We were recently invited to a flexo printer who was getting inconsistent verifier results. The barcode was a UPC on a clear poly bag. When the symbols were tested on the flat, white substrate in [...]
We have know about the importance of barcode verification. Many of the stories follow a similar path: verify and prevent problems—end of story. But in the real world that is not always the end of [...]
A barcode audit can be one of the most stressful things a vendor will experience, be it a retail, healthcare or a manufacturing supply system. A stress-free barcode quality audit is the result of [...]
Printing barcodes on difficult surfaces can be confusing because we don’t expect some substrates to be problematic. We received a call recently from a client who was printing 1D barcodes [...]
The 2014 Automatic Identification Teacher’s Institute convened at the University of Memphis. This great AIDC industry event recent relocated from its previous home at Ohio University in Athens, [...]
The Perfect Universal Verifier First let’s define terms: a “universal” verifier is one that tests both 1D or linear barcodes and 2D or matrix symbols. UPC, Code 128 and ITF14 are examples of 1D [...]
Most people understand why a smart phone or a scanner is not the same thing as a verifier for testing a 2D symbol. Smart phones and scanners can only decode a Data Matrix or QR Code. A verifier [...]
Another anniversary of the barcode and once again its future is in question. The demise has been predicted from the beginning. From the start, successful technology is threatened. But change [...]
What does the verifier grade mean regarding scanning? Does an A grade guarantee scanning success? Does an F grade guarantee scanning failure? We wrote on this topic a while ago, and although the [...]
So far so good with the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) and the supply chain safety initiatives it includes. Now begins the formidable task of actually making it effective—and there is much [...]
