This Blog was created to help people solve bar code and data collection applications with Microscan bar code readers and vision systems.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Microscan I-PAK Verifies Pharma Labels

The Microscan I-PAK can read and verify label data for print quality and accuracy before it goes on the product.

This system takes a picture of the label and compares it to what the label is supposed to look like, as well as checking for relationships between the printed text, preprinted label, and the bar code.

Reject labels are detected before they're on the product.

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Microscan Mobile Hawk with Maxlite


A cool feature with the New Mobile Hawk hand held DPM reader from Microscan is that it can tell you which light setting you used to decode the bar code.
Just hover over the code and a window will pop up as shown in the image at the left. You can store multiple light settings to read your code but the fastest way is to know the 1 setting you need.
The reader has read every code I've put in front of it so far. I've found it to be much lighter than the Dataman 7500 and it doesn't require a power supply to run on USB.

Friday, December 04, 2009

QX 870 Reads GS1 Databar Expanded

The Microscan QX 870 being a sweeping raster scanner has the ability to read new codes like the one below. This particular code is a GS1 databar expanded with 6 segments. These segments include the GTIN or UPC, Weight, expiration date, and serial #. This code will make traceablity much easier on recalls in the food packaging industry.

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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Automated High Speed Bar Code Verification Solution

Automated High Speed Bar Code Verification
This Inline automated verification solution allows you to 100% grade your bar codes in a very high speed environment to the ANSI ISO 15416 standard using the Microscan Hawkeye Verifier, a customized Nerlite pharma strobe light, and our interface software.
We're able to grade codes at speeds of 3'/sec + with product spacing on less than 1".
Our software captures all the verification results from the 10 scans per code and stores them in a database for reporting and record keeping.
We use Discrete I/O to indicate the grades on an LED stack light and can stop the line if desired before more bad bar codes can be printed.
This solution helps businesses increase profits by improving bar code print quality, reducing scrap from bad bar codes, and reducing down time while providing the end user with proof of 100% bar code inspection/grading
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