Use of DPM barcodes is on the rise. For the unfamiliar, DPM is Direct Part Marking. It is used in applications where a label or tag won’t work. For example, an engine block or subassembly like an [...]
Your customer has just alerted you to a problem with your barcode. Now you need to test it: is there really a problem? What is it? How do you fix it? Or, you want to be proactive about preventing [...]
As a barcode test lab, we tend to focus on more exotic or subtle mistakes we encounter. However, the obvious mistakes, maybe less interesting, occur surprisingly often. Here are some we have seen [...]
Examining the entire process of getting a high performance barcode on a label or package, there are seven critical steps where mistakes should be avoided. Each step is critically important. [...]
Why, When and How. These are each big questions, each deserving an entire article, so this one article will only skim the surface to answer each question. Why verify barcodes? Bad barcodes break [...]
There are two kinds of barcode mysteries. Both are bad. one is worse. BAD One kind of bad barcode is the one that does not scan at all. Like the crossword puzzle in the airline magazine, the [...]
An ISO compliant, recently recalibrated barcode verifier is arguably the best and only effective defense against barcode quality-related liability. What about barcode verifier discrepancies? [...]
For years, we have beaten the drums about compliance. Our barcode quality training module presses the point: compliance is a two-part discipline that includes ISO print quality and industry [...]
Data storage takes several forms. A flash drive (USB, thumb drive, etc.) is a popular form. Hard drives, internal or external are another. Newspapers and magazines are yet another, and somewhat [...]
Our barcode testing lab gets a lot of inquiries about PHARMA-CODE, the majority from printers. PHARMA-CODE resembles a conventional barcode but the deeper you dig, the more different it reveals [...]
