Metrologic Barcode Scanners

Are you considering picking up Metrologic barcode scanners?  This brand of scanner is one of the better ones that you can pick up, you not only get fast automated data capture capabilities, but you get it via laser, holographic or vision based technologies.

When you get these scanners, they come without cords and they are handheld.  They also can be found as “in-counter” to be used along with POS devices. 

Now before we go any further, lets take a look at the company itself.  Metrologic is a company who has partnered themselves with Honeywell Scanning and Mobility Inc., together these two have created many a highly regarded scanner.  These scanners have been used in various settings, from warehouses to hospitals all the way down to offices and retail environments.  This brand of scanner comes with features you won’t find in many other brands of scanners.

One of the better features that you’ll find with them is the “omni directional scanning” capabilities.  What this means is it’s a lot easier to scan in items.  You can scan an item in at various different angles and from a distance as well and still have it register.  There is also a “swiftcode” software available which allows scanning via the Metrologic barcode scanners to pop up on the OS quite fast.  These devices also come with a scan rate that is pretty high, 1,650 scans a second.

One other great thing about the way technology has been moving along here, is that these days you don’t even need these products to be wired in, they can be wireless with Bluetooth technology.

Additionally, Metrologic barcode scanners are versatile, they can scan in many different kinds of barcodes.  Barcodes such as 1D, RSS, PDF417, Matrix, EAN/UCC Composite, Micro PDF and just Postal Codes.

If you’re not sure which of the Metrologic barcode scanners you should get at this point, here’s a quick look at what you have available:

Metrologic MS 9540 VoyagerCG Barcode Scanner

This is a scanner that isn’t USB, it instead plugs into the PS2 keyboard connector.  Some people actually prefer this as they don’t have to deal with driver compatibility problems.  Although such problems don’t happen very often, for those less technical, this might be preferred. 

If you are however interested in the USB version of this scanner, you can look it up with the model number: MK9540-32A38.

This is a scanner which if you pickup is going to run you about $150, which is pretty reasonable.

Metrologic 9540 Voyager MS9540 MK9540 Barcode Scanner

Ok, here’s one more of the Metrologic barcode scanners to look into.  It costs about $130, has an automatic trigger and works both hands free and also as a hand held scanner.  This has some Firmware that is updated via a Flash ROM and it also has both short and long range activation.  Finally, this is a black USB scanner.

So if you’re looking for some Metrologic barcode scanners, keep those two in mind, but also be sure to keep searching around for different ones as there are plenty more out there.