How often are you scanning products? Is your goal to alleviate long checkout lines or to accurately capture shipping information? Certain scanners are designed to quickly decode bar code after bar code. They are ideal for a setting like a retail store where a high volume of linear codes is continuously being presented.

Hands-Free or Fixed Mount Barcode Scanners are anchored so that the user can scan bar codes using both hands. Versatile, durable, and extremely reliable, high-throughput scanners, boost productivity to greater levels with minimal employee effort. This scanner is best used for high volume general retail, liquor stores, and convenience stores.

All fixed scanners use multiple scan pattern. Where the single-line laser only has a single laser beam which must be aimed directly at the barcode, especially in the case of most handheld barcode readers, the omni-directional barcode scanner shines laser beams in every direction making it nearly impossible for you to not get an accurate reading.

Omni-directional barcode scanners use laser technology, along with one rotating mirror and a bunch of fixed mirrors. Using the mirrors in this way, the laser beam is reflected simultaneously in a bunch of different directions, creating a pattern which is constantly changing. This way, the scanner can read a barcode from virtually any angle.