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Bar Code Verifiers

When a printer leaves our pre-delivery check, the printing system has been mechanically optimized. However what thermal ribbon, label media, print head temperature and print speed is selected by the user, or the host software, can cause the printer to print poor or unreadable barcodes. If you are printing barcodes, it is a sensible procedure to check their quality, and adjust the variables in the printer or the PC, to ensure that they are being printed at the best possible quality, on the current ribbon and labels in use. Incorrect settings of the print speed and print head temperature, can cause unreadable barcodes to be produced. An unnecessarily high print head temperature, will also shorten the print heads life. Unfortunately, with the variations in media available, it is impossible to state any optimum settings.

A normal barcode scanner may be able to read the printed barcodes, but this does not guarantee that any other barcode scanner will also be able to read the same code. Also it will not help you optimize the printer settings to produce the best and easiest to read barcodes, surely the main reason for printing them! Honeywell barcode verifiers will quickly show you the quality of the barcodes, and allow you to adjust the printer variables so that you are producing the best barcode possible.

Barcode Verifier Systems

Quick Check PC 600 Quick Check 890
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Please Note: The QC PC600 and QC 890 are used by GS1 New Zealand to carry out ALL verifications of user supplied barcodes. Why would you choose to select a different brand or model, from the one the experts use?

Honeywell Quick Check PC600

At present, the QC PC600 is the industry standard for barcode verifiers, it is used by 98% of manufacturers, and label companies in New Zealand. It provides a full verification to GS1 Standards, and at the end of the verification scans, can provide either a printed report or allow the data to be saved.

Note: The QC PC600 is not able to read the GS1 Databar barcode, to be introduced on 1 Jan 2014.



Brief Description
Symbologies Verified: EAN/GS1 (8, 13, 14 & 128), Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 128, Telepen
Input Devices Supported: Mouse Readers - 6,10 and 20 mils
Pen Wands - 5, 6 and 10 mils
PC Interface Options: Serial (RS232) ONLY
PC Requirements:

  • Windows 98, 2000 or Windows XP
  • 486 Processor or better
  • 3 Mb HDD space
  • Serial Port COM 1-4 ONLY
  • Microsoft Mouse

QC PC 600 Data Sheet

QC PC 600 Users Guide

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Honeywell Quick Check 890

The new QC 890 is rapidly becoming the new industry standard. It also can provide full verification reort to GS1 standards. With the QC 890, the user no-longer has to move a mouse across the bar code for most symbologies, they only have to place the QC 890 on the barcode, and press the button on either the scanning hardware or the PC.
Software is also provided to connect the QC 890 to any Mobile Device (iPaq, Dell, Dolphin PDA etc) running WM2003 or WM5, via Bluetooth. Thus providing a truly mobile solution, with all the functionality of the PC software. The QC 890 can also read the GS1 DataBar code, to be introduced on 1 Jan 2010.

Brief Description
Symbologies Verified: EAN/GS1 (8, 13, 14, 128 & Databar), Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Regular 2 of 5, IATA 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 128, Telepen
Input Devices Supported: QC 890 emulates - 3, 5, 6 & 10 mil : Can connect externally all Mice/Wands used by QC PC600.
PC Interface Options: Serial (RS232), Bluetooth & USB
PC Requirements

  • Windows 2000, XP or Vista
  • 500 MHz Processor or better
  • 5 Mb HDD space
  • 128 Mb RAM or better
  • .NET Framework
  • Serial Port - Virtual or Real, USB Port or Bluetooth
  • Microsoft Mouse

QC 890 Data Sheet

QC 890 Users Guide

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