2D Barcode Scanning is Skyrocketing in these 5 Industries

Posted by Carmella Giancursio | Date: October 21, 2015

2D barcodes are leaving their mark on lots of industry applications – pun intended! So why has 2D barcode scanning become so prevalent? Smaller Size While 1D barcodes are small, 2D barcodes are (or at least can be) even smaller…less than ½ inch long x ½ inch wide! Why does smaller = better? Simply put,…

5 Reasons the Honeywell VuQuest 3310G will give you the Best Bang for your Barcode!

Posted by Jeremy Miller | Date: October 14, 2015

With hundreds of barcode scanners readily available on the market today, it’s become more difficult to select the best solution for your application. With so many models at your fingertips, one must navigate options such as hand held or presentation, corded (tethered) or wireless, 1D or 2D, near or far range, retail or industrial, etc….

SXSW & RFID: Tracking “Assets” for Crowd Control and Growth

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: March 21, 2014

South By Southwest (SXSW) is a film, music, and interactive festival has been an annual event hosted in Austin, Texas every March since 1987. Drawing international attention, crowds of increasing size have flocked to Austin for the festival to experience the lively atmosphere, see popular bands and keynote. Now with crowds exceeding 32,000, SXSW has…

Providing A Safety Net For Those Of Us Who Are “Only Human”

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: February 26, 2014

For more than 20 years, the same doctor served as my general practitioner, and during those years the medical records he maintained on me were all on paper and grew from a few pages in a single folder to an impressively-thick stack of pages bound in that same folder. He not only knew my medical…

Eight Best Practices for Patient ID Bands Providing Optimum Patient Safety

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: February 12, 2014

We’ve written extensively about the importance to patient safety of rigorous identification protocols, and implementation of the patient wristbands is key to most such strategies. But strapping an ID band – any ID band – on your patients’ wrists does not, in and of itself, ensure their safety. As Zebra Technologies explores in its recent…

Zebra Announces the Newly Enhanced HC100 Wristband Printer

Posted by RAD DeRose | Date: October 31, 2012

Zebra Technologies’ Legacy HC100 wristband printer set the standard for ease of use, while producing readable, long-lasting barcodes and text at print speeds of up to 2 inches (51 mm) per second. The newly enhanced HC100 printer doubles that maximum output to up to 4 inches (102 mm) per second, while retaining the accuracy, ease…