Barcode Printing on normal Papers

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I am printing Bar codes on Normal/Regular printer (laser/inkjet) not on bar code printer, the bar code reader some times reads the bar code and most of the times it does not.

My Question is does it makes any difference? , plus is this because of size (height and width) or what. any reference or help will be highly appreciated.

Posted 24-Sep-13 20:05pm

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Thanks7872 25-Sep-13 2:17am

So you need help with which printer to use or settings in printer right?

εїзεїзεїз 25-Sep-13 3:04am

I had used free fonts for generating bar code, they do generate but the reader some times reads them and some times does not.

Marc Gabrie 26-Sep-13 7:12am

What kind of barcode type you are printing there? which font? Sometimes (always I'd say) fonts are suitable for printing readable barcodes. And how are you printing it... through PrintDocument?

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member 8888995 · Answer 1 · 2013-09-24T20:58:00

Hi εїзεїзεїз,
You can print bar codes using normal printer cause barcode is nothing but a special type of font unreadable by humans.Code reader just makes font conversion when it reads code.
You please check that the borcode you are reading is in proper format or not, this is because some bar code reader only accepts codes in specific format e.g. starting with 0 . Please check user manual of your bar code reader which fonts it supports and any special format of code for a particular font. Also check the page settings for your printer.
Hope this is useful for you.
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