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Article: Creating good bar codes. (Scanners Bar code quality).
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- Frontline Solutions
- Article date:
- April 1, 2003
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Successful applications all start with a good bar code because inaccurate data, if it goes undetected, is like a virus. It can interrupt production, anger customers and damage a company's reputation and vendor relationships.
A good bar code will help prevent bad data from leaking into your system. Following these guidelines will go a long way toward helping you achieve 100% data integrity from your data capture system, and will also eliminate unnecessary application challenges.
Selecting a bar code
Before you decide on a specific symbology, first make sure you are up to date on all applicable industry standards and specifications. This will ...