Barcode Label Blog: Barcodes

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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Understanding Barcode Verification Silence
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
Understanding Verifier-Speak - and SilenceUnderstanding a verifier report can be a challenge—and I don’t mean relating “decodability” to your print process. There is plenty of information out there about that—and if you want our input about understanding any of the ANSI or Traditional parameters, just…
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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 people in…
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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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Fotel Supports ISO-Certified Companies
Monday, April 21, 2008 | Posted in: Barcodes
ISO Certification presents some strange and exotic challenge to the companies who achieve it, and some strange and exotic combinations of services for companies who support them. A case-in-point is two ISO-related services available from Fotel. 1-Honeywell Quick Check Verifier ISO READ MORE »

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
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 Fotel $25 or more for a barcode file when you…
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Barcode Verification Reliability
Wednesday, February 27, 2008   |   Posted in: Barcodes
Gage R & R in Barcode VerificationWhether or not you’ve thought about it, a barcode verifier is a gage. And like any gage, reliability is everything. How is gage reliability assured? In the world of statistical process control (SPC), ISO9000 and Six…
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BISG Carton Label Format
Wednesday, February 27, 2008   |   Posted in: Barcodes
What’s the buzz about New BISG carton Label Format?Recently, many publishers may have noticed that certain retailers are now requiring that inbound cartons be marked according the carton marking requirements established by the Book Industry Study Group. These guidelines might have been a recommendation in…
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