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How does this work for weighing produce? In France the scale would print out a barcode. Overall I'm excited to see scanners become widespread, though the technology never really seems to match the ideal form. Self checkouts are still plagued with minor annoyances.

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Can’t speak for the OP, but in Singapore they have these super fast and convenient bar code printers all over the place that lets you identify/weigh/print/tag your produce in <5 seconds item. Fastest bar code printer I’ve ever seen. I’ve used self-checkout 1000+ times in the last three years - and I’m struggling to recall if I’ve had any issues. Makes going to the grocery store a couple times a day much more enjoyable.

In Denmark, for such products, you have been required to scan them at a scale (which may be near the products, otherwise good lucking find it) and put the printed barcode on the bag for that item (always located near the producet) and then put in on the checkout -- and it has been so for, what, 20+ years now.

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