[dundee] Barcode readers and so on...

[Tim Spencer]

I have just bought a bluetooth barcode reade that actis like a samsung
keybord with a little app that i wrote
works wonders compard to a full laptop set up (generally handheld one are
rs232 or sirial over usb some have convertes that are to ps2)
i also discovered this
http://zint.github.io/
to generate barcodes


On 25 October 2013 12:15, Owen Bowers Adams <owen at obowersa.net> wrote:

> No problem,
>
> Just dug out the details of what I'd used previously. The equivalent
> version they sell now is the Touch 65 Lite USB .
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>wrote:
>
>> A customer wants to barcode their products (both print and read) with
>> interfacing to a linux box running python - the more it mimics the
>> keyboard,
>> the better. Thanks for the datalogic hint.
>>
>>
>> > I've always had good luck with datalogic's stuff.
>> >
>> > Most of the ones I've played with have just been glorified keyboard
>> mimics.
>> >
>> > What's the project for ? If it's more of a prototype then something like
>> > this might suit: http://www.adafruit.com/products/1202
>> >
>> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>> > > Anyone on the list have experience with barcode readers and Linux? Any
>> > > driver
>> > > issues or are most of them just USB 'keyboard' mimics? Any recommended
>> > > brands?
>> > >
>> > > RJL
>> > >
>> > >
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