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Thursday, November 17, 2005

How to use the Microscan 880 as an area scanner


Area scanners are very expensive and are diffucult to maintain and setup.

The Microscan MS880 is such a versatile scanner and can read 5 mil linear bar codes from as far as 20" away.

Use the database and calibrate on the label farthest from the scanner and load the settings into the database. Move the laser to the next bar code and calibrate and add to the database if necessary.

Use the laser framing feature to set the width of the laser and the raster pattern for each bar code. Record the settings.

Use a VB app to send the serial commands to the MS880 to read each bar code.

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