[Advanced-java] barcoding system.

[Abney, Michael]

I don't know if you're wanting this for a software product or a simple
project for your own use. If the latter, you might be interested in a
quick googling of "cuecat". You can find the hardware at a garage sale
or on e-bay these days for around $5 or less. I have no experience
programming against it, but plenty of info should turn up from the
search. Also, you should be aware that there are some potential IP
issues with using the hardware for other than its intended purpose. The
rest is up to you.

As for making the barcodes to read, google is your friend again. Search
for "barcode font". The second link might work for you.


~Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Thompson [mailto:joel@rhinosystemsinc.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:11 AM
> To: advanced-java@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu
> Cc: joel@rhinosystemsinc.com
> Subject: [Advanced-java] barcoding system.
> 
> 
> I would like to know if anyone can recommend a
> simple (hopefully inexpensive, but not necessarily)
> barcode reader that I can attach to a parallel,
> serial, or usb port of a Windows (or LINUX) machine
> and use a Java API (is there one? I am sure there has to be) 
> to read barcode labels, and deliver me an ID.
> 
> Another part of this equation is to somehow get the
> barcodes (can you buy sheets of barcodes that you can
> just peel off and paste on the object you want to
> track?). Then I'd run the reader over the label, and
> assign my object to that ID.  Can you buy such labels and
> will they work with any barcode reader?
> 
> I would be interacting with a database, obviously to
> store all the object information, that I want to
> track (by barcode ID).
> 
> Thanks,
> Joel