12 steps to Generating your Own Product Bar Code

• by admin on July 20th, 2010

We’re often asked where we get our Bar Codes or how we get them done. We actually generate them ourselves. Here are the steps:

Install the Coral Draw Software

Launch programme after installation

1. Pull down drop down menu of ‘application launcher’ (found on the top menu bar – an icon looking like a torpedo/rocket ship)

2. Select barcode wizard (this opens a dialogue box)

3. Select ‘EAN-13’ (if ISBN is 13 digits)

4. Punch in the first 12 digits of the ISBN, the last digit will automatically be inserted, then click next

5. For best resolution of barcode when printed, insert the following values in the corresponding fields and click next.

1. • printer resolution – 300
   • units – inches
   • bar width reduction – 1 pixel
   • magnification scale – 100
   • bar height – 1.0
   • wide to narrow ratio – 2.0

6. Check ‘make this barcode human readable’ in the new dialogue box and click finish

7. Click yes to ‘copy barcode to clipboard’ when prompted

8. Go to ‘edit’ and choose ‘special paste’ from the main menu

9. Choose ‘picture (metafile)’ from options in the new dialogue box

10. Click ok and you’ve got your barcode

11. To export as jpeg, go to main menu and select ‘file’ and choose ‘export’ from the drop down menu

12. Save image as jpeg

NB. Some people choose to add the ISBN at the top of the image, you can insert this manually by simply creating a text box and typing the numbers. Do this before exporting the image.

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