(Cognex Corp.: Natick, MA) -- Cognex Corp. has announces the DataMan 500 image-based barcode reader. It’s designed to achieve higher read rates, offer improved online visualization, and be more reliable than laser scanners currently in use in the logistics, postal, and retail distribution markets.

Using Cognex IDMax superior code reading software, DataMan 500 achieves higher read rates by reading the 1-D barcodes that laser readers cannot read, including damaged, distorted, blurred, scratched, low height, and low contrast codes. DataMan 500 processes images at up to 1,000 frames per second and can read codes in any orientation, 2-D codes such as Data Matrix and QR, and multiple codes in the same image.

DataMan 500 is easier to use than a laser scanner and allows users to see what the reader sees, either live on a monitor, or by using image archiving for later review. DataMan 500 has no moving parts and is designed to be more reliable than laser scanners.

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