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Butterfly Labels with Zebra LP2824

We are using a Zebra LP2824 label printer, with the butterfly labels. We are scanning the labels with a Symbol LS2208 barcode scanner. the label size is

2.36inches wide and 0.50inches tall.

the problems we are encountering is with the longer itemlookupcodes, when the itemlookupcodes get to be a larger size, store operations shrinks the barcode that is printed onto the labels, these shrinked barcodes will not scan with the LS2208 scanner. If we enlarge the space for the barcode to print onto the butterfly, the label ends up printing accross the whole butterfly, but then you cant wrap the butterfly label around jewelry because it will bend the barcode, making it unscannable.

does anyone have any ideas? or possibly suggestions on other butterfly label types?, or even a different scanner that we know will scan the shrunken barcodes.

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Andy Miller - T
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Andy,

What barcode format are you using and how are you designing your labels, through RMS' Label Designer or modifying the label format directly using Zebra's E/ZPL language.

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Jeff

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Andy Miller - T

What i have found out so far is, the LS2208 scanner cannot scan barcodes smaller than 5mil. I am still unaware how you determine if the barcode is smaller than 5mil, is this the whole barcode from side to side? to be able to scan barcodes smaller than 5mil, you would need to purchase a barcode scanner that is capable of doing such. If anyone knows more about this than I do (which isnt much) could you fill me in with some more info?

To resp> Hi Andy: We are also running into same problem with 1.25 x1" labels. How are

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Andy Miller - T

Andy,

I'm pretty sure that 5 mils info is about the spacing between lines of the barcode, not the label size. Have you contacted Symbol and/or Zebra for more info?

Google returned;

mil [1] a unit of distance equal to 0.001 inch: a "milli-inch," in other words. Mils are used, primarily in the U.S., to express small distances and tolerances in engineering work. One mil is exactly 25.4 microns, just as one inch is exactly 25.4 millimeters. In Britain this unit is usually called the thou.

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Jeff

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