Product Review: Axicon Android Verifier
The name is a bit of a misnomer. This is not a verifier per se, it is a portable display for an Axicon 1D verifier. But it is a brilliant option. Its functionality will impress, and you will love [...]
Barcode Verifier Software Updates
On August 22, 2019 Axicon released an update for its 1D barcode verifier software. This is important for those of you using Axicon verifiers. As soon as practicable, please go to www.axicon.com; [...]
Bar Width Reduction
Bar width reduction or BWR is pre-press compensation for press gain. Ink spread is one of the most common causes of poor barcode performance. Bar Width Reduction is not just a setting Not all [...]
QR Code Basics
QR Code reminds me of me. It is that “second child” that took a long time figuring out what it wanted to do. It was not the first one out of the starting blocks. Fame is not high on its [...]
Barcode Quality Shortcuts to Avoid
Everybody wants a shortcut. Something that gets you to your goal, whatever that may be, without undue delay, expense or obstacles. Shortcuts have trade-offs: that shorter route might be bumpy; [...]
Understanding Decodability in 1D Barcodes
Decodability is one of the most difficult to understand of the barcode standards. The definition, “the ability of a barcode to be decoded” is simple but unclear for understanding its [...]
Barcode Evolution: What is Next?
Recently we sprinted through the history about how barcode types have developed by solving problems. Today there are dozens of different types of barcodes. Special capabilities of each barcode [...]
Different Barcode Types: Why?
It all started in 1974 in an Ohio grocery store, scanning the first UPC symbol. Today there are dozens of different types of barcode symbols. Why is that? Why not just use the humble, reliable [...]