text_combined: gordon mohr gojomousanet rohit forwards nyt bigger bar code inches retailers august 12 2002 kate murphy cant imagine theyre inching forward 13 14 digit extensions seems leap ahead something real headroom say 40digit numbers 128 bits hard widen glyph area narrow bars sensors got tens even hundreds times accuraterobust barcodes first took one segment article along lines moving 13 digits may enough universal code council ean international formed alliance 1996 strongly advise manufacturers retailers go step prepare systems accommodate 14digit code length newly patented bar code takes less space reduced size means affixed small items like loose produce extra digits let retailer keep track additional data like batch lot numbers newly patented bar code merely fits 14 digits less space sure hope theres invention lines narrower might well go 2d fit lots extra bits could also ease transition capacity radiotransponder tags may offer bunch info different barcode standards including 2d variants examples httpwwwmakebarcodecomspecsspeclisthtml something much like 2d barcode xerox dataglyphs httpwwwparccomsolutionsdataglyphs gordon ____________________ gordon mohr bitzi cto describe discover files every kind _ httpbitzicom _ bitzi knows bits teach httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork mon 12 aug 2002 212933 0700 nytimescom article bigger bar code inches retailers