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    Default Barcodes Anyone??

    What software for the Mac works well to generate barcodes for retail products... or use old faithful Coreldraw to generate barcode??

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    I like bar code pro

    it is from SNX software

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    We use Barcode Producer, it works with Snow Leopard well and it's not too expensive.
    Barcode Producer for Mac and PC - vector EPS barcode generation for Mac / PC - creative barcode software

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    Default How many and how often?

    Teacup software has a great plug for Indesign wich is a life saver when it comes to catalouges, we had a script made that searches for a 7 digit product number and adds/replaces with barcode. It produces embedded eps objects that can be edited by doubble clicking (20 day trial software is available). Can be used for individual barcodes. A nice extra is that you can compensate for dotgain (positive or negative).

    Before that we used Shareware, Barcode producer.

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    Default Barcodes Anyone?

    I haven't used it in some time and I'm not sure how well it works with Leopard or Snow Leopard but Bar Code Pro was and probably still is one of the best for creating barcodes. Unlike a font that can be used to create barcodes, Bar Code Pro creates an .eps file which can be placed into your page layout program of choice. Barcodes created using fonts can wind up being distorted either by tracking or kerning or by using too small of a font size which can create a barcode that is unreadable.

    There are many barcode formats to choose from and I'm pretty sure that the codes can now be created in a variety of colours.

    It was fairly inexpensive years ago; Not sure what the price is now. It's worth a look.

    Good Luck

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    Bar Code Pro here. I have it running on a Mac with 10.4. Works great.

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    So, when you're creating barcodes, don't you have to run a search to ensure that they are unique?

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    How do you mean rich? Barcodes can be used for many things.

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    we get the numbers supplied to us by the clients, so no search needed (by us anyway).
    And are we talking traditional barcodes or QR codes?

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    Thanks everybody for the info, will explore all your options!

    All the best!

    Duncan


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