3 pieces of info on one barcode?

[KimKenM]

I need to create a barcode that holds the holding info: 4 or 5 digit ID# followed by a Carriage Return, 3 digit part# followed by a carriage return and finally a 3 digit price including a decimal then a final carriage return. Is this possible? If so, what code should I use?

 

[DougP]

Code128?


DougP, MCP

 

[AnanthaP]

In addition to code 128, please try to follow the standard set out in EAN-128, which prescribes an international standard for each composite (as in your case) bar code. It goes like this.

(xx)XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(yyy)YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY and so on.

The small letters (within parentheses) are the standard business codes (eg:xx=ProductIdentifier) and XXXXXX - the value of xx.

This is internationally accepted (and if in the USA, the sunrise date for merging UPC with EAN is Jan 2005 - I think).

I don't have the list of EAN codes right now, but I believe google will get it for you.

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[morovia]

You can do it with Code39(Full ASCII) mode. The best part of this approach is that Code39 does not require check digit, so you can type it in windows application. The only thing you need is to get a code39(full ascii) font - you can find a quanlity one at

http://www.morovia.com/font/code39ext.asp.

 

[shaunk]

I achieved this very thing using Code 128 Subset A. It wasn't painless, but we achieved very real and useful results at the end of the day.
You have to, of course, purchase specific fonts from various resellers.