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On August 22, 2019 Axicon released an update for its 1D barcode verifier software. This is important for those of you using Axicon verifiers. As soon as practicable, please go to www.axicon.com; [...]

Yes, actual use cases, not something we made up. These are real use cases with recently purchased barcode verifiers. For reasons everyone can understand, identities and specific circumstances are [...]

Barcodes are complicated, and so is the challenge of buying the right barcode verifier. Here we break it down into its component parts. Ten critical questions: 1.Make sure the verifier you are [...]

Calculating the ROI of a barcode verifier is easy, but make sure all costs are included. Barcode verifiers pay for themselves. That is a fact based on many cases and reports from verifier users. [...]

Barcode verifiers are expensive. But price is one kind of number, and cost is another kind. How much does it cost to own a verifier? There are several factors: Maintenance annual re-certification [...]

Acquiring a barcode verifier is not the end of barcode quality concerns. It is not even the beginning of the end—it is the end of the beginning. Now you can see exactly how your barcode is [...]

Barcode compliance is essential in open loop systems, such as a supply chains. Item identification or other information moving through a process is stored in a data carrier. These could be paper [...]

High-speed inline barcode verification systems seem to be all the rage right now, and for good reason.  Many of these systems integrate verification info other important compliance functions, and [...]

Barcode verifiers are designed to be reliable, which means accurate and repeatable. When they are not, eroded confidence creates an emergency with an uncertain path to resolution. One of the most [...]

Recently we wrote about how to make sure your barcode verifier is accurate, by using a Performance Qualification test kit. The PQ test kit is a card deck of precise images, each displaying an [...]