Barcode Quality Policy
Best practices for any company involved in barcoding is to have a barcode quality policy. Who is a company “…involved in barcoding…? The short answer is any company with potential liability if a [...]
Barcode Scanner Differences
Why do different barcode scanners behave differently? Even some scanners of the same brand and model behave differently. Why is this? Barcode scanners, like other devices, are manufactured to a [...]
How to Check Barcode Quality
Barcodes are everywhere. Today there are barcodes on medications, patient wristbands, airline boarding passes and luggage tags, manufacturing sub-assemblies such a circuit boards and components, [...]
On the Demise of Barcoding
MEMO TO EVERYONE who predicted the death of barcoding, whether because of the rise of RFID technology, automatic product recognition, Near Field Communication or (fill in the blank): Barcode [...]
Barcode Verification – The Business Case
This is not the first time we have talked about the business case for barcode verification. It is a subject that will arise again and again because bar code testing is an all-at-once expense; [...]
Verifying Compliance Labels
The lab at Barcode-Test LLC receives a lot of compliance labels for verification. We see all sorts of problems, some of them quite unexpected, and we often wonder what the label printer was [...]
Barcode Verifiers – What They Don’t Do
A friend sent me an image of a UPC symbol that “did not scan right” (his words) at the local big box store. As a barcode quality guy, I’m always on the lookout for problem barcodes; friends and [...]
Barcode Verifiers – The Business Case
The fact that bar codes are so ubiquitous today is the business case for barcode verifiers. When you say “ubiquitous” most people readily agree and yet still not comprehend the width and depth of [...]