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Barcode-Test is  exhibiting at the Chicago TAPPI Table Top Trade Fair next week. TAPPI is the leading trade association for packaging and converting TAPPI, for the unfamiliar, is the Technical [...]

A Glimpse into the AIDC Future: WSN Looking way beyond barcodes into the vast universe of sensors, data capture and the internet of things, a recent report from IDTechEX provides a breath-taking [...]

  Code match is such a simple problem. But it doesn’t get much attention. And surprisingly, there aren’t many ready-to-go code match solutions available. We have one—it’s a new product for us and [...]

The ISO barcode quality specification for testing and grading of linear barcodes is often misquoted and misunderstood. Two frequently misrepresented parameters for ISO 15416 are the ten-scan [...]

The client, an East Coast medical device company, is a supplier of test kits used to detect specific medical conditions. They were concerned about GS1 Healthcare compliance in their shipping [...]

The most common cause of barcode failure is poor print quality due to bars that are too fat. There are many possible causes: an absorbent substrate, an ink that wicks because of its viscosity, [...]

OK, that title is a bit dramatic—especially from me. But there is more truth than hyperbole in that statement. There is a “…most important thing you can do…”, a thing that is more important than [...]