts.com - our barcode font site; MICR and OCR fonts are also sold there as well as several barcode fonts.
• Draft Creator - MICR check acceptance software allows you to create bank drafts; accept checks by fax, phone, email or via online order forms without merchant accounts.
• MicrEncodingFonts.com - primary site for MICR E13B and CMC7 fonts.

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Specialty Manufacturers

Internet Directories

• UGA internet guides none - UGA media is the European publisher of internet guides, business portals, travel guides and reference cd-roms.