“From an equipment acquisition and maintenance perspective, it’s clearly optimal to have one reader that’s capable of any task – from reading linear and 2D bar codes to reading all RFID tags. From today’s cost perspective, however, it’s often more cost-effective to have a reader that is limited to the type of code reading that’s required.”

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