Sam

> I know that I am not an active contributor but I am an active follower
> of what happens in the group. Now I as asking for your input or
> suggestions. We are a service and outsource provider for a few
> thousand vendors and on occasion we are forced to test our clients
> labels with Bar Code Graphics, for a fee of course. Our clients have
> to pay for this "service". Now, because we have submitted labels
> previously and have gotten them approved, we often just submit this
> previously approved label again. Guess what, it fails and we are
> subjected to a second fee. We then submit the exact same label again
> and it gets approved. This has a rip-off stench. It now costs twice to
> get something approved. Do others have the same issue with these guys? 


You should be able to get the numbers and reasons from their testing.

If a certain measurement is close to failing, then it's possible that a 
subsequent test may fail.

I try to exceed some of their specs.  Ex. If they want a 1/4" quiet zone, I try 
to make it bigger.  If they want a barcode that is 1/2" high, I make it 
slightly bigger.

Personally, the only problems I have had with labels is due to incorrect data, 
like forgetting the UCC-128 '/81' code.  I usually use Label Matrix to generate 
the labels, so I assume that the barcodes are correctly formed..

Once GXS failed a label that I had resubmitted because they checked the failed 
label instead of the new label.

Earl Wertheimer
[email protected]
http://www.spe-edi.com



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