| CueCat PS/2 Standard Barcode Scanner | 
| Manufacturer: CueCat
List Price: $11.80
Buy New: $8.99
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Seller: twiddledeebit
Rating:  11 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 4 x 1 x 1
Model: 68-1966
UPC: 040293157906
EAN: 0040293157906
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | No special software driver required | | • | Works with PS/2 keyboard connections | | • | Reads UPC, Priority Mail, etc., barcodes | | • | Specific formats include: UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-13, EAN-8, 2-of-5 interleaved, CODABAR, CODE39, CODE128, and ISBN | | • | Barcodes enter computer as if typed on keyboard |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Buyer beware January 24, 2005
Kerry Lannert (chicago, IL United States)
53 out of 56 found this review helpful
The item Surpluscomputers is shipping is *not* a modified CueCat. It does not function as a standard barcode reader and still functions as a regular CueCat, encrypting all data. Be aware of this before purchasing.
*** Note: it is surprisingly easy to modify the CueCat at home. After performing the modification procedure the CueCat now works as a standard barcode scanner. A web search for USB CueCat modification yields many helpful websites.
it's cheap. it works. what more do you want? April 24, 2007
James Huff (Los Angeles, CA United States)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Title says it all. For $10 or so, a great little barcode reader. Works flawlessly on all my Macs (iBook, MacBook, PowerBook, iMac). Occassionally has a problem with very small barcodes (those codes where there's very little space between the bars), but otherwise great.
 Works like a charm! July 30, 2007
Beth R (Tennessee)
I hadn't even heard of this thing until a few weeks ago. But it works great, and does what I need.
Plug-and-Play scanning! August 22, 2007
E. Thayer (Mishawaka, IN USA)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
My USB modified CueCat has worked flawlessly since I installed it by simply plugging it into a free USB port.
One plus, which I did not expect, is that the scanner automatically adds "enter" to whatever you have scanned, creating a new line in a file or prompting a search to begin if you are using it with Amazon.
A few tips will help you make better use of your scanner: If you are scanning a barcode that has a price code to the right of it, start in the middle and scan "backwards." The cuecat still scans properly, and you won't have to hand-delete the unwanted data.
The scanner does not work on every single pass, due to variations in hand speed. A very fast back-and-forth motion, repeated several times in a row, is more efficient than scanning once, checking to see if it entered, trying again, checking again, and trying again... it will not reenter the same number several times in a couple seconds, but you can do several passes, and increase your chance of actually reading the UPC. I do two to four passes, and that usually enters the information.
Also, if you are scanning UPCs to enter ISBNs on Amazon or similar look-up sites, you will only want to use your wand on UPC codes that begin with 9's. A UPC that begins with a zero will not return a usable code.
Lastly, your cuecat goes into sleep mode if not being used constantly. To wake it up, simply hold the wand over any barcode before starting to scan with the wand. When the red light stops blinking and is steady, it is ready to go to work. This will save a couple useless hand-waves and feeling silly or frustrated when starting a batch of scanning.
appended January 2009: I originally used this wand under Windows XP. I switched operating systems in 2008 to Ubuntu Linux, Hardy Heron. The wand works flawlessly with either OS.
It works! February 4, 2008
Food Fan (New York)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was looking for something to help me catalog books, this seemed to be the least expensive option by far. I was skeptical when I ordered it and wasn't expecting much of it, but to my surprise it was able to pick up the bar codes easily. Yesterday night I scanned in 500 books using this thing, it would have been painful if I had to type in the ISBN's manually. I used the CueCat with the [...] website and it works great.
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