After a long wait, the FDA announced the proposed UDI rule today helpful resources. In 165 pages, it actually says very little. Basically, manufacturers have to assign an identifying number to a medical device model and put this number on…
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QR Code Specification to Undergo Minor Revision
At the last international standards organization work group meeting that I attended in Kyoto (ISO/IEC JTC1/SC31/WG1) one of the topics we discussed was a revision to QR Code that will be proposed. It will be a minor revision, not a…
White Paper: QR Code Grading Parameters
A White Paper which gives technical detail on QR Code Grading Parameters is now available on our website at: QR Code Grading Parameters
White Paper: QR Code Primer
A QR Code Primer for people who are familiar with printing UPC Codes is now available on our website at: <a href="http://www check out this site.webscaninc.com/qr-code-introduction/”>QR Code Introduction for UPC Printers
Dot Versions of Matrix Codes
Why Dot Symbols do not pass ISO/IEC 15415 and what can be done about it The process of grading a 2D matrix symbol according to ISO/IEC 15415 begins with the process of decoding it according to the symbology specification (reference…
QR Code Printing Advice
<img class="size-full wp-image-2709 " title="QR Code with URL in lower case" src="http://www.webscaninc purchase cialis online.com/webscan/wp-content/uploads/weburllow.gif” alt=”QR Code with URL in lower case” width=”241″ height=”241″ /> First let me reiterate my earlier advice to print QR Codes with an X dimension…
i QR — u QR?
I’ve heard that Denso is proposing a new name for QR Code, iQR. The question is, what is iQR? At the last SC31/WG1 meeting, the Japanese delegation introduced some proposed enhancement to QR Code (ISO/IEC 18004) which would define some…
Update on Cell Phone Bar Codes
In my post on QR Code s for cell phones I indicated (although I did not discuss too much) that there are three separate but related issues within the whole cell phone bar code arena: 1) Displaying bar codes on…
QR Code Symbols for Cell Phones
There seems to be much interest of late in bar codes that are intended to be scanned on cell phones. First of all there is an ISO document in the works to address these issues and that will be the “final word” on this topic and finally provide a single point of reference for cell phone designers and printers of advertisements. However, this particular article will focus only on guidance for printing QR symbols (generally in advertisements) so they can be read by cell phones.
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