Product Focus: QuickBooks Software

At L-TronDirect.com, we have started our spring cleaning process. We want to try and actually be done with all of our cleaning before the weather gets very nice and we are stuck inside. Have you started your spring cleaning? As you dust your shelves, empty out old filing cabinets, and wipe off computer screens, don’t…

Product Focus: Motorola Barcode Scanner

Every so often we like to highlight a product that we feel would be especially useful to you.  This week’s product focus is the Motorola Symbol LS2208. This Motorola barcode scanner has been designed for optimal performance, with a professional quality in terms of durability.  The Motorola scanner is made of lightweight, yet durable plastic…

Zebra Thermal Receipt Printers

If you have to print a lot of Universal Product Code (UPC) labels or receipts, you may want to consider using a Zebra thermal receipt printer. A Zebra thermal receipt printer is a unique tool that makes printing easy and more secure. A Zebra thermal receipt printer will actually use heat to get the barcode…

Libraries Can Use Barcodes Too

Barcodes aren’t just for manufacturing and retail applications. Libraries and training centers can also benefit from the use of barcodes in order to replace costly and cumbersome paper checkout methods. Remember the days of having to stamp library cards and take books out using all paper tracking? Now that’s about to change. Barcode technologies and…

RFID Tags: Replacing Barcodes?

RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags are commonly found in things like the EZPass and other forms of public transit technology. However, these tags can be expensive to make and could never compete with the cost-effectiveness of barcodes until now. According to a recent story run in MIT’s Technology Review, researchers in South Korea have printed…

Barcodes and Blockbusters?

It’s true – mobile barcode scanning has been taken to the next level by move ticketer Fandango as it has just released a new program that will allow for users in eight specified cities to have their pre-purchased ticket sent directly to their mobile phone through a 2D barcode. According to Rick Butler, chief operating…

Medical Barcoding

Barcodes are extremely important. In almost any aspect of your life, you will find that a barcode is somehow playing a part. Barcodes allow for items and files to be easily identified and inventoried. Barcodes can be found in warehouses, libraries, stores, manufacturing plants, etc. But one industry that a lot of people don’t realize…

More Non-Rugged Scanners on The Horizon

Did you know that your average smartphone may soon be possible of processing shipping and receiving orders? Al Crawford, vice president of technology at CipherLab, recently commented that computerization of devices like cell phones and smartphones will change the mobile barcode scanning industry as many people choose to go for less rugged options to get…

Target to Use Barcodes in Reward Programs

According to a recent announcement from the massive retailer Target, the company is looking to take the next step towards using barcodes in retail by creating a customer loyalty rewards program that brings together mobile barcode scanners and So how does it work? Well, first of all, you can now update your Target GiftCard via…

Light Up the Night: Illuminated Keyboards

Are you a writer who prefers to create at night or in the early hours of the morning? Are you a computer video gamer who likes to play with the lights off? Are you a reporter on assignment and the only time you actually have to finish your article is at night? Having a hard…