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Keeping the space around the barcode free of text, symbols, and pictures will help the scanner to see and scan the barcode easier.
A useful device to help maintain the Quiet Zone in some production processes is to include a less than (<) and/or greater than (>) character in the Human Readable Interpretation field, with its apex aligned with the edge of the Quiet Zone.
