It’s no surprise that 2D barcodes, used by consumers to access information about a product, or actually download or buy a product, have become phenomenally successful. However to a large proportion of the buying public they still remain a little alien, and consumers are still learning skills to use them to the best effect....
It was reported in “Barcode News” this week that a study has taken place on the barcode printer on the global market. The research was primarily set up to analyse key market drivers and any restraints or challenges that may be present. The study took into consideration desktop, industrial and portable printers within sectors...
The traditional vision of a 1D barcode seen on supermarket shelves is a rectangle that is composed of black vertical lines on a white background with various indecipherable numbers underneath. It looks pretty boring and so it has become very much invisible to the shoppers eye unless they need to pass it to the...
There is always something new in the barcode world. It seems that the aim of technology is to make things smaller and faster. In the retail industry fast checkouts are essential and over the last few years we have had some really cool innovations that have worked well and others we have have cursed....
Yes I’m talking conservation here. For a long time the traditional site of the black and white stripped barcodes have been a comforting and familiar sight on shop shelves and packaging. As a community we are all trying to find new ways to save energy, recycle, and enhance sustainability. Strangely enough if we use...
If you are looking for Barcode label printing software which is flexible, dynamic and cost effective for all industrial environments look no further than Bartender. We have been using BarTender barcode label printer software in our own in-house print shops for many years and it continues to get better and more effective as new...
If you are thinking of buying a printer you are not going to be stuck for choice. There is impact, laser, and ink jet as well as Thermal Transfer and Direct Thermal Transfer printer. Domestic users are more likely to be focusing their sights on the the first three above but for the industrial...
Barcodes are essential in the retail and manufacturing industries. A barcode not only provides a steam-lined and automated process for overseeing stock, in the modern world it will provide a fast and effective process at checkouts. So it was with interest I read this week how barcodes were now being used in the criminal...
QR codes traditionally, have become linked with the retail industry. A fast and easy way to make an informed purchase or access real information concerning stock availability in different sizes, colours and makes. So how can barcode labels and QR codes enhance the restaurant industry? Surely that is what waiters are for? A QR...
