phil@and.cs.liv.ac.uk (Phil Jimmieson) (11/14/90)
I'm posting the following message for a friend who's looking for info. He doesn't have access to Usenet news, so if you can help, mail to me here, and I'll pass the replies on to him, and summarize here if there's enough interest. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Background. We are looking into using barcode readers in our production control system. We currently print out production control dockets on some high volume dot matrix printers which we do not wish to change at this point. The problem we have is that when we produce barcodes on the docket with our current printer the quality is not of a high enough standard to be read by your average cheap barcode wand. Current. We have managed to borrow a few assorted readers and have found that a CCD (Charged Couple Device) reader is by far the most reliable method of reading our inferior barcodes. The CCD reader we have on loan is a Barcode Scanplus. (possibly manufactured by Barcode Industries of France, although markings on the inside of the case suggest that may also be refered to as a reflexion plus?) Problem. The supplier that we borrowed the reader from, however, is unwilling to simply supply us with the CCD reader. They will only sell us the reader in conjunction with one of their wedge readers. This will require us to have a terminal with every barcode station which we feel is uneccessary and expensive. What we would like is information on equivalent or superior CCD readers (at a competitive price) and the name of a supplier who will be wishing to sell us some. Martin. -------end of forwarded message-------------------------- Please reply to the following address. If you use a Bar Code reader on your mac/pc (!)/what-have-you what sort is it? Thanks Phil Jimmieson, *************************************************** Computer Science Dept., * JANET : phil@uk.ac.liv.cs.and * Liverpool University, * INTERNET : phil@and.cs.liv.ac.uk * PO Box 147 *************************************************** Liverpool L69 3BX "This message contains wit, sophistication, class, (UK) 051-794-3689 style, and 3 other words I don't understand as well..."