The modern office has been completely transformed by mobile tablets, which provide a host of advantages that improve flexibility, productivity, and connectivity. First, tablets enable workers to work productively from any location by giving them immediate access to essential data and apps. Tablets are also perfect for on-the-go duties because of their portability and versatility. When it comes to a rugged mobile tablet particularly suited for enterprise business field work, or for industries like construction and manufacturing, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 Tablet excels in productivity and performance.

Built to Thrive in Any Environment

If you’re looking for the best mobile tablet for frontline field workers, the Galaxy Tab Active5 is ready to go to work for your crew. The elements and hazards in fast-paced work settings can be extreme, but with an IP68 rating, this Android tablet is both dustproof and water-resistant, and stands up against extreme heat and cold temperatures. Meeting MIL-STD-810H standards means it can handle drops, bumps, and vibrations, giving you peace of mind in even the toughest conditions.

Enterprise Performance for Seamless Workflow

The easy-to-configure, multi-device management capabilities of the Galaxy Tab Active5 make it a leader in enterprise mobility computing. Equipped with a robust octa-core processor and 6GB of RAM, the Galaxy Tab Active5 effortlessly handles demanding tasks and heavy files. Multitasking becomes effortless, enabling you to switch between applications with ease and stay ahead of your workload.

Superior Battery Management for Uninterrupted Work

Running out of battery mid-task is a frustrating inconvenience and a productivity-killer. Trust the Galaxy Tab Active5 for an impressive 16 hours of uptime on a single charge. Have no time for charging between shifts? A replaceable battery ensures continuous productivity – simply swap in a fresh battery and keep going. Tech tip: switch to No Battery Mode to save some juice when the device is connected to a dedicated power source.

Glove-Friendly Touchscreen for Enhanced Productivity

No more struggling with touchscreen devices while wearing gloves. The Galaxy Tab Active5 features a responsive touchscreen that detects touch even with gloves on, ensuring productivity in any condition – whether you’re on a construction site or a chilly warehouse floor.

Advanced Connectivity, Security and Storage Options

Beyond durability and performance, the Galaxy Tab Active5 prioritizes connectivity, security, and storage. With optional 5G connectivity, the Galaxy Tab Active5 keeps you connected and in sync with your team, even in remote locations.

Samsung Knox Platform Security safeguards your data, while expandable storage options ensure you have ample space for all your critical files and applications.

Jack of All Trades: Industry Applications

Whether in a truck, on a construction site, or in a bustling retail POS environment, the versatile Tab Active5 Galaxy Samsung tablet comes in strong and remains dependable. Suited for any professional or industrial environment, the most popular uses for rugged mobile tablets include:

• Warehouses
• Manufacturing factories
• Construction sites
• Law enforcement
• Retail POS
• Healthcare
• Truck drivers
• General field work

Start Working on the Go

For any field worker on the move, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 tablet is the ultimate companion. Built to withstand the rigors of daily work and keep you productive wherever you go, it’s time to elevate your business game with the Galaxy Tab Active5. If you’re interested in exploring the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active5 further, or if you have any questions about mobile computer tablets, feel free to contact Barcodes Inc. Our team is here to help you find the perfect enterprise mobility solution for your business.

Efficiency is imperative to every shipping operation, and the Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g/1472g is the key to unlocking a new era of productivity. Say goodbye to slow and error-prone scanning tasks and say hello to a streamlined shipping process like never before.

Dive into this blog to uncover the game-changing capability of the Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g/1472g and take the first step towards seamless shipping operations. 

Voyager XP 1470g/1472g Key Features and Benefits 

The Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g/1472g will change your shipping game. With rapid scanning, versatile barcode reading, robust durability, and “Android Enterprise Recommended” status, it will streamline your shipping operations and meet the highest industry standards. 

Ultra-Fast, Highly Accurate Scanning: The Voyager XP 1470g/1472g boasts lightning-fast scanning capabilities that are even able to read damaged and poor-quality barcodes. With an extended scan distance, you don’t have to use your tiptoes for that box at the top of the shelf or reach over into the bottom of the barrel.

Wireless freedom: With a longer Bluetooth range compared to competitive devices, this enables greater operational flexibility across the warehouse. 

Highly Versatile: This device excels in reading a variety of barcode types, including 1D, 2D, and even damaged or poorly printed barcodes. You won’t be slowed down by barcode type limitations any longer.

Rugged and Durable: The Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g/1472g is designed to withstand the rigors of shipping environments. This scanner can handle drops, spills, and rough handling, ensuring a long lifespan and minimal downtime. The Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g/1472g is a robust and resilient tool designed to thrive in the demanding world of shipping operations. This scanner can endure repeated 6-foot drops onto concrete, it is dust-tight for dusty environments, and has an IP65 rating for waterjet protection.

