The End of Barcodes: Toshiba’s New Scanner
March 20, 2012 Toshiba has announced what could be the next and final generation of point-of-sale scanners that would mean the end of barcodes. Well, maybe. Is Toshiba’s new scanner the end [...]
Barcode Quality in Prepress
Apologies to those of you for whom this is all review—it may be news to others. Barcode Quality begins way before the press Barcode quality isn’t just a printing issue—it begins in prepress. [...]
Barcode Colors – What Works and What Doesn’t?
How can you determine what barcode colors are acceptable for linear barcodes? Do you have to actually print a barcode before you can tell if it will work? No! You can fairly easily test possible [...]
Understanding Decodability
Of all the ANSI/ISO parameters, decodability is the one that confounds and confuses most people. Attempts to define it in simple terms (“Decodability is the amount of tolerance left for the [...]
Bearer Bars on ITF14 Symbols – Why Should You Always Use Them?
You learn something new every day. For years I’ve thought that the only reason to use bearer bars around an ITF-14 barcode is to improve the image quality in the flexographic [...]
Verifier Grade: How does it relate to scanning?
Verifier Grade: How does it relate to scanning? What does it mean that the verifier grade on your latest labels is a C? Does this guarantee that your barcode will work everywhere it goes? Does an [...]
After the Quick Check What’s Next?
When Honeywell announced the End of Life Plan for the Quick Check verifier line on June 9, 2011 the replacement options they listed were all Axicon products. Honeywell stopped all verifier [...]