Barcode Scanner Specifications
1D or 2D, interfaces and supported symbologies of common barcode scanners, each with a link to the manufacturer's data sheet.
Facts copied from each manufacturer's own data sheet, linked below. Not stated there means not stated here. Specifications can differ by variant, region and firmware. No affiliation with any manufacturer.
Zebra DS2208 (DS2200 series)
- Type
- 1D and 2D
- Host interfaces
- USB, RS-232, Keyboard Wedge, TGCS (IBM) 46XX over RS485
- 1D symbologies
- Code 39, Code 128, Code 93, Codabar/NW7, Code 11, MSI Plessey, UPC/EAN, Interleaved 2 of 5, Korean 3 of 5, GS1 DataBar, Base 32 (Italian Pharma)
- 2D symbologies
- PDF417, Composite Codes, TLC-39, Aztec, Data Matrix, MaxiCode, QR Code, Micro QR, Han Xin, Postal Codes
- Source
- Zebra DS2200 Series spec sheet (PDF) · read on 2026-10-06
Zebra LI2208
- Type
- 1D only (cannot read QR Code, Data Matrix, PDF417)
- Host interfaces
- USB, RS-232, Keyboard Wedge, IBM RS485
- 1D symbologies
- UPC/EAN (UPC-A, UPC-E, UPC-E1, EAN-8, EAN-13, Bookland EAN), Code 128 including GS1-128 and ISBT 128, Code 39 including Trioptic, GS1 DataBar (DataBar-14, Limited, Expanded)
- 2D symbologies
- none
- Source
- Zebra LI2208 spec sheet (PDF) · read on 2026-10-06
Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g
- Type
- 1D and 2D
- Host interfaces
- USB, Keyboard Wedge, RS-232
- 1D symbologies
- Code 39, Code 128, Code 93, EAN, UPC, Code 11, Code 32 Pharmaceutical, Codabar, China Post, GS1 DataBar
- 2D symbologies
- Aztec, Data Matrix, QR Code, Micro QR, MaxiCode, Han Xin, Postal codes, PDF417, DotCode
- Source
- Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g data sheet (PDF) · read on 2026-10-06
GS1 data needs more than reading the symbology: the scanner must transmit FNC1 / symbology identifiers in the format your system expects. Check the scanner's configuration guide.