As soon as you decide which bar code to use, you need to find a way to apply it to your packaging or your bar code labels. Bar code fonts are the most flexible way to print bar codes since they can be used in almost any Windows program. (And bar code fonts can also be used in Unix, DOS, or on AS/400s.)
You can find software for creating bar codes by selecting any type of bar code to the right. There is also a link to a trial version of that bar code software, a user manual, and a way to purchase and download the product.
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 |
GTIN-14: fixed length numeric, checksum required, Another name for ITF-14 |
HIBC: fixed length numeric, checksum required, Health Industry Bar Code |
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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