Once you determine which bar code you need, you need to find a way to include those bar codes in your packaging or on your bar code labels. The most flexible way to print bar codes is to use a bar code font since they will work in almost any Windows application. (And bar code fonts can also be used in Unix, DOS, or on AS/400s.) We also have links to firms that sell bar code software, so you can quickly start printing your own bar codes.
If you need to buy a UPC code assignment check out My Bar Code Store.
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| Quick Bar Code Specifications: |
| Bar Code 2/5 interleaved: high density numeric, variable length, no checksum |
| Bar Code 39: partial alpha-numeric, variable length, no checksum |
| Bar Code 93: partial alpha-numeric, variable length, two checksums required |
| Bar Code 128: alpha-numeric, plus numeric, variable length, checksum required |
| Bookland: fixed length numeric, checksum required, encodes ISBN and price |
| Codabar: numeric plus four alpha characters, variable length, no checksum |
| EAN 8: 8 digit numeric, checksum required |
| EAN 13: 13 digit numeric, checksum required, for retail products in Europe |
| ISBN: fixed length numeric, checksum required, encodes ISBN and price |
| ITF-14: fixed length numeric, checksum required, encodes GTIN |
| SCC-14: Shipping Container Code, based on UPC |
| SSCC-18: Serial Shipping Container Code, based on UPC and tracking number |
| UPC-A: 12 digit numeric, checksum required, for retail products in North America |
| UPC-E: 6 digit numeric, checksum required, for retail products in North America |
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