Skinny Barcodes required

Toddy_Boy

Hi all

I am printing barcodes which consist of '*'+Item."No."+'*' using font Code 3 of 9 Regular which in itself is not a problem. Even better because the font is free.

However the client can have Item Nos upto 40 characters in length, this produces a very wide barcode which is a bit problematic to scan. The ck30 intermec scanners can read this code but the angle and distance of the scanner from the barcode can make it a little awkward on times.

I would like to use a skinnier font to produce a barcode shorter in width. Any recommendations? The client will not object to paying a little for the font.

Steve

Savatage

Item Nos upto 40 characters in length

:shock:

I firmly belive the item no should be simple as can be - there are other fields in Nav that are for description.

Toddy_Boy

Not really an answer to the thread, even though I agree with the statement. I have no control over their policy in how they allocate item numbers. That policy is determined by their head office.

DaveT

Hi Steve,

The way I see it you have two options:

1. Improve the barcode - you can change interleave factor and height ratio but may make the barcode un-readable. You might investigate using a 2-D barcode, which might mean a new barcode printer and possibly scanners.

2. Create a unique ID link which is smaller the 40 chars and use something like to item cross-reference (type barcode) for this and do a lookup.

Hope this helps

Toddy_Boy

Hi Dave

Thanks for the reply, I think the first option can be ruled out due to the extra cost of a dedicated printer. The second option I have used at another client which works well so I may revisit that solution.

Steve

David_Singleton

Toddy Boy wrote:

Not really an answer to the thread, even though I agree with the statement. I have no control over their policy in how they allocate item numbers. That policy is determined by their head office.

Not quite true, since someone had to have modified their code to allow this, so maybe speak to who ever did that huge mistake and ask how they planned to resolve this?

ara3n

You can use Code 128 which is what you are looking for.

http://mibuso.com/blogs/ara3n/2008/04/24/barcode-128b/

Savatage

I couldn't get that link to work myself
try this
http://mibuso.com/blogs/ara3n/2008/04/