<div dir="ltr">2D scanners can generally auto-recognize the standard 1D codes.  Code 39 has been around for decades, and about everything will recognize it.  I have had bad luck with support on one brand, and strongly recommend the Symbol scanners.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Mark O&#39;Brien <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mfobrien@umich.edu" target="_blank">mfobrien@umich.edu</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Can anyone tell me what barcode scanner works best for code49 as well as the datamatrix codes, or are all 2D scanners pretty much the same?</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Best wishes,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Mark</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">------------------------------------------------------------<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Mark F. O&#39;Brien, Collection Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Insect Division, Museum of Zoology<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">The University of Michigan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">1109 Geddes Avenue<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><a value="+17346472199" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">(734)-647-2199</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">-------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">See us on Facebook! </span><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/museumofzoology" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/museumofzoology</a></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px">-------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px"><a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l_kVoLMAAAAJ" target="_blank">http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l_kVoLMAAAAJ</a></span><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"><br></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px"><br></span></p></div>
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