dynamic barcodes

[munrographics]

My print job requires both a sequential number and a sequential barcode.

How do I do that?

[rpaterick]

So your customer just needs to be able to scan the piece and pull up the sequential number?

I believe you just have your column numbers as follows (ex:0001)

*0001*
*0002*
*0003*
*0004*
*0005*

You can apply IDAutomationC39M font to it and should scan with basic hand-held scanners. I would scan the piece itself to ensure that it works.

[munrographics]

pardon my stupidity, what are the asterisks for?

[rpaterick]

Originally Posted by munrographics

pardon my stupidity, what are the asterisks for?

I'm sure Dan can chime-in for a detailed explanation but it is used for the stop/start character in interpretation the data with Code39 barcodes.

If you just had 0001, I believe it won't translate properly from the data to the barcode scanner.

Any barcodes that we do at our shop, we always test them to ensure they work properly in-house. More complex barcodes that the client wants done(UPC labels) we go directly to the customer with it to make sure it scans properly.