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  Recently we wrote about the future of barcode quality. As print and scanner technology evolve, will barcode quality become obsolete? But change is the only constant. Quality itself is [...]

The impending death of the barcode has been predicted literally for decades. The long and continuing history of barcodes and its steady expansion into unexpected and novel usages reminds us of [...]

  You learn something new every day. For years I’ve thought that the only reason to use bearer bars around an ITF-14 barcode is to improve the image quality in the flexographic printing [...]

As everybody in the  industry knows, barcodes on corrugated are a special problem. The undulations of the substrate are a problem; recycled material does not respond to pressure uniformly and [...]

Direct printing of barcodes on corrugated presents some very special challenges. Some developments in the industry are increasing these challenges: increased use of recycled materials make [...]

  The verification report is a powerful tool in printing barcodes on corrugated—it doesn’t just tell you if something is wrong. It points you toward what is wrong and from your experience in [...]