Light Weight 2D Scanner has plastic housing that allows safe wipe-down and cleansing with a wide variety of harsh chemicals and is easy to hold regardless of hand size, reduces fatigue and enables all day scanning comfort to protect productivity in scan-intensive applications. The Scanner eliminates the performance degradation common in 2d scanning; delivering laser-like performance on both 1d and 2d codes and ensures rapid and accurate capture of even poor quality and damaged bar codes. The Scanner has the ability to survive 6 ft/ 1.8 m drops to concrete and the sealing ensure reliable operation despite everyday spills, drops and bumps. The Scanner has omnidirectional scan pattern that eliminates the need to precisely align bar code and scanner for fast, easy and comfortable scanning, protects caregiver productivity. The Light Weight 2D Scanner has the feature of easy integration and can easily migrate to new hosts.