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It is not unheard of for a barcode to fail to scan with a scanner, but it is rare when a verifier cannot decode a barcode. When the verifier fails, no verification report is generated. How do you [...]

Privacy Policy Last updated: April 02, 2024 This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells [...]

Uh oh—your barcode doesn’t scan—at all. Now what do you do? What to DO Here is what you don’t do—reach for your smartphone. If your smartphone also doesn’t scan your barcode you have learned [...]

1. My barcodes scan fine with my Smartphone By design, a barcode scanner must use a laser-emulating red light. Smartphones use ambient light or white light. Scanners cannot see anything printed [...]

There is a small set of issues underlying most barcode problems, but print gain is by far the most common. Print gain is the spreading of the barcode image in the printing process. There are many [...]

Using a barcode testing service offers significant benefits to two groups: those who do not (yet) own a barcode verifier and those who do. The benefits for the former are obvious. Even those who [...]

Quality is always important. Challenging times make quality even more important. This also applies to barcode quality. Supply chains are always critical and arguably more so in challenging times. [...]

Let’s first clear up a common confusion. There are seemingly two kinds of calibration for barcode verifiers: user calibration factory calibration (sometimes called recalibration) User Calibration [...]

Making sure a barcode is readable is important. Compliance with the applicable ISO standard for barcode print quality is one way to ensure readability. How the data is formatted in the barcode is [...]