Worth Data P11/12 user manual Tips for using CCD’s and Lasers

The Integrated CCD Wedge Reader is a complete WDP Reader built into the F86 CCD Scanner. Just plug it in between your computer and keyboard and you're ready to go. It works with any PC keyboard-compatible computer and all Macintosh models.

Tips for using CCD’s and Lasers:

The CCD scanner works best when positioned about 3" from the bar code. The operating range is about 0-4" for most codes. It can read curved and uneven surfaces well. Both the CCD and laser scanners are simply aimed straight at the bar code so that the scanner's beam must cross every bar and space on the bar code,

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without touching any other bar codes, as shown in the first example below.

To read large bar codes with laser scanners, you'll need to hold the scanner further away to produce a wider beam, and for bar codes with bars very close together, you'll need to hold the laser scanner closer.

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