Bar code generator

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FatVonD
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Does anyone have any recommendations, please?
Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
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  • Mupette
    Mupette Posts: 4,599 Forumite
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    same position as you. We have the hardware and struggling with any software.

    This was suggested https://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/
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  • Mupette
    Mupette Posts: 4,599 Forumite
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    you also need to buy your bar codes, they don't come cheap either..
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  • unforeseen
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    mupette wrote: »
    you also need to buy your bar codes, they don't come cheap either..

    ????
    . .
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
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    BTW with the https://www.barcodesinc.com/free-barcode-font/ 3of9 font you need to use * before and after text for the header and footer to be recognised by many scanners
  • Mupette
    Mupette Posts: 4,599 Forumite
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    unforeseen wrote: »
    ????
    . .

    You can't just randomly make up some numbers and dashes and hope it works if you want to sell in shops.

    https://andrewminalto.com/ean-barcodes/
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  • unforeseen
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    OP never stated the reason for using barcodes. You have assumed it is for selling products. That is only one of a myriad uses for them.
  • paddyrg
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    I use them for my own stock control of rented items, so I know what is where, etc. Just faster than writing down a serial number if there's a lot going out
  • FatVonD
    FatVonD Posts: 5,315 Forumite
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    edited 1 September 2017 at 5:18PM
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    Mupette wrote: »
    you also need to buy your bar codes, they don't come cheap either..

    Yep, 1,000 with the annual fee to GS1 of £119 plus one off joining fee of £109.

    I'm unsure though whether they come as an actual barcode or just as a list of numbers that I need to turn into a barcode, is this the route you have gone down?
    Make £25 a day in April £0/£750 (March £584, February £602, January £883.66)

    December £361.54, November £322.28, October £288.52, September £374.30, August £223.95, July £71.45, June £251.22, May£119.33, April £236.24, March £106.74, Feb £40.99, Jan £98.54) Total for 2017 - £2,495.10
  • Mupette
    Mupette Posts: 4,599 Forumite
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    FatVonD wrote: »
    Yep, 1,000 with the annual fee to GS1 of £119 plus one off joining fee of £109.

    I'm unsure though whether they come as an actual barcode or just as a list of numbers that I need to turn into a barcode, is this the route you have gone down?


    About to, we want it for selling in the shops that currently stock our goods, not to mention stock control.


    Unforeseen - I bought it up as this is a useful too for anyone searching this forum for barcodes anyway as it makes for interesting read. We are supposed to be here to help and advise when not asking ourselves.
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  • firefox1956
    firefox1956 Posts: 1,548 Forumite
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    It would be helpful to know what the OP intends to do with the barcodes he needs ??
    I used an online barcode generator for homemade items in a deli,picles jams etc.
    The barcodes were set up in my cash registers.
    However they could not be read by anybody elses barcode reader.
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