Customer-facing mobile applications and mobile bar codes have been growing in interest and the ability to send bar codes to a user’s smartphone enables applications such as mobile ticketing, mobile coupons and mobile loyalty programs. But there are many different challenges associated with managing bar code information on a smartphone’s LCD screen compared with printed bar codes. In order to ensure that mobile bar codes are readable on a variety of displays you must have a detailed understanding of:
- Bar code specifications
- Display characteristics
- Bar code reader limitations
- Effects of screen rendering software
- Bar code choices
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