Materials and thermal-transfer ribbons for bar-code labels in circuit-board applications resist high heat. 3M Thermal Transfer Polyimide Label Material 7812 offers ultrahigh temperature performance.

Bar codes are everywhere. They’re on cereal boxes, paint cans, and even lipsitck. If some researchers have their way, the microscopic equivalent of bar codes could infiltrate the molecular world just ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands of human drugs and biological products. The measure will help protect patients from ...

After years of being decked out in monochromatic stripes, the bar code is going color. The bar code has already undergone some changes. Though the standard, striped variety is still ubiquitous on ...

WorldLabel Holdings Inc. Peekskill, N.Y., one of the largest suppliers of blank labels for laser and inkjet printers in the world, announced today the start of a new division called Labels Ontime ...

Traceability, productivity, and compliance labeling requirements (such as GS-1) are driving the fresh food industry to use bar-code technology—at the dockside, in the field, at the production line, ...

When you're talking about data collection, two technologies come to mind: bar code scanning and RFID (radio frequency identification). The former has been a staple in data collection for more than 30 ...

The government is requiring that supermarket-style bar codes soon be placed on the labels of thousands of drugs to help ensure that hospitalized patients get the right dose of the right drug at the ...