Hi,

I want to be able to print barcodes - not in any massive volume that warrents a special barcoder printer.

Can any of the standard Microsoft office programmes do this for me?

I just need to print them out onto labels.

If not possible with MS office programmes can anyone recommend a FOC download?

Cheers

you just need a barcode font try HERE for a few and some . but bear in mind the bar code needs to be in the correct format for the reader, this is why there are often a few barcodes on a product

explain some more what you want to do? I've had to do this for testing products and may be able to point you in the right direction.

the key thing to know is what sort of barcode do you want to print? If you don't know that, what do you want to use the bar code for, what information do you want it to contain? and what will be reading the bar code?

You need UK fonts probably - there are many types available.

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Good luck on your mission...

Cheers Chaps,

Its for labeling up boxes for an MOD contract

NSN number
Quantity
Description
Colour

I have asked my customer what 'type' of bar code they would prefer - i suspect they do not know that there is more than one type available lol.

I will persevere!

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Originally posted by colmaccoll
Cheers Chaps,

Its for labeling up boxes for an MOD contract

NSN number
Quantity
Description
Colour

I have asked my customer what 'type' of bar code they would prefer - i suspect they do not know that there is more than one type available lol.

I will persevere!

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Right, i guess that you want to encode text and numbers then. That rules out the standard EAN 13, personally, i'd go for either code 39 or code 128 - the question is, what can they read and how much space do you have to print the bar code?

(the reason i'd pick these two codes is cause we have used them in systems i've developed - there may be more modern / efficient / robust coding schemes)