Parkrun barcode question

[Ethelbert]

Hi, helpful peeps, I've finally decided it's time to brave a Parkrun, and my son has agreed to come along too. I registered ages ago, printed off barcodes, and did nothing. So, now we're both registered, I've printed off barcodes for both of us ... however, they appear to have come out a different size from the original ones I printed. I guess the printer must have resized one lot - but which ones? It says that size matters!! One lot came out pretty well exactly the size of a credit card, 85 x 53 mm; the other lot were smaller, 74 x 44 mm. Before I laminate them, can someone confirm to me the size they're meant to be?

[Coddfish Graduate10]

There are various cards, tags for key rings and wristbands in use at parkrun with differently sized barcodes, so it’s quite likely they will both work. If you want to test your barcode, download the Parkrun Virtual Volunteer app, it’s what you will need if you ever decide to volunteer as a barcode scanner at parkrun. Select the scanning option and see if it will scan.

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish]

Good call ... both sizes scanned fine

Very odd that the printable page of barcodes is so adamant that a resized barcode won't work!

[Coddfish Graduate10 in reply to Ethelbert]

Parkrun started with a different technological solution for scanning. The words on the site may still reflect that. I am pretty sure you will be fine.

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish]

Well if there's a problem, at least now I can confidently say my volunteer app scanned it fine!

[Stephen_UK Graduate10]

Can you print it 100%? It would look about the size of a barcode on a book or magazine.

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to Stephen_UK]

Haha, despite a past life of nearly 25 years in IT, I still get totally flummoxed by printers, hence having no idea what I actually did!

[theoldfellow in reply to Ethelbert]

As a former Group Director of IT in a large multinational IT company, and 45 years since I started in 'computing', I also must admit to being flummoxed by printers. In fact, I am convinced they are all made by the Devil. Nice word 'flummoxed', I must remember to use it more often (as I get older)...

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to theoldfellow]

Wow, back in the days of punch cards then ... I missed that by a narrow margin, but did start programming in assembler! Hardware of any kind was always my downfall, but I swear printers are in a category of their own!!

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

It looks like you have the answer but just to reassure anyone. If a barcode does not scan , there will be a volunteer taking details which can be added on manually by the race director. Have fun next week.

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I'll try! Ridiculously nervous tbh, even though I know I'm being daft. Going for one 200 miles from home so I don't see anyone I know!!!

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Ethelbert]

Ha ha. That means you’ll have to go to a different one every week as it’s a great way of meeting people.

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

I'll be fine once I've done it once. I'm always the same with anything new, I like to know exactly what I'm doing, where I'm going, and be nicely anonymous the first time. When I realised we'd be on holiday very close to a flat parkrun, I thought it was time to bite the bullet!

[Coddfish Graduate10 in reply to Ethelbert]

Which one are you going to do?

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to Coddfish]

Eastbourne

[Seaside22 in reply to Ethelbert]

Nice flat route here in Eastbourne - have a great time!

[Mumpark Graduate10 in reply to Dexy5]

At our parkrun it’s no barcode no time so you have to take your barcode to get a time they won’t do it manually DFYB

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Mumpark]

Oh yes, same as ours Mumpark, but if the barcode doesn’t scan for some reason, (such as being stuffed in your bra - yes it has been done 😬) the details are taken to add later.

[Scarlet1967]

Believe it or not size doesn't matter!!!!

[Dexy5 Graduate10 in reply to Scarlet1967]

🤣🤣

[Deals1 Graduate10]

Have u done it now?

Hope u enjoyed it

[Ethelbert Graduate10 in reply to Deals1]

Not yet ... next Saturday probably

[Ethelbert Graduate10]

... and we did it! First Parkrun in the bag