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Opposing sides of the inline versus offline verification debate sometimes try to make it sound like one or the other is unquestionably superior. It’s a bit like claiming that air is better than [...]

We’ve written previously about the total cost of ownership implications of various types of barcode verifiers. You can review that article here. The long term costs of seemingly minor compromises [...]

Why would a barcode verifier produce inconsistent readings on the same barcode? One would expect readings with little or no variation. How can this happen? Let’s start with the device itself. At [...]

Amazon has just done something nobody ever thought they would do—they announced plans to open a brick-and-mortar store. The first of what could grow into many stores will be located in Seattle [...]

Scanners are increasingly better at reading low quality barcodes. Barcode printing has also improved: higher resolution, better control over line width and gain. Haven’t these advancements [...]

Direct Part Mark or DPM barcodes pose a special set of challenges for verification. As the name implies, DPM barcodes are imaged directly onto a (usually) metal substrate using a variety of [...]

Those of you who are familiar with 1D barcode verification will be familiar with some of the ISO parameters in 2D verification, but there are also some aspects that will be very unfamiliar. These [...]

Whether you are using 1D barcodes such as GS1-128 or 2D symbols such as Data Matrix codes for UDI compliance marking, UDI barcode verification is of paramount importance for assuring barcode [...]

Using a barcode test lab is not unlike using barcodes in a supply chain—it’s all about communication. Tell everybody that needs to know what you expect and don’t neglect to ask them to confirm. [...]

Many times—more than I can remember—people send us  samples of bad barcodes and the problem that has confounded them turns out to be something very basic—and obvious to us at least. So this [...]