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When you scan a barcode how does the data in the barcode get translated into letters and numbers? The bars and spaces somehow represent letters and numbers. But how? Interestingly, different [...]

A bad barcode is an emergency. Time is of the essence. A barcode problem is usually caused by one of four problems. These problems are easily detected visually. A low power magnifier helps. You [...]

Quality is always important. Challenging times make quality in all of its many aspects more important. This is especially true of barcode quality. Supply chains are more critical than ever. [...]

Why is this necessary? Months of strange, new and sometimes difficult ways of working? Emerging, new ways of doing old things. Pandemics and technology both have a way of doing that. Election [...]

A rhetorical question, to be sure. Having no verifier at all is the worst possible thing, since it means having no tools in your risk management toolbox. However, there is something better than [...]

Decodability is an ISO 15416 parameter for evaluating 1D barcodes. As the name implies, it indicates the likelihood that the barcode will scan and decode correctly. But what exactly does it test [...]

Barcode quality is not static. Often I use the analogy that the world is made of rubber. Nothing stays the same. There are many steps in getting a barcode on a product package. Each step involves [...]

Axicon Auto ID just re-released an excellent video, which first posted several years ago. It answers the very common, very important question, “What is the difference between a barcode scanner [...]

You have years, maybe decades of barcode experience. Maybe you have been printing barcodes on packaging for hundreds of customers. Or maybe you manage the barcodes for your brand, on dozens of [...]

Our recent article about the longevity of barcodes triggered a range of responses. One comment referred to barcodes as the “weakest link” in the supply chain. There are many links in the supply [...]