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, [...]
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; [...]
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 [...]
Verifiers are expensive. Sometimes companies are reluctant to invest the money and once they finally do, they are reluctant to let go of an old verifier that still works. But sometimes an old [...]
There is a widely held belief these days that bar code quality isn’t as big an issue as it once was—say back in the 80’s and 90’s. We have consistently and emphatically taken the position that [...]
It is a widely accepted fact that printing bar codes on corrugated is a challenge. TAPPI and other trade groups recognize that the verification grade is seldom better than ANSI D (ISO 0.5-2.3) [...]
Finding the right bar code tester can be challenging. You immediately have to dive into some pretty technical issues just to try and figure out what you need, and then you have to figure out who [...]
Most people think of verification as something that is done during the on-press part of the printing process. What a shame this sort of thinking is. Consider that there are two major steps in the [...]
1. Independence A verification report from an independent bar code testing service carries a lot of weight with a customer. It says you are serious about quality and submit your process and your [...]
Because there are not a lot of brands of bar code verifiers, one might think these devices are all pretty much the same. One would be wrong. There are significant differences between bar code [...]