Hello Allison,
I've found that if I hold the ID Mate about 6 inches away from
whatever I'm trying to scan, then just point the lens at the item,
starting from the top, then moving it down toward the bottom, the
reading is generally easy to find.
Most cans have their bar code near the seam, where the two ends of
the label come together. Most boxes have their code either at the
top or bottom, or occasionally on one of the sides of the box, but
rarely on the front or back.
But even if the bar code is not in a normal place on an item, I can
slowly aim the ID Mate at the top edge of whatever I'm scanning, then
move it toward the bottom, doing this on each side, top and bottom of
the object until I get a reading.
As long as there is a bar code on the object, you'll either get a
reading of whatever the item is, or you'll get a message that says,
"Item not found." followdd by instructions on how to record your own
label for that unfound item.
Hope this is of some help.
At 09:48 PM Wednesday 5/9/2012, you wrote:
Hi everyone,
We just got our Summit IddD mate and we like it, but we're having
trouble with scanning. I've tried to scan a cereal box and I can't
get it to show a reading, let alone read the package info.
Any tips and tricks by those of you who use it would be
appreciated. Is it better to move the scanner or the thing to be
scanned? Thanks for any help.
Allison Fallin
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