A new trend in the healthcare industry is for organizations to implement a barcode labeling system to keep track of products. In such tracking applications, barcode labels and scanners go together like immunizations and disease outbreaks. You cannot have one without the other. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control found an efficient solution when it…
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…
Hundreds of skis, thousands of people, and billions of dollars worth of assets – what do they have in common? All of the above and more have been carefully monitored and tracked for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. For security and logistical purposes, the Olympic committee needed to stay in control of what – and…
One of the most famous taglines in modern technology is Apple’ trademarked, “There’s an app for that,” a phrase that brilliantly captures the defining app-centric characteristic of modern mobile computing. Savvy developers know the advantages of delivering new technology in application formats and interfaces with which clients are already familiar, competent and comfortable, and Zebra…
One Sunday, I was watching the Travel Channel’s show Mysteries at the Museum, and lo, and behold it was about the first barcode. Now that I’m an “expert” on barcode history, I can tell you that barcodes first came on the scene back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At first barcodes were developed…
Barcode scanners provide an efficient, easy-to-use data collection solution for all sorts of industries. From healthcare to retail, companies are discovering the numerous benefits of implementing a barcoding solution. Here’s just one example: Imagine that you work for one of the largest food distributors in the nation. You are at your monthly corporate meeting and…
One of the decisions we see IT professionals face time and again is whether to deploy corded hand-held bar-code scanners or their wireless counterparts. Take, for example, Honeywell’s Voyager 1200g and 1202g single-line laser scanners. Both employ the industry’s best-selling technology for excellent scanning performance, both provide long service life with IP42 sealing and 1.5-meter…
Did you know that your average smartphone may soon be possible of processing shipping and receiving orders? Al Crawford, vice president of technology at CipherLab, recently commented that computerization of devices like cell phones and smartphones will change the mobile barcode scanning industry as many people choose to go for less rugged options to get…
When choosing the right kind of barcode reader, it’s important to know the differences between the products that you’re looking at. To help demystify the process, here’s a quick and easy overview of common types of barcode readers: Handheld Scanners This type of barcode reader will allow for you to position the scanner toward the…
Question: “Hey. I’m looking to start using a barcode reader and a label system to manage my inventory and I was wondering whether or not barcodes can be read or scanned upside down? Our labels can sometimes get put on the wrong way by our staff and we want to make sure that we can…
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