Dead Barcode
Uh oh—your barcode doesn’t scan—at all. Now what do you do? What to DO Here is what you don’t do—reach for your smartphone. If your smartphone also doesn’t scan your barcode you have learned [...]
DPM Barcodes
Use of DPM barcodes is on the rise. For the unfamiliar, DPM is Direct Part Marking. It is used in applications where a label or tag won’t work. For example, an engine block or subassembly like an [...]
Pharmacode FAQ’s
PHARMA-CODE is less familiar to many printers, than other barcode types. Concerns about liability, reputation and chargebacks give many printers pause, even reluctance when this specialized [...]
How do you know your barcode will work?
Whether it is the barcode on your product, or the barcode you printed for a customer, you are confident it should work right. Well maybe your confidence is misplaced; if something goes wrong, [...]
Verify the Whole Printing Process
Most people think of verification as something that is done during the on-press part of the printing process. What a shame this sort of thinking is. Consider that there are two major steps in the [...]