"Study team: Keith Everett, Maurice Klapfish, Lewis I. Solomon"--Leaf [ii].

"The purpose of this report is to provide a quantitative analysis of the European market for bar code products, defined as total purchases of bar code products and related services by customers in the twelve member states of the European Economic Community and other non-member states in Scandinavia, eastern Europe (including the U.S.S.R.), etc. Dollar values are based on price from the factory to the first level of distribution, as reported by suppliers at 1990 currency conversion rates. ...This report encompasses U.S. shipments of hand held and fixed station bar code scanners; portable data collection terminals designed for use in bar code applications; printers purchased primarily for generation of bar code labels; suplies such as preprinted forms and labels, on-demand forms and labels, and printer ribbons; software; servces; and other related products such as data communications equipment, verifiers, and optional features priced separately."--P. 8.