Barcodes

Barcode Symbols encode data into machine-readable form. A number of international and national standards govern what data can be encoded, and how, for many industry sectors.

• LEADTOOLS Barcode technology functions allow you to easily enable your applications to read barcodes, write barcodes and find duplicate barcodes within any image.

• LEADTOOLS Barcode toolkits are the most comprehensive barcode toolkits on the market, supporting reading and writing of over 100 different 1D and 2D barcode symbologies (including sub-types):

  • 1-Dimensional (1D) barcodes, i.e., linear barcodes.
  • 2D barcodes, i.e., DataMatrix, PDF 417, MicroPDF417, QR, Aztec, Maxi and MicroQR barcodes.

• LEADTOOLS offers the fastest barcode recognition speed available. LEADTOOLS Barcode toolkits can recognize barcodes faster than other commercial engines.  Our superior speed opens up the bottle neck in high speed scanning applications and allows you to maximize the benefits of high speed processors.

• LEADTOOLS is designed to allow our developers to add new barcode types and sub-types.  If you find a barcode that we cannot recognize, we can quickly update our engine to add it.

• LEADTOOLS makes integrating barcode functionality into your application simple and easy - one function reads barcodes, and one other writes them.  We have sample applications with source code ready for you to cut and paste into your project.

• LEADTOOLS Barcode toolkits support both bitonal and color barcode images.

• LEADTOOLS has optimized and trained our barcode engines to provide very high accuracy even on images of poor quality. The better the accuracy, the less human interaction required: resulting in substantial savings of time and money.

• The LEADTOOLS Barcode SDK is included as part of the LEADTOOLS Barcode Pro, Pro Suite, Document, and Medical Imaging toolkits. The Document Imaging SDK includes powerful document image processing and enhancement technology that allows the developer to clean noisy or damaged images to improve barcode and OCR accuracy.

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Key Features:

• Includes all popular barcode types: Linear (1D) Symbols and 2D Symbols: DataMatrix, PDF 417, MicroPDF417, QR, Aztec, Maxi and MicroQR.

• High-speed, highly accurate barcode recognition. All barcodes in an image are located and reported back in fractions of  a second.

• Report back comprehensive information for all detected barcodes such as the barcode type, data string, X/Y position, bounding rectangle, check digit, etc.

• Read/write barcodes at any orientation, independent of skew, orientation, or flipping, from anywhere in the image or region of interest, acquired from scanner or digital camera.

• Read/write barcodes from/to any of over 150+ supported raster image file formats

• Read/write multiple barcodes

• Read/write barcodes with specified colors

• Contains Error Correction Code (ECC) to detect and repair damaged barcode symbols.

• Write barcodes to  any windows-compliant printer

• Integrate LEADTOOLS' extensive image processing technologies for complete control over your barcode recognition process.

For full details on each module, see:

Barcode Technology

For 1D Linear examples, definitions, and their uses, see:

Barcode Technology

LEADTOOLS 1D Linear (read/write)

• Automatic barcode type detection.

• Read in four basic directions (horizontal, vertical), or skewed.

• Read multiple barcode symbols anywhere in the image at any orientation.

• Read mixed barcode types.

• Write barcode symbol with size and position parameters.

• Check character handling.

• Write/read GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) and GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Expanded on multiple lines (Stacked version).

Sub-types supported:

• Airline Code 2 of 5

• Australian Post 4-State

• CODABAR

• Code 3 of 9 (39)

• Code 3 of 9 (39) Extended

• Code 11

• Code 32

• Code 93

• Code 93 Extended

• Code 128

• EAN 8

• EAN 13

• EAN EXT 2

• EAN EXT 5

• Interleaved Code 2 of 5

• MSI (Modified Plessey)

• Patch Code

• Planet

• PostNet

• Royal Mail (RM4SCC)

• USPS 4 State

• GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Omnidirectional

• GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Expanded

• GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Expanded Stacked

• GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Limited

• GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Stacked

• GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Stacked Omnidirectional

• GS1 Databar (formerly RSS14) Truncated

• Standard Code 2 of 5 (Industrial 2 of 5)

• UCC EAN 128 (Read Only)

• UPC A

• UPC E

LEADTOOLS 2D (read/write)

• Automatic barcode type detection.

• Read in four basic directions (horizontal, vertical), or skewed.

• Read multiple barcode symbols anywhere in the image at any orientation.

• Write barcode symbol with size and position parameters.

• Error correction handling.

Types supported:

• DataMatrix

• PDF 417

• MicroPDF417

• QR

• Aztec

• Maxi

• MicroQR

Barcode 2D DataMatrix (read/write)

• Reads and writes color and gray symbols.

• Store up to 2,218 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

• Chain symbols to encode up to 33,225 characters.

Sub-types supported:

• Default DataMatrix Size

• DataMatrix size 10x10 to 144x144

• DataMatrix size 8x18

• DataMatrix size 8x32

• DataMatrix size 12x26

• DataMatrix size 12x36

• DataMatrix size 16x36

• DataMatrix size 16x48

• DataMatrix Default Rectangular size

Barcode 2D PDF 417 (read/write)

• Store up to 1,815 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

• Support Truncated PDF417.

• All Compaction Modes: Text, Byte, Numeric.

Barcode 2D MicroPDF 417 (read/write)

• Store up to 150 bytes, 250 alphanumeric characters, or 366 numeric digits in one barcode symbol.

• Support Function Code word Code 128 emulation.

• All Compaction Modes: Text, Byte, Numeric.

Barcode 2D QR (read/write)

• Create QR Code barcode symbols from alpha/numerical text.

• Reads and writes color, gray, and black/white symbols.

• Stores up to 2,335 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

Sub-types supported:

• QR Default size

• QR Model 2 Version 1 to 40

• QR Model 1 Version 1 to 14

• QR Model 1 Default size

Barcode 2D Aztec (read/write)

• Create Aztec Code barcode symbols from alpha/numerical text.

• Read and write color, gray, and black/white symbols.

• Store up to 3,067 ASCII characters in one barcode symbol.

Sub-types supported:

• Aztec Compact Mode 1 to 4

• Aztec Full Mode 1 to 32

• Aztec Rune

Barcode 2D Maxi (read/write)

• Create MaxiCode barcode symbols from alpha/numerical text.

• Read and write color, gray, and black/white symbols.

Sub-types supported:

• Maxi Modes 2 to 5

Barcode 2D MicroQR (read/write)

• Create Micro QR Code barcode symbols from alpha/numerical text.

• Read and write color, gray, and black/white symbols.

Sub-types supported:

• MicroQR Modes 1 to 4

For more information, refer to:

Product Information: LEADTOOLS Barcode SDK

Linear 1D Barcode Examples, Definitions, and Uses

Programming with LEADTOOLS Barcode

Tutorials

Demo Programs

Sample Programs

LEADTOOLS Support Forum

Cloud Services

Does your application require document recognition or conversion, but its implementation language is preventing you from using LEADTOOLS directly? Consider using the LEADTOOLS Cloud Services Web API instead. It is a high-powered and scalable Web API. Its hassle-free interface can be used to integrate advanced OCR, barcode, MICR, and document conversion into any application.