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Volume 8, Issue 2
1 April 1995
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Logistics Information Management
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Research Article| April 01 1995

The evolution of the PDF417 communications medium

John Dover
UK Sales Director of Symbol Technologies based in Wokingham, UK, 01734 771222.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7948
Print ISSN: 0957-6053
© MCB UP Limited
1995
Logistics Information Management (1995) 8 (2): 34–37.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09576059510084993

Covers the development of the PDF417 barcode symbology, describing the evolution of the linear bar code and why PDF – the portable data file – was developed. Examples are given of PDF417 being used. Techniques including error correction, algorithms and scanning are described.

Keywords: Barcodes, Data capture, New technology, Product development, Symbols
© MCB UP Limited
1995
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