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Yes if the store have entered the code into its computer.

However, You can not get the price just from the code itself.

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Q: Can a price of an item be told from its bar code?
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Does a bar code scanner give me the price?

Most bar code scanners will give you the price of an item , but if you are shopping and find one that does not , the price will come up at the checkout when you plug the scanner in .


What is a bar code reader used for?

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How did the cashier scan and calculate your grocery items?

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What information is in a bar code?

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How does the cash register know what product a bar code belongs to?

The bar codes are programmed into the cash registers to easily price an item. All bar codes are different, and have a unique code to determine which product it is!


Why do bar codes have a meaning?

Bar codes have a meaning because the meaning of a bar code is assigned to that bar code. A bar code identifies an item, and product information regarding that item is held in a data base.


What is a sale price item and has the word bar in it?

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Why the price isn't store on the bar code?

because each store may have a different price for the item. If you were to store the price on the barcode you would then have to go to every item when a price change occured and update the barcode. To just associate a price with a barcode in a computer is a much more efficient practice.


What is bar coding?

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What does a upc bar code look like?

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What was the very first item to have a bar code?

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Why do all items have bar codes?

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