Wands: This pen size unit is designed to be swiped across the barcode label for reading and decoding the data that barcode represents.  Rugged built and costs less.  Wears the label through long time swiping.  Manufacturers Carried:

Welch Allyn     

CCD Scanners: This unit is designed to point and shoot across the barcode label for reading and decoding the data that barcode represents.  CCD Stands for charged coupled device and the technology works like camera. No moving parts, rugged limited to the width of the barcode label. Manufacturers Carried:

Welch Allyn    Symbol     Worth Data

Lasers: Point and shoot actual laser scan on the barcode label for reading and decoding the data that barcode represents.  Short and long range. Less Rugged built and costs more.   Manufacturers Carried:

Welch Allyn      Symbol   Worth Data  

Slot Readers: These units come with two capabilties of decoding barcoded cards or magnatic cards such as credit cards.   Manufacturers Carried:

 IBC      Welch Allyn       

Wireless Terminals: Radio Frequency (RF) readers are battery operated, instead of storing data collected into memory for later uploading, they transmit the data real time to a host computer. The computer also sends instructions to the terminal telling the operator what to do next. Wands, CCDs, and laser scanners are connected to the unit for barcode decoding.   Manufacturers Carried:

Welch Allyn     Worth Data  

Batch Terminals: Portable batch terminals are battery operated and have memory to store the data scanned as the user works away from the computer. After finishing data collection, the portable  reader is hooked up to a computer and all the data is batched upoloaded to a file for later processing by the computer.  Some batch units are equipped with the intergrated laser decoder.  Manufacturers Carried:

Welch Allyn      Symbol   Worth Data  PSC-Percon

Barcode Printers:   Thermal and Thermal Transfer industrial barcode printers are designed to deliver on demand label printing for various sizes and shapes.

Manufacturers Carried:    Sato

Image Readers:   is a handheld input device for reading and decoding two dimensional (2D) symbologies. The unit supports Matrix, stacked linear, and conventional linear barcodes. It is capable to capture and download images to a PC for applications such as signature capture, OCR capturing text.

Manufacturers Carried:   

Welch Allyn