Bar scanner
Don
supply items used in the home. What to keep an inventory and build a
shopping list when low points are reached.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Neil Cherry
>Looking for a reasonable priced scanner that I can use to scan UPC codes on
>supply items used in the home. What to keep an inventory and build a
>shopping list when low points are reached.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
How about a CueCat? They're cheap. I just took a look at EBay and
there were 35 items, some you can buy for $1.35 (S&H $3.00). There is
plenty of free software for the device.
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Dave Houston
>On Tue, 03 Sep 2002 14:04:30 GMT, Don wrote:
>>Looking for a reasonable priced scanner that I can use to scan UPC codes on
>>supply items used in the home. What to keep an inventory and build a
>>shopping list when low points are reached.
>>
>>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>How about a CueCat? They're cheap. I just took a look at EBay and
>there were 35 items, some you can buy for $1.35 (S&H $3.00). There is
>plenty of free software for the device.
Just make sure you don't use the CueCat software. It's main purpose was to
track and report your activities.
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Ryan Erickson
The CueCat works, but you have to be kind of fussy with the scan -- don't go
too fast, don't go too slow, etc. For that reason, I don't like any 'wand'
scanner.
If I tried using one of those to have my wife scan stuff, she'd give it up
pretty quickly, due to those issues. They are also very cheesy looking.
Better IMHO would be to find a surplus hand or countertop scanner (like a
symbol LS3000 for a hand scanner, currently one at $29.99 on ebay), either
at a swap meet or on e-bay.
Ryan
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Neil Cherry
Oops I neglected that part, I think the Digital Convergence company
went out of business. If so then most likely their software will be of
little use. But I'm pretty sure that there is plenty of OpenSource
project that make use of the Cuecat.
Dave Houston
purpose. You can carry it to the market and record barcodes then can get
them into your PC and use the scanner to create shopping lists. I don't
recall the model number but I'm sure you can find details on Symbol's web
pages.
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Don
try. I will try a Google search for software.
Thanks Dave for the info on the other scanner. Will check it out.
Since it will only be used by me, I can afford to be on the cheap and techie
side. Advantage of being single.
Lewis Gardner
I was in Office Depot yesterday and they had a Symbol SPT 1500 on sale with
rebate for $99. This is a Palm III based unit with a non-contact laser scanner
that reads code 39 at 24 - 60 cm from the unit. It will even read barcodes in
daylight.
I fooled around with it in the store and it read most every barcode I pointed
it at.
Details can be found here:
http://www.symbol.com/products/mobile_computers/mobile_palm_pi_hdwr_data.html
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Anthony Matonak
>
> Thanks everyone. I had someone offer to send me a CueCat so will give it a
> try. I will try a Google search for software.
Many of the cuecats (perhaps all) can be modified with a jumper that will
make them unencrypted. That is, they will output normal text instead of
the stuff they normally do. This means you won't need a driver on one of
the modified ones.
Some cuecat links:
http://www.cexx.org/cuecat.htm
http://air-soldier.com/~cuecat/
Anthony