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>Hi
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>I am in the process of writing a warehouse pick & pack operation. I will need to use cordless scanners which also have some keyboard function so that I can swipe a barcode and enter the number 20 to indicate that 20 have been taken from stock.
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>My questions:-
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>1. Any recommendation as to which scanner to use?
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>2. When the scanner is put back on its cradle in what format does the data get downloaded into a pc - is it a text file or excel for eg?
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>New to this - any help would be really appreciated
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>Thanks
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>Colin Northway