printed tickets...barcode slightly off...

[joko]

i have printed out some etickets for my sister and now shes saying that the barcode on them has a tiny, hairline gap through them...likely due to the printer ... its barely noticable but she feels they may not scan correctly and she doesnt want to risk being turned away....

i will obviously just reprint to be on the safe side, but im curious as to how 'fragile' a barcode is?
could this tiny printing imperfection render it useless?

im concerned that as it has happened on 2 out of 3 tickets, that it may happenbe again...

and i know from being in the supermarket that if it wont scan they just use the code at the bottom...

thanks

[redcrx]

if the gap is going across the barcode then it wont make the sligtest difference. The readers only read a slim section of it, so if all vertical lines are there it will be read ok.

[ChuckFickens]

They will be fine, but if your not sure try scanning them at one of those price check points at a supermarket to test the bar code. (it will give you an error, but if you get a unknown code error or similar you know the barcode scanned OK)