NCR RealPOS User Manual - Hand Scanning

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Chapter 4: Operating the Scanner 

Hand Scanning 

Occasionally you have merchandise that cannot be picked-up and presented to the scanner. The 

package may be too heavy or too awkward to hold while trying to position the bar code label. 

In these circumstances you can pick up the scanner and take it to the merchandise. The 7893 is 

designed so that you can easily pick the scanner up and hold it. Being light-weight, you can 

present the scanner to the merchandise with little effort. 

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Label Orientation 

Because the 7893 produces a dense, omni-directional scan pattern, labels can be read from 

many different angles. 

Scan Pattern Location 

In order for the scanner to read a label, the center 90% of one scan line must cross the bar 

code. To successfully read Code 39 and Interleaved 2 of 5 labels, the scan line must cross the 

entire label, not missing any of the bars or spaces. UPC and Code 128 labels can be read by 

piecing together two reads of slightly more than half of each side of the bar code. Therefore, 

these labels are much easier to read and do not require as much accuracy when presenting the 

label to the scanner. 

Because of the large scan pattern, you do not have to be very precise when you position the 

label. However, the concentration of scan lines is greater in the center of the scan pattern. 

Because of this, fewer rejects occur if you try to position the merchandise so that the label is 

presented toward the center of the scan pattern.