Seamless Integration: Additionally, it’s Android Enterprise Recommended, meeting Google’s high standards for enterprise hardware, software, and support, guaranteeing its seamless integration into your shipping processes. 

For a detailed list of capabilities, download the Voyager 1470g/1472g spec sheet. 

See the Voyager XP in Action

Embrace a new era of efficiency in your shipping operations with the Honeywell Voyager XP 1470g/1472g. From barcode scanning to inventory management, this versatile scanner is your key to smoother workflows. 

Contact us today to see how the Voyager XP 1470g/1472g can transform the way you work. 

A Honeywell survey stated that on average companies lose over $400,000 every year in picking errors. In order to combat these errors and help improve accuracy and efficiency companies are looking more towards wearable technology.

Select warehouses and distribution centers are the perfect example to look at as they are seeing wearable mobile computers revolutionize the industry. Providing increased flexibility, operational improvement, improved productivity, and significant cost savings. With wearable computers users will be free from the constraints of using one hand to carry a scanner or mobile computer; instead users will have the flexibility to work hands-free while still accessing the data they need to complete the tasks at hand. A hands-free user will be able to accelerate picking, packing, and shipping operations.

Honeywell’s rugged Dolphin 75e Wearable has a large display with flexible touchscreen keypads. The accessories provide increased comfort and improved hygiene over conventional wearables. Combine it with the 8620 Ring scanner to get a truly hands-free experience that is guaranteed to help improve productivity in the workplace. With these lightweight and compact computers, users will have a wide range of motion. This allows users to complete tasks in less time without losing the valuable accuracy that is needed.

Dolphin 75e Wearable Features:

• Multi OS: Flexible support and migration of Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld or Android 4.4 KitKat, seamlessly upgrade later as business needs grow to Windows 10 or Android 5.0L
• 4.3 in large clear display with capacitive touchscreen provides outstanding readability and plenty of space for data and keypads.
• Increase productivity and throughput with an ergonomic ring scanner based on an industry-grade imager that provides high-performance scanning of linear and 2D barcodes.
• The watchband style armband improves comfort and eliminates hygiene concerns.
• The rubber watchband straps are comfortable, reduce sliding or rotating on the arm and don’t absorb perspiration.

Feel free to contact our dedicated account managers for any questions or a quote on your mobile computing needs.

Labels are a crucial element in any application barcodes are used that can easily be overlooked.  Thermal printing isn’t rocket science but having the right high quality label for your specific needs can be the key to success and profitability.

Not all thermal labels are created equal. Zebra has been a label printing leader for decades now. Using their supplies means you have access to a large selection of quality, pre-tested, supplies manufactured by a thermal industry expert, reducing your risks.

Zebra has intimate knowledge of thermal printers and understands the importance of using quality materials and processes. With one of the largest selections of thoroughly tested label materials to choose from you cab rest assured with any Zebra label you may need. Continue reading »

Barcodes, Inc. was talking to a customer about the Honeywell Xenon 1900’s blistering scanning speed.  We hooked up the scanner and put it in its stand which automatically puts the scanner in presentation mode (scanner scans without a trigger pull).  The customer did what customers do all the time – started passing the same barcode underneath the scanner over and over.  He was not impressed.  The scanner seemed sluggish.

Here is why – Honeywell programs its scanners to pause for 750 ms (this is the default) before the scanner can reread the same barcode.  750 ms – if my math is correct – is ¾ of a second.  This protects against accidental rereads of the same barcode.  It can also be used to keep the scanner from reading codes to fast into an application.

Barcodes, Inc. explained this to the customer and told them to turn off Reread Delay if they really wanted to see the scanner fly.  We explained that the best way to test scanning speed is to put the scanner into a real life environment or scan different barcodes vs the same one over and over.

In the user guides are barcodes that set the reread delay to 500 ms, 750 ms, 1,000 ms and 2,000 ms.  There is even a barcode that allows the user to set their own time.

So why is understanding this so important? It allows your scanner to optimize its scanning speed.

Seagull Scientific’s BarTender design software has been the leading application to create any kind of barcode or RFID label and ID cards for customers due to it’s comprehensive feature set and ease of use. One of the key benefits of BarTender is the various available editions it comes in.

BarTender’s four editions enable you to easily upgrade your system as your business grows, without the extra cost and complexity of buying add-on products.

Basic Edition
Designed for individuals and small departments, the Basic Edition lets you start designing and printing barcode labels and cards in just minutes thanks to its intuitive design tools and helpful wizards.

• Design and print labels, cards, mag stripe cards and more
• Optimize print speed to any printer or marking device
• Design data-entry forms that provide data validation and accept print-time input from the keyboard or a barcode scanner
• Licensed per PC

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Adaptability is a necessity in healthcare. Every clinician has a wide variety of daily tasks and responsibilities to ensure quality patient care. As such, data collection tools need to be just as adaptable as their users. With the Xenon 1902h, such adaptability is not only possible, it is also easy to implement and change to support varied clinician workflows.

