Barcodes—that little pattern of lines and spaces—first burst onto the American scene in 1974, on a pack of Wrigley Spearmint gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. By 1990 barcodes had become so important, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) published a specification for printed barcode quality. Continue reading →
Barcodes—that little pattern of lines and spaces—first burst onto the American scene in 1974, on a pack of Wrigley Spearmint gum in a grocery store in Troy, Ohio. By 1990 barcodes had become so important, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) published a specification for printed barcode quality. Continue reading