PURPOSE: To easily and exactly perform reading inspection of a bar code pattern by automatically moving and holding plural bar codes for test, to which a prescribed inspection standard is guaranteed, from a bar code scanner without necessity to visually compare the code data of bar codes for test to inspect them.

CONSTITUTION: This device is provided with a scanner information recognizing part 2 for recognizing the input information of a bar code 6 for test read by a bar code scanner 1, bar code information comparing part 3 for comparing the read code data recognized by the scanner information recognizing part 2 with the code data of this bar code 6 for test, control part 4 for starting or stopping the beam output of the bar code scanner 1 and controlling the test order of the bar code 6 for test, bar code moving and holding part 5 for the bar code 6 for test, inspection bar code order storage part 7 for the bar code 6 for test, beam control storage part 8 for the bar code scanner 1, and key input part 9.