INTRODUCTION
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 POWERSCAN® D8530 FAMILY DESCRIPTION
The PowerScan® D8530 Family Hand-Held Reader packs a lot of performance into
an attractive, rugged, hand-held device. It operates in commercial and industrial
environments as well as the front office.
Omni-directional
Operating
To read a symbol or capture an image, you simply aim the
reader and pull the trigger. Since PowerScan® D8530 Family
is a powerful omni-directional reader, the orientation of the
symbol is not important.
Decoding
And
Imaging
Thanks to powerful algorithms, PowerScan® D8530 reliably
decodes all major 1D (linear) barcodes, 2D stacked codes (such
as PDF417), 2D matrix symbols (such as DataMatrix), postal
codes (such as POSTNET, PLANET). The data stream —
acquired from decoding a symbol — is rapidly sent to the host.
The reader is immediately available to read another symbol.
PowerScan® D8530 can also function as a camera by
capturing images of labels, signatures, and other items.
FLASH MEMORY
Flash technology allows to upgrade the PowerScan® D8530
reader as new symbologies are supported or as improved
decoding algorithms become available.
1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS
The following parts are included in the PowerScan® D8530 package contents:
• PowerScan® D8530 Hand-Held Reader
• CD-ROM containing the PowerScan® D8530 Configuration Tools software and
PowerScan® D8530 Reference Manual
• PowerScan® D8530 Quick Reference Manual
You may want to save your packing material in case you need to ship the reader at
some later time.