ISBN barcode and ISMN barcode Database. video clip online manual

Included in Barcode Image Maker Pro is a ISBN database and ISMN database that will make it possible to format the ISBN barcode and ISMN barcode, all you need to do is to fill in the Registration group element and the Registrant element and the Publication element for the ISBN and Barcode Image Maker Pro will convert the input to a ISBN. For the ISMN you will need to fill in Publisher Element and the Item Element and a ISMN will be made.

ISBN number format.

Below you will be able to see the different isbn number format. The elements in a book barcode (ISBN), the input 978-0-11-111222-9

  • 978 or 979 is the Prefix element (Always 3 digits)
  • 0 is the Registration group element (Max. 5 digits)
  • 11 is the Registrant element (Max. 7 digits)
  • 111222 is the Publication element (Max. 6 digits)
  • 9 is the Checksum (always 1 digit)

The total number of digits should always be 13 digits (digit supplement not included). So to convert a isbn to barcode, you just need to fill in the Registration group element and the Registrant element and the Publication element for the ISBN and Barcode Maker will use the build in database to convert the input to a ISBN barcode, a total of 9 digits (digit supplement not included). But you will also be able to fill in all the digits if you want too. Below you can see how you can make a ISBN barcode that includes a price tag.

ISBN to barcode, making a ISBN incl. a price tag

First you need to select the barcode ISBN + 5 digit supplement. Please look at the image below.

Select barcode ISBN barcode + 5 digit suppl.

I will now show the input that needs the least digits. Please look at the image below. So to convert a isbn to barcode have never been easier.

convert isbn to barcode, ISBN + Price tag few digits

Only the Registration group element and the Registrant element and the Publication element have been filled in. But it will be converted to 978-0-11-111222-9. This is done by the isbn barcode generator.

The next input, is much like the one above, but I have included the hyphens. Please look at the image below.

ISBN + Price tag incl. hyphens

Only the Registration group element and the Registrant element and the Publication element have been filled in and the hyphens. But it will be converted to 978-0-11-111222-9

You will of cause also be able to fill in all the digits and hyphens. Please look at the image below.

ISBN + price tag full 978

If you are going to make a 979- Prefix element ISBN barcode, then please always include the 979-. Only the 978- will be converted automatically to a ISBN barcode.

convert isbn to barcode image Book barcode with Light Margin

The ISBN also supports the Light Margin, as shown in the barcode to the right.

Book barcode with a Price tag

The 5 digit supplement, also known as the price tag is the second part of the barcode, the 12345 in the image above.

If you right click in the 5 digit supplement you will see this menu, please look at the image below.

5 digit suppl. RightClick

This is the first digit in the price tag. So if you are going to make a barcode for a book with the price of USD $44.95, you would