QR Code Guides

Practical advice for making and using QR codes: how to print them so they scan, how static and dynamic codes differ, and how to avoid QR code scams. Written by the team that builds QR Hut.

How to Print QR Codes That Scan ReliablySize, contrast, quiet zone and error correction, with a checklist to use before you send a file to the printer.Read the guide → Static vs Dynamic QR Codes: What's the Difference?How each type works, what dynamic codes cost you in dependence and privacy, and a middle path using your own domain.Read the guide → QR Code Safety: How to Spot a Malicious QR CodeWhere fake codes appear, what they can do, and the quick checks that stop most QR code scams.Read the guide →

Using the tools

The guides link to the tools where it helps. You can make codes with the QR code generator and its WiFi, vCard and email versions, and check any code, including a suspicious one, with the QR code scanner. All of them run in your browser.

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