Bar code scanners are an important part of retail point-of-sale systems. Honeywell offers a full range of hand-held and hands-free scanners that provide aggressive scanning designed to improve checkout productivity and customer service.

Age verification is a critical function for retailers selling age-restricted products such as alcohol, tobacco and lottery tickets. Honeywell’s EasyDL™ software plug-in reduces the likelihood of selling age-restricted products to under age purchasers, by parsing bar code data found on government-issued identification. The data collected from bar codes found on government-issued identification can also be used to automatically populate electronic forms, eliminating costly data entry errors.

Many retailers are beginning to use mobile coupons which are often distributed through short messaging service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS) or Bluetooth® wireless technology. These coupons generally include two dimensional bar codes that are read directly from the screen of a mobile device. Honeywell’s area-imaging scanners excel at scanning electronic bar codes found on mobile coupons.

Retailers must maintain accurate records of their inventory to be successful in today’s marketplace. Honeywell offers a variety of mobile computers that are purpose built for this application.