Working with Barcodes

How do I change the Code Set for a Code 128 Barcode

Question The Code Set determines how information will be encoded into a Code 128 barcode. Some users may need to override BarTender's default behavior and specify exactly how the data is encoded. Answer You can manually choose the Code Set for any Code 128 barcode. To do this: Add a Code 128 bar...

Controlling visibility of barcode human readable (Video - 0:30)

  Applies to: BarTender 2016, v10.1, 10.0 Overview BarTender can control the visibility of individual data sources in the human readable portion of a barcode with a setting in the barcode properties.     Human readable visibility options The following options are available when setting t...

Barcode width jumps when re-sized

Overview The X-dimension setting of a barcode specifies the width of the barcode; this, in fact, adjusts the number of dots a printer uses for the width of the narrowest element of the barcode. As a result, all other bars of greater width grow in ratio to the narrowest bar as you expand the barco...

When scanning a barcode + and 0 are scanned

Overview When a barcode is scanned it may appear there are extra characters added such as +'s or 0's in between the characters in your barcode. Symbologies like the code 39 family of barcodes encode in the ascii character set. If your scanner is not configured to properly handle or depict full as...