by Barry Barcode Hello, are you mystified by the UPC on your sales product? Has a customer ever asked you, ‘hey do you know why these numbers are here,’ and you’ve had to make an educated guess, or ask someone else? Fear not, my grocery store or retail friend, I’m

By Timmy Thermal Something is weird with your Zebra Technologies thermal printer, but you’re not sure what it is. Should you call in for printer repair or not? Well it depends. Do you have any of these symptoms? faded, light print outs some of the printout is cut off white

By Timmy Thermal I’m Timmy Thermal, and today I’m talking about some basic Zebra printer maintenance during ribbon change to increase the quality of print and life for your thermal transfer printer. Here are the things you’ll need. A new ribbon, a printhead cleaning pad/film, an alcohol based cleansing wipe,

Grocery Store Self Checkout by Barry Barcode   Oh boy, you’ll never believe what I did this weekend? I went on a date, with myself! Yes, I finally got a day off and I spent it doing some very fun activities… I played video games all day, but I also

Six types of barcodes and what they read by Barry Barcode If you’ve seen our blog post about testing your barcode scanners, which allows you to actually test your scanner directly onto our blog, right? Your company may only use a certain kind of barcode, but maybe you’re curious about

Coupons, barcodes, and the way to end FRAUD! by Barry Barcode What if I were to tell you barcodes alone could end some types of fraud? There is a subculture in amhttps://midcomdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/motorola-mt2000-series-1.jpga where consumers collect massive amounts of coupons and then spend a fraction of the price on up to

What questions should you ask when buying a printer service contract? by Peter Printer Are you in the market for a printer service contract plan? If your printer is uninsured by any plan presently you might just be looking for one. Here are the 7 questions I would ask myself

Reduce downtime with our “Barcode Scanner Repair Shipping Box”. by Barry Barcode Do you have a barcode scanner graveyard? In the scanner industry, the term “technology graveyard” refers to the place where all of your broken electronics sit, and often stay collecting dust for some time before they are serviced,

When would I need a small or large custom label? by Timmy Thermal All custom labels are created equally, but not all custom labels are designed the same. Custom labels can be made to fit your company’s unique needs and one thing that you may have not considered yet is

Why have a repair or replace contract? by Peter Printer Wouldn’t you be furious if you signed up for an expensive printer service plan with the other guys and when your printer broke down you called them up and they said to you, “Hey, it doesn’t matter, we won’t cover