How do I make bar codes with Code 39?
How do I make bar codes with Code 39?
I have downloaded and installed a Code 39 font. I was under the impression that all I needed to do to create a working bar code was to:
- write the text (in Word)
- surround it with stars (e.g. *test*)
- change the font to Code 39
and voila!
But my bar code reader won’t read the printed result, and it DOES read Code 39.
What am I missing?
I have downloaded and installed a Code 39 font. I was under the impression that all I needed to do to create a working bar code was to:
- write the text (in Word)
- surround it with stars (e.g. *test*)
- change the font to Code 39
and voila!
But my bar code reader won’t read the printed result, and it DOES read Code 39.
What am I missing?
EDIT: I have one functioning 39-type bar code (made with an online generator): it’s printed on my printer, my reader will read it no problem, and the end-system accepts it perfectly.
When I scan this bar code into a Word document, it reads A08 and then the input number (without spaces). Does this mean anything? How can I duplicate what the online generator did, to create a bar code in Word?
PROBLEM SOLVED: the line end symbol in Word (the one that looks like a backwards P) made extra bars in the bar code :) Problem solved by changing the line end symbol to a “normal” font – thank you Thor, for telling me to experiment!
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2 Comments for How do I make bar codes with Code 39?
1. T | January 27th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Hi,
Oooooooooooooooo barcodes, I love ‘em…
Ok,, 39 is easy. Try to open a word processor and scan the bar code, can you read the text? No? Possible answers I’d look for:
- Is the reader programmed for 39? There s a booklet that came with the reader, stuffed with … barcodes. You need this to program the reader. Basically you’d read a “start program” code (possibly one of the first pages) scan the required codes (in sequence) and scan an “end program” code
- What do you print it with? A jet? Forget jets, the image they spit out is NOT nearly sharp enough, you need a laser printer (or a real barcode printer – if you can afford it)
- What do you use to interpret the code with? Does your “receiving” software (cash register, stock program, logger, whatever) “understand” the little starts? Check that too
I think 39 can handle starts nicely….
Experiment!
Wellness
Thor
2. MichaelInScarborough | January 27th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
From this url
idautomation.com/fonts/free/#Download_Free_Barcode_Font
i downloaded the font. I extracted the zip file to the desktop and got a directory named:
IDAutomation.com Free Code 39 Font
as well as a file called install.exe
Executing install.exe installed the font.
The last step in the installation procedure is to reboot the computer.
I then went into word wrote something, I selected the text and chose font IDAutomationHC39. This converted the text into barcode.
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