This is not the first time we have talked about the business case for barcode verification. It is a subject that will arise again and again because bar code testing is an all-at-once expense; [...]
The lab at Barcode-Test LLC receives a lot of compliance labels for verification. We see all sorts of problems, some of them quite unexpected, and we often wonder what the label printer was [...]
A friend sent me an image of a UPC symbol that “did not scan right” (his words) at the local big box store. As a barcode quality guy, I’m always on the lookout for problem barcodes; friends and [...]
The fact that bar codes are so ubiquitous today is the business case for barcode verifiers. When you say “ubiquitous” most people readily agree and yet still not comprehend the width and depth of [...]
Nobody wants to spend more than necessary on a bar code verifier, and now that the Honeywell (HHP) QuickCheck is history, what is the best entry-level bar code verifier replacement? In the [...]
The AIDC lab at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University has just released a months-long study of QR Code performance. Volunteers were asked to test a collection of QR [...]
Bar codes have been around in one form or another for over 60 years and in present form on groceries and consumer products for almost 40 years. Other technologies such as RFID have begun to erode [...]
Wired Magazine just posted an article about the next big step Walmart is taking in its fight against Amazon—and it’s a biggie. They are testing an iPhone app that brings self-checkout to a whole [...]
A bar code verifier is a test device. Test devices are supposed to be reliable, which means their results are supposed to be repeatable across different brands and models. What does it mean when [...]
Verifiers are expensive. Sometimes companies are reluctant to invest the money and once they finally do, they are reluctant to let go of an old verifier that still works. But sometimes an old [...]
