Hand held bar code scanners are used typically as inventory or point of sale (POS) devices.

Bar code scanners are designed to read imprinted bar / matrix code symbologies.

Fixed mount bar code scanners are designed to manually or mechanically read items passed by their scan windows.

Bar code cards are computer boards that contain storage, font macros, and logic for printing barcodes

Label printers are used to print a variety of labels or adhesive stamps.

Computer printers and plotters are used to output industrial data in printed form.

Bar code software identifies or decodes bar code symbology, generates output strings corresponding to barcode values, creates bar code fonts, prints bar codes, and/or performs tracking, etc