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<blockquote data-quote="BigBrownSanta" data-source="post: 246701" data-attributes="member: 11097"><p>The FindBC "fix" is a neat gimmick, but it only half-solves the problem.</p><p> </p><p>From my understanding of barcodes, the laser reads the width of each line in the barcode and/or the distance between the lines and then translates that width into a number. If part of the line in the barcode is missing, then the diad cannot translate the barcode into a number.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the time, the barcodes that won't scan are due to the printers the shippers use to print the labels. If a speck of dirt gets into the printer, then the printer will print the labels with part of the barcode lines missing. </p><p> </p><p>If ups really wants to solve the unscannable barcode problem, then the next version of the world ship software needs to have an update for the shipper's printer that prints a second barcode vertically along the left or right side of the shipping label.</p><p> </p><p>For example:</p><p> </p><p>From: John Doe</p><p>1111 1st Street</p><p>Somewhere, UT. 00000</p><p> </p><p>_</p><p>=</p><p>= <---<strong><span style="color: blue">new barcode</span></strong></p><p>_</p><p>_</p><p>_</p><p>=</p><p>=</p><p>_</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">To: Jane Doe</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">2222 2nd Street</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Elsewhere, TX. 99999</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I II II I I I II II I <--current barcode</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">1Z XXX XXX XX XXXX XXXX</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigBrownSanta, post: 246701, member: 11097"] The FindBC "fix" is a neat gimmick, but it only half-solves the problem. From my understanding of barcodes, the laser reads the width of each line in the barcode and/or the distance between the lines and then translates that width into a number. If part of the line in the barcode is missing, then the diad cannot translate the barcode into a number. Most of the time, the barcodes that won't scan are due to the printers the shippers use to print the labels. If a speck of dirt gets into the printer, then the printer will print the labels with part of the barcode lines missing. If ups really wants to solve the unscannable barcode problem, then the next version of the world ship software needs to have an update for the shipper's printer that prints a second barcode vertically along the left or right side of the shipping label. For example: From: John Doe 1111 1st Street Somewhere, UT. 00000 _ = = <---[B][COLOR=blue]new barcode[/COLOR][/B] _ _ _ = = _ [INDENT]To: Jane Doe[/INDENT][INDENT]2222 2nd Street[/INDENT][INDENT]Elsewhere, TX. 99999[/INDENT][INDENT][FONT=Arial]I II II I I I II II I <--current barcode[/FONT][/INDENT][FONT=Arial]1Z XXX XXX XX XXXX XXXX[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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