Bar code scanners - features, advantages and disadvantages of various types of equipment

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If you want to buy a scanner, don't rush. Today's manufacturers offer so wide a range, to find a suitable model can be difficult. Go to the website https://www.pioner.kz/catalog/skanery_shtrikhkodov/ and you'll see for yourself the variety of options.



Features multiplanar models
Stationary equipment, which can be seen at the offices of the major supermarkets. The cashier carries the product through the scanning area, holding it in any position. The rays of the scanner reads the bar code.
Advantages:

• Excellent speed of operation.

Weaknesses:

• Impressive dimensions;
• High cost.

In addition, if the bundle of goods is not one, but several codes to consider the necessary numbers is not easy.



Information about laser options
The most versatile and popular equipment, fast reading even, low-contrast, curved and other "complex" bar codes. Just say that the scanner system is so complex that the technique has high sensitivity to mechanical damage.

Advantages:

• The ability to make precise pointing a thin beam on the desired bar code among several;
• Ease of use and efficiency actions;
• Able to read complicated codes.

Weaknesses:

• Compared to Omni "competitors" are slower;
• Susceptibility to external shocks, particularly to shocks.

Recommended for use in outlets with medium traffic flow and do not sell alcoholic drinks.

Photo or contact scanners
Despite the most affordable cost, these scanners are reliable. Fragile components in their system are simply not available, so even dropping equipment on the floor, much harm you it will not cause.

Advantages:

• The minimum price;
• Durability;
• The possibility of use at different temperatures.

Cons:

• Difficult to recognize complex bar codes;
• Read the numbers only after they bring directly to the surface of the product;
• "Slowness";
• A narrow range of settings and the ability to work not with all programs.

As a rule, photo scanners are used for product selection from a pre-printed catalogue.