Because some Windows 10 users have been complaining about printer problems in connection ... when a USB connection is used. For others, scanner drivers fail to install via USB.

The solution would come to be known as the barcode. At this point ... and easier to pick up by the scanner. That way, it didn't matter if the label printer had too much ink and drew lines that ...

Few people think twice about the barcodes on their shopping, but in the 75 years since they were first dreamed up, they have helped save lives, gone into space and stoked fears of the Antichrist.