Barcode Label Blog: Barcodes

How Well do you Know Barcodes? Take the Barcode Test.
Friday, July 17, 2009 | Posted in: Barcodes
How well do you know barcodes? RFID Digest is running an interesting quiz- How Well do you Know Barcodes? But the part I like the best is the opening sentence. It expresses a truth that is rare and refreshing. We do indeed hear a lot of hype…
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UPC Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 | Posted in: Barcodes
Happy Anniversary…to Us (Sort of)There are a few of us pioneers still around who know that this is a big year for the barcode industry. Probably fewer who also remember it. This year the UPC celebrates its 35th anniversary. (http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=18972) On June 26, 1974…
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KFC and Coupon Lessons
Friday, May 22, 2009 | Posted in: Barcodes
Blog traffic is a pretty good barometer of the spleen and stress that people are feeling these days, and the web has been awash with anger and outrage over the Oprah-KFC debacle. Enough has been voiced about “fraud” and who is stupid and who is…
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The Future of Barcoding: Part 2
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | Posted in: Barcodes
The Future of Barcoding Continued... Last time I talked about this it was mainly to address what was then the growing mantra that the future of barcoding wasn’t barcoding at all—it was RFID. I think almost everybody now recognizes that RFID is not going to replace…
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Barcode Quality: Making Sure You Really Know What You Think You Know
Friday, December 05, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
It’s a very common scenario: you have a non-local vendor who prints your barcodes. Let’s say it’s a gift card or a product package. You’ve done your due diligence: the vendor knows you hold him accountable for barcode quality: you’ve defined the expected ANSI grade…
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What is the definition of "Barcode"?
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
What is the definition of “barcode”? Barcodes are a technology. Like most things technical, the barcode world has developed a lexicon of its own. Of course this includes a long list of acronyms which make our technical communications faster. But ultimately we serve non-technical…
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Third-Party Barcode Test Labs: Independent Barcode Evaluation
Friday, June 13, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
What are the Benefits of Barcode Verification? Discussions about barcode verification usually trigger two strongly held positions:1- “What is it” is usually a monolog about what it is not: it is not validation. 2- “How not to do it” is usually a monolog about verifiers versus scanners…
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The Future of Barcoding
Monday, May 12, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
The Future of Barcodes- That is a bold statement for several reasons. For one, it assumes there will be a future for barcodes: there are many voices, from the RFID community and others, forecasting the demise of barcodes. Another voice, or maybe it is more…
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IMB - End of the Postnet Barcode for USPS
Monday, April 21, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
IMB- The Intelligent Mail Barcode: The USPS Goes High Tech You might be surprised to find out where the latest and most highly-efficient barcode is being adopted: the United States Postal Service. Their “magic bullet” is the Intelligent Mail Barcode or IMB and it will go…
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Free Barcodes Online: Getting What You Pay For
Friday, March 14, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
Was that “free” barcode really free, or was it actually very, very expensive? Sometimes free stuff is worth what you pay for it. Sometimes it is worth even less than that. The web is well populated with free barcode generator sites. Why should you pay…
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