University friends Bernard silver and Norman Woodland \u2018coined\u2019 the barcode in 1949. They were both students from pensylvania, United states. It wasn\u2019t until over 20 years later, 1974, that barcodes were used in retail stores.<\/p>\n
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2. Chewing gum was the first supermarket product to use a barcode<\/strong><\/p>\n The first use of a barcode as a UPC (Universal product code) was at an Ohio Supermarket in 1974. The product? A ten-piece packet of Wrigleys chewing gum.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. They used to serve very different purposes<\/strong><\/p>\n The first commercial use of the barcode was in 1959, and it was used to label and sort rail cars. At the time, the barcode system we see today was known as \u2018kartrak\u2019, because of its very specific use!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4. It wasn\u2019t always black and white!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The colour of barcodes; it\u2019s fairly black and white nowadays. That wasn\u2019t so back in 1959. As pictured above, although stripes were still read by and scanner, they were blue <\/strong>and Red<\/strong>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5. The worlds largest QR code is…<\/strong><\/p>\n At the time of writing, the largest useable QR code in the world was developed by the Kraay family from Canada. At approximately 1.1 square miles, they had to hire a helicopter to fly above the farm where it was made in order to prove it scannable!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you need plain, printed, barcode labels, Tanto labels are known for high-quality labels, outstanding value,\u00a0and lightning fast delivery times.\u00a0Request a free quote<\/a>\u00a0or<\/strong>\u00a0call us for advice on: 01934 417665<\/strong><\/p>\n We’ve been taking a look at the history of the barcode, and have put together some of our favorite fun facts: 1. The initial idea didn\u2019t come until 1949 University friends Bernard silver and Norman Woodland \u2018coined\u2019 the barcode in 1949. They were both students from pensylvania, United states. It wasn\u2019t until over 20 years later, 1974, that barcodes were used in retail stores. 2. Chewing gum was the first supermarket product to use a barcode The first use of a barcode as a UPC (Universal product code) was at an Ohio Supermarket in 1974. The product? A ten-piece packet of Wrigleys chewing gum. 3. They used to serve very different purposes The first commercial use of the barcode was in 1959, and it was used to label and sort rail cars. At the time, the barcode system we see today was known as \u2018kartrak\u2019, because of its very specific use! 4. It wasn\u2019t always black and white!\u00a0 The colour of barcodes; it\u2019s fairly black and white nowadays. That wasn\u2019t so back in 1959. As pictured above, although stripes were still read by and scanner, they were blue and Red! 5. The worlds largest QR code […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[22,24,82],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcodes","tag-barcode","tag-barcode-label-printer","tag-facts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/981\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Chewing](\"https:\/\/www.tantolabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/wrigleys.jpg\")
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