A typical standard scanner provides a loud, audible “beep” to indicate a “good read.” While this kind of operator feedback is widely understood, it can be highly disruptive in certain environments; say, during night time operations in an inpatient recovery ward. In these environments, maintaining patient comfort while keeping clinicians productive can be a challenge. That is why our Enhanced Xenon 1902h includes a quick-toggle mode we call Patient Do-Not-Disturb. In this mode, audible feedback is disabled and replaced by additional visual display options that provide positive status indication to the clinician—without disturbing resting patients. Select from multiple silent status indication options, including pulsing of the scanning aimer/imager and/or activation of the back-mounted status LEDs.

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When choosing the right 2D imager you ultimately need a device that meets the demands of your specific application while being easy to use out of the box.

Historically, the DS4208 was one of the most popular imagers from Motorola/Zebra which has been discontinued and replaced with the even more capable Symbol DS4308. The chart below is a quick comparison of the new features and capabilities found in the newer DS4308.

If you’re looking for a new 2D imager, the DS4308 is a scanner that will easily improve the efficiency and speed of any scanning application.

	DS4208	DS4308
Market Positioning	Introductory: 1D/2D Imager for paper/ mobile bar codes	2nd Generation: 1D/2D Imager with PRZM technology which enhances decode performance and snappiness, dramatically improving the user experience
Market Advantage	Good all around 1D/2D bar code scanner for most applications DS4208-SR working range out to 15.2”/38.6cm on 100% UPC (SR) DS4308-HD working range out to 7.6”/19.3cm • Sensor Resolution 752 x 480 Beep and LED feedback on good decode IP43	Reads virtually any bar code in any condition; optimized for poor quality barcodes DS4308-SR has the largest “sweet spot” in its class with a working range out to 28”/71.1cm on 100% UPC (DS4308-SR) eliminating the need to purchase both standard and extended range scanners DS4308-HD working range out to 16.5 inches (41.9 cm) eliminating the need to purchase both standard and high density scanners 1 Megapixel Sensor Resolution (1280 x 800) Ability to Enable All Code Types USB Buffering of Output Data Beep, LED and optional Illumination feedback on good decode Megapixel engine supports image capture, signature capture and OCR Auto host detect cables Support for over 90 keyboards Integrated Presentation Stand (P) option Checkpoint EAS option IP42
DEFAULT SETTINGS
Quick Keypad Emulation	Disabled	Enabled
Unique Barcode Reporting in Continuous Barcode Mode	Disabled	Enabled
Emulate Numeric Keypad	Disabled	Enabled
Length for Code 39	2 to 55	1 to 55
Code 93	Disabled	Enabled
Length for Code 93	4 to 55	1 to 55
Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF)	Disabled	Enabled
Lengths for I 2 of 5	Fixed Length = 14	6 to 55
Length for D 2 of 5	Fixed Length = 12	Any Length (1 to 55)
Codabar	Disabled	Enabled
Lengths for Codabar	5 to 55	4 to 55
Matrix 2 of 5 Lengths	Fixed Length = 14	4 to 55
GS1 DataBar Limited	Disabled	Enabled
USB Fast HID	Disabled	Enabled
USB Polling Interval	8ms	3ms
Different Symbol Time-out	200ms	100ms

Document scanning and processing has historically been a task for traditional flat-bed style scanners to capture a basic image of the document. While these devices were once the only real option, they were limited by their slower speeds and moving parts that require regular maintenance.

Today we have options beyond the standard flat-bed scanner with faster, more capable full 2D imagers like Honeywell’s 4850dr. With no moving parts, the 4850dr can take full imagers of 8.5″ x 11″ or A4 documents on any color paper. On top of this, the 4850dr can also decode any linear, stacked, and 2D codes. on the documents for easier processing.

The 4850dr comes with  an integrated suite of easy-to-use image enhancement tools can be used to sharpen text, improve contrast, reorient or magnify the image. In addition, built-in auto-cropping and an array of file configuration options and compression functions ensure optimum image quality and file size for your application requirements.

Streamline your recordkeeping and document management process with the accurate, full-featured 4850dr Document Imager.

With the widespread use of consumer grade smartphones and tablets, many business have been looking to these types of devices for a variety of applications. While consumer grade devices may be viable solutions in limited environments like Point of Sale, most enterprise applications will find that for the same costs a dedicated ruggedized mobile device will greatly reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and improve your ROI.

For more in depth comparison of consumer based devices vs dedicated mobile devices see this previous post as well – How Durable Handheld Computers are Better Suited to the Mobile Workplace than Consumer-grade Smartphones