When I met Jeff several years ago, he was a work in progress—and so was Barcode Test. His very life was an expression of his non-conformity. On the other hand, I had about 35 years of barcode [...]
Barcodes and laminates are like an arranged marriage. There is little natural initial affinity for each other but someone else has decided they will be together. With effort and adjustments, it [...]
Statistics about barcode use, and in particular, barcode problems are difficult to obtain. Some of the information we have been able to gather is a bit out of date. However, we feel confident [...]
We have opined about the importance of barcode quality from a business perspective. What about the perspective of nations, economies and even humankind? If eye rolls were audible, I can imagine [...]
There are many mistakes one can make with the Unique Device Identification (UDI) barcode, but there is one that we see more often than others in the lab at Barcode Test. The simple rule that is [...]
When I first met Jeff, he was a skeptic. It was ingrained in his persona and expressed in his lifestyle. Jeff was a maverick, a card-carrying non-card-carrier. He operated a narrow web press for [...]
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 essential for assuring barcode quality. Here are [...]
We run across some very interesting barcodes and probably every imaginable mistake, that leave you wondering, “How did they do that?” And some of the mistakes we encounter are so subtle, we [...]
It can be difficult and confusing to relate the ISO parameters on the verification report to what is actually happening in a barcode. Here we will attempt to connect those dots in a way that [...]
Here we go again with wild and crazy barcodes. The barcode risk management business can seem oppressively serious, but that is simply not true: it can be downright fun! We are inviting you to [...]
