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Barcode Quality is a unique opportunity in a bad economy Barcode quality is an oportunity in a bad business climate. This is important work that can be done now that was more difficult to get to [...]

Verifier silence can be even more confounding than decodability and modulation. Relating these rather exotic parameters to the print process and using them to decide what to do is sometimes [...]

Barcode Quality is an attribute of supply chain optimization Barcodes are more than ubiquitous—they are an integral component in the supply chain. As such, barcode quality is integral to supply [...]

“Validation is to spelling what verification is to penmanship.”   Think about it. Spelling is making sure the word is really a word. After all, a misspelled word may not be recognizable as a word [...]

Barcode quality has been the primary topic of discussion these past months. It’s important to may industries in a  wide variety of applications. What about you out there in the trenches? Barcode [...]

It’s a common scenario: you have a contractor who prints your barcodes. Let’s say it’s a prepaid gift card or a consumer product package. You’ve done your due diligence or so you think: the [...]

Modulation and decodability are easy to understand if you are familiar with the Scan Reflectance Profile or SRP. This is discussed in previous articles in this blog. The Scan Reflectance Profile [...]

Barcode scanners work based on reflectivity and contrast. The messages encoded in linear barcodes are decoded on the basis of the scanner’s ability to detect reflective and contrast differences. [...]

Minimum Reflectance and Symbol Contrast are tested by taking reflectance readings from the symbol—specifically the maximum reflectance value and the minimum reflectance value, and applying a [...]

The ANSI specification for the quality—and therefore the performance—of linear barcodes tests and grades 9 parameters. Whether or not you believe that ISO or ANSI are legitimate and meaningful as [...]