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The Healthcare Industry’s New HIBC UDI Barcode

http://idautomation.blogspot.com/2012/06/usps-postnet-expiration-deadline-draws.html The FDA’s new Unique Device Identifier (UDI) system was established on September 24, 2013 in an effort to increase the safety of medical devices in the healthcare industry while also minimizing the costs of sharing the necessary data through a new, publically accessible Global Unique Device Identification Database (GUDID). This new system will allow…
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Updated for Mac: FileMaker 2D Barcode Font Encoder

August saw the release of IDAutomations’ highly-anticipated FileMaker Pro Plugin, a new font encoder tool that allows barcode generation from fonts in FileMaker. This powerful encoder is included in the Font and Encoder packages for Data Matrix and PDF417 and will soon be included in the font packages for QR Code as well. Initially updated…
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How to Secure Your Streaming Barcodes

by Nate Schubert Security is an important concern on the internet, not only for companies that have E-Commerce and web sites intended to engage and interact with users, but also for web surfers who seek out community or other valuable content online. If a website is not properly secured, then any data that is communicated…
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Are Barcodes Good for Business?

by Nate Schubert Business owners and other decision makers are constantly evaluating products and processes to determine whether they would be a good fit for their business. If a proposed new process or component can provide benefits to a business in terms of increases in production or efficiency or lower operational costs, then it is…
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Using Barcode Fonts on Internet Web Pages

by Nate Schubert Barcode fonts have long-since been the favorite of businesses throughout the world because their flexibility allows use across a wide variety of applications and environments. For example, all IDAutomation font packages include TrueType, Open Type, PCL and PostScript font formats. Additionally, these fonts may be used in conjunction with any of our…
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Integrating QR Codes into Oracle BI Publisher

Oracle BI Publisher is a powerful reporting tool that many businesses use to get fast, robust and efficient reporting on all kinds of business processes, revenue streams, inventory tracking projects, and more. Adding QR Codes to Publisher reports may seem difficult due to the complex nature of the environment, but Tim Dexter at Oracle Daily…
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How to Embed Barcode Fonts into Your Website

by Nate Schubert How Barcode Fonts Work on the Web Virtually everyone is familiar with how normal fonts work. Barcode fonts are largely the same but they require the data to be run through a font encoder tool before the font can be applied to create a barcode that will actually scan. IDAutomation provides many…
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2D Barcode Integration Tips for Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign is a powerful application that allows graphic designers, production artists, and others to create print media such as magazines, posters, brochures, and more in addition to publications intended for digital consumption. Given the business-centric nature of these uses, the integration of 2D barcodes for InDesign is likely to become a necessity for many…
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Barcode Scanners by IDAutomation

By Nate Schubert | Published on: May 8, 2013 IDAutomation offers a wide range of barcode scanners to meet the needs of virtually any environment or scenario including omnidirectional scanners, portable memory scanners, wireless scanners, and others from dependable manufacturers such as Motorola, Metrologic, Datalogic, and Opticon. These scanners make up our product base because they…
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Generating USPS Intelligent Mail Tracing Barcode Labels

by Nate Schubert The United States Postal Service recently made the transition from their legacy Confirm Service to IMb Tracing which allows mailers access outgoing and incoming reply mailpieces data such as date, time, location and sort operation at Postal Service facilities while the mail is en route to it’s destination. This program allows mailers…
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