3 Ways to Make Your Own Barcode, Really Easy!

3 Ways to Make Your Own Barcode Easily and Quickly

Currently we are all in an all-digital era where everything can be done with a computerized system. All things can be run automatically and done easily, one with the use of barcodes. By creating a barcode, we can easily collect data.

This barcode is familiar in our lives, especially in some commercial food and beverage packaging. However, it must be admitted that in the past, to create this barcode, it required a separate tool. Now, to create it you can do it yourself, especially now that there is an online system and the use of computer-based technology is increasingly advanced.

How to Make a Barcode

After hearing reviews like the one above, then how do you make it? Don’t worry, there are many roads to Rome and there are many ways for those of you who need a barcode. Here’s a full explanation:

1. Using the Official Site

The first way is to use the official website which is usually used for business. Yes, in this way, you can make barcodes official and can be scanned commercially on various scanning tools throughout Indonesia. How to? see the following steps:

1. First, you must first create a UPC/ISBN number for the product you are selling. To make it, you have to make a number that is the same at the beginning and different from the last number.
2. To get the UPC, you can go to the gs1us.org page. Please note that G1S is an official organization as a partner in assisting the creation of digital barcodes. There you just enter product data and complete details.
3. After getting the UPC code, then register your product to the ISBN by going to the org page. Here, all you have to do is follow the clear instructions and ask for a single ISBN, block publisher ISBN number, or an extra ISBN publisher number.
4. At ISBN.org you will ask for a code from the ISBN via the Browser to confirm the product.
5. After the ISBN is sent, you can then put the barcode on the product packaging which is usually placed on the back.

2. Using Ms. Excel

The next way, you can create a barcode using Ms. Excel on PC offline. Yes, you don’t need to register your product with an official party, but you can make it yourself at home.

However, keep in mind that this method can only be used for personal inventory purposes, so it cannot be scanned using a commercial scan tool. You can use this method to collect data on goods or data in one agency. The method is as follows:

1. First, you can go to the com page to download the barcode font. Click Font Tools
2. Then, look for the menu Microsoft Office Macros & VBA for Excel, Access & Word then click Download
3. Wait for the download process to complete and open the file in the form of a zip then extract
4. Open Ms. Excel, then open the menu Tools click macro and click visual editor
5. Next, click menu File and click Import File
6. Reopen the browser, open the menu download and look for the file with the name bass then the file can be added to Ms. Excel
7. Get out of the window Visual Basic Editor, then open a new page and the barcode can be used by testing it.
8. Try to test it by typing numbers and letters in one cell and create another cell using the Atomization ID font with a code that you can choose as you wish.

3. Using Apps

And lastly, you can use the application on your cellphone either by using Android or iOS. You can search for applications on Google PlayStore or on the AppStore with the keyword “barcode generator application”. In general, everything has a similar way, namely:

1. First, open the application of your choice
2. select create New Barcode
3. select barcode type do you want
4. Fill in the data about the barcode that you will create
5. Then, you can save the barcode in jpg or png format as you wish.

After the barcode is finished, you can print it using a printer either on plain paper or sticker paper and can be scanned using this application again with the menu barcode scanning.

Those are some ways to make your own barcode using a cellphone or using a laptop or via cellphone easily and quickly. Now anyone can use barcodes for various purposes, especially in the business field.

You can choose one of the methods above according to your device and ability to create it. I hope the information how to make barcode can be useful for those of you who are in need of a barcode. Good luck!

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