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5/20/2009 11:59:59 PM EDT
Without getting into too much detail...

I have to use a hand-held barcode scanner in very sunny conditions.  I'm scanning a card the size of a credit card.  It's mobile so I can't be under a shade structure most of the time.

It really sucks when it takes you a minute to scan a barcode which should only take one second.  Most of the time I have to turn my back the sun and try to create a shadow on the card to scan it.

Ideally there would be some kind of sleeve on the scanner that would cast a shadow over the card but I haven't been able to find an accessory.  I'm open to buying new scanners, buying something to fit over the scanner, or rigging something up.
5/21/2009 12:10:58 AM EDT
[#1]
Is it an LED scanner? The laser ones seem to work much better.
5/25/2009 2:27:58 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
Is it an LED scanner? The laser ones seem to work much better.


Yeah it's a single line LED scanner...bar looks like this:
___________________________________________

We have ones in another area that throw out a pattern like this:
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX