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The Symbol LS2208 LASER handheld scanner from Motorola offers high performance scanning at a moderate price point.
From the retail point-of-sale and backroom to the patient bedside or school book checkout, the Symbol LS2208 provides fast, reliable scanning in a durable, lightweight form factor, delivering enhanced productivity and efficiency.
Symbol LS2208 is easy to deploy and use, thanks to its plug-and-play installation and intuitive, user-friendly design, which requires little or no training. Plus the ergonomic, balanced form factor reduces user fatigue to maximize user comfort.
Durable, future-proof construction The Symbol LS2208 is engineered for continuous, heavy usage all day, every day and has been tested to withstand multiple 5 ft./1.5m drops to concrete.
The patented single board construction eliminates a common point of failure – the interconnection between multiple boards, and the liquid polymer scan element delivers integral shock protection to further ensure reliable operation. Scratch-resistant tempered glass helps preserve bar code scanning accuracy. Integrated multiple interfaces, universal cable compatibility and support for emerging symbologies provide the investment protection you need to help ensure that the scanner you buy today will work with the system you use tomorrow.
Proven quality you can trust!
Symbol LS2208 Specifications
Dimensions: 6 in. H x 2.5 in. W x 3.34 in. D 15.2 cm H x 6.3 cm W x 8.4 cm
Weight: 5.15 oz./146 gm
Voltage and Current: 5 volts +/- 10% at 130 mA typical, 175 mA max
Power Source: Host power or external power supply
Color: Twilight Black Performance Characteristics
Scanner Type: Bi-directional
Light Source: 650 nm visible laser diode
Scan Element Frequency: 50Hz
Scan Rate: 100 scans per second typical
Nominal Working Distance: From contact to 17 in./43 cm
on 100% U.P.C./EAN symbols
Print Contrast: 20% minimum reflective difference
Roll (Tilt): 1 1 +/- 30 degrees
Pitch: 2 2 +/- 65 degrees
Skew (Yaw): 3 3 +/- 60 degrees Decode Capability: UPC/EAN, UPC/EAN with Supplementals, UCC/EAN 128,
Code 39, Code 39 Full ASCII, Code 39 TriOptic, Code 128, Code 128 Full ASCII,
Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, Discrete 2 of 5, Code 93, MSI, Code 11, IATA,
RSS variants, Chinese 2 of 5 Interfaces Supported: RS232, Keyboard Wedge,
Wand, IBM 468X/9X, USB, Synapse and Undecoded User Environment
Operating Temp.: 32° to 122° F/0° to 50° C
Storage Temp.: -40° to 158° F/-40° to 70° C
Humidity: 5% to 95% relative humidity, noncondensing
Drop Specifications: Unit functions normally after repeated
5 ft./1.5 m drops to concrete
Ambient Light Immune to direct exposure of normal
Immunity: office and factory lighting conditions, as
well as direct exposure to sunlight
Electrostatic Conforms to 15 kV air discharge and 8 kV
Discharge: of contact discharge Accessories
Hands-Free Intellistand™: 20-61019-01 or 20-61019-02
Regulatory
Electrical Safety: Certified to UL1950, CSA C22.2 No. 950, EN60950/IEC950
EMI/RFI: FCC Part 15 Class B, ICES-003 Class B, European Union EMC Directive, Australian SMA,
Taiwan EMC, Japan VCCI/MITI/Dentori.
Laser Safety: CDRH Class II, IEC Class 2
Environmental: Compliant with RoHS directive 2002/95/EEC Warranty
The Symbol LS2208 is warranted against defects in workmanship and materials
for a period of 5 years (60 months) from date of shipment, provided that the
product remains unmodified and is operated under normal and proper conditions.
See full warranty for details. 1 - Roll (Tilt): Controlled by rotating the wrist clockwise or counterclockwise
2 - Pitch: Controleed by dropping or raising the wrist
3 - Skew (Yaw): Controlled by rotating the wrist from left to right or vice versa
Below is information on the majority of barcodes fonts used today.
CodaBar font is commonly used in libraries, blood banks, and the air parcel business. It is a variable length format that allows encoding of the following 20 characters: 0123456789-$:/.+ABCD. The first and last digits of a CodaBar message must be A, B, C, or D, and the body of the message should not contain these characters.
Code font 25, also know as "Code 2 of 5", is a discrete, variable-length code format. It refers to the fact that there are two thick bars in a total of five bars for each encoded character. It is used primarily for inventory handling, identification of photo-finishing envelopes, airline ticketing, and baggage and cargo handling.
Code 39 is the most popular format used in the non-retail world. It is used extensively in manufacturing, military, and health applications. This variable-length format will accept the following 44 characters:
0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-.*$/+%. The asterisk (*) is used as the start/stop character and may not be used in the body of the message.
A check digit may also be added to provide an extra measure of security. Code 39 supports Modulo 43 and
xxx-nnnnnnn-c check digit formats.
Code font 128 is a varialbe-length, high-density, alphanumeric format. It has 106 different bar and space patterns, and each pattern can have one of three different meanings, depending on which of the three different character sets is employed. One character set encodes all upper case and ASCII control characters; another encodes all uppercase and lowercase characters and the third set encodes numeric digit pairs 00 through 99. The character set that is employed is determined by the start character.
Code 128 also allows encoding of four function codes: FNC1, FNC2, FNC3, and FNC4. FNC1 is reserved for use in European Article Numbering (EAN). FNC2 is used to instruct a bar code reader to concatenate the message in a bar code symbol with the message in the text symbol. FNC3 is used to instruct a bar code reader to perform a reset. FNC4 is used in closed system applications.
A variation of Code 128 format is EAN 128. EAN 128 uses the same code set as Code 128 except that it does not allow function codes FNC2 to FNC4 to be used in a symbol and FNC1 is used as part of the start code in the symbol. An advanced option of Code 128 in Barcode Wizard permits you to enable or disable EAN 128 format.
EAN-13 is the European version of UPC (A), Uniform Product Code. The difference between EAN-13 and UPC (A) is that EAN-13 encodes a 13th digit into the parity pattern of the left six digits of a UPC (A) symbol. This 13th digit, combined with the 12th digit usually represent a country code.
A supplemental two- or five-digit number may be appended to the main bar code symbol. This is designed for use on publications and periodicals. This number will appear as an additional bar code on the right side of the main bar code.
POSTNET bar codes are the symbols used to encode ZIP codes on U.S. mail. The Postal Service mail-handling process is designed to be fully automated, and POSTNET bar codes provide the symbols that feed the automated equipment.
POSTNET symbols differ from other formats in that the individual bar height alternates, as opposed to the individual bar width. Each number is represented by a pattern of five bars.
A single tall bar is used for the start and stop bars. POSTNET can be used for five-digit, nine-digit, and 11-digit Delivery Point Barcode. These codes are often used in conjunction with FIM bars which are found on the upper right corner of a mail piece such as Business Reply Mail.
Uniform Product Code (UPC) symbols are used in retail applications. UPC(A) is a 12-digit format. The symbol consists of 11 data digits and one check digit. The first digit is a number-system digit that usually represents the type of product being identified. The following five digits are a manufacturers code, and the next five digits are used to identify a specific product.
Like UPC(A), UPC(E) is used in retail applications; however, since the bar code is physically smaller, it is more suited to smaller items. UPC(E) is also called "zero-suppressed" because UPC(E) compresses a normal 12-digit UPC(A) code into a six-digit code. It suppresses the number-system digit, trailing digits in the manufacturers code, and leading zeros in the product identification part of the code.
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