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John Longino - 8 July, 1999

Re: Barcodes on insect specimens

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:21:33 -0800
To: pick@pick.uga.edu (John Pickering)
From: "John T. Longino" <longinoj@evergreen.edu>
Subject: Re: Barcodes on insect specimens

Pick,

Thanks for the info on code49. I'll be curious about what you find on
Monday. From your description, it still doesn't sound too good for
Code49. People are not going to be too keen on staying wed to a
particular company like Intermec, and having to buy specialized
printers and scanners. It sounds like there may be workarounds for
reading our existing labels, but if we can make code128 work, that
may be a better symbology for the long-run. Code49 labels are still
somewhat tricky to read. I was amazed at how fast and easily the
code128 label read.

Jack
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longinoj@evergreen.edu
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