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From: whenry@lindy.Stanford.EDU (homo obsolescensis)
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Subject: Re: bar code formats???
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In article <1991Jun22.202406.1116@agate.berkeley.edu> pfile@sprite.berkeley.edu (Rob Pfile) writes:
>Hi out there...
>does anybody know where to find format specifications for all the popular
>bar code formats? In particular, I am interested in a format called 
>"three of nine" or "three of five" encoding.

This question gets asked pretty regularly so I thought I'd post this
instead of sending it by mail.  Two books that deal quite well with
the subject (at least to this lay reader) are:  (call numbers are
Stanford's and may be different at your library)


AUTHOR:   Burke, Harry E.
TITLE:    Handbook of bar coding systems / Harry E. Burke.
IMPRINT:  New York, N.Y. : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1984.
          xiv, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
LOCATION: Engineering HF5416.B87 1984
          Math & Comp Sci HF5416.B87 1984
TOPICS:   Product coding.
NOTES:    Bibliography: p. 187-189.
          Includes index.
          Language: English   Year: 1984
          Item CSUG84-B75550 (Books)
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Stanford Bookstore / Search: Find TITLE BAR CODING
Result: 1 citation

Citation 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------

AUTHOR:       Galter
TITLE:        Bar Coding with Excel
IMPRINT:      Tab Books, 1989. (Hardback. ISBN:0-8306-3302-2)
PRICE:        $34.95 (as of 10/11/89)

SUBJECT:      Electronic Spread Sheets
LOCATION:     Campus, General Books (Electronic Spread Sheets)
              Technical-Professional Branch, 135 University Ave. (Electronic
                Spread Sheets)

Hope this helps,
Walter Henry