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UPC Product Code Lookup
I’ve been contacted by many people with the same question many times over the past few months. That question is “I have a barcode for an item, where can I look up a description of what that item is?”.
Well – in order to head any further emails on the subject I give [...]
Special post for London Claire
Toying with barcodes – or hacking systems that use barcodes.
As I was browsing the web today for an online barcode generator I came across this video titled “Toying with barcodes”. The video starts out pretty mundane. Just a basic overview of barcodes and barcode scanner types. It then morphs into a discussion about how people have hacked into various systems that [...]
Motorola 9808 – First Hybrid Laser and Imager Barcode Scanner
Motorola (formerly Symbol Technologies) has released their latest barcode scanner, the 9808. Why is this an important announcement? It’s the first barcode scanner that has both a laser engine and an area imager.
The laser engine is available as either an SR (standard range) or LR (long range) laser engine. The only difference [...]
