Barcodes
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 [...]
2D Barcodes in Healthcare
It’s long been known that using barcodes in the healthcare industry has the potential to greatly improve patient safety. I’ve seen reports that claim numbers of 7000 – 100,000 people die and up to 1,000,000 are injured every year due to medical errors. I’m not here to validate or invalidate those numbers. It [...]
Handling spaces within a Code 3 of 9 font
I’ve got nearly 15 years experience working in a help desk environment for a company that manufactures barcode scanners and data collection equipment. However, in all the time I worked there I never ran into this problem. One of my readers had downloaded a free Code 3 of 9 font. He wanted [...]
Code 3 of 9 start and stop characters
This is one of those posts that I have to do. Kind of a community service. I saw this question come up so many times when I was working support for barcode scanners. The question was always “I’m printing code 3 of 9 barcodes in my document using a code 3 of [...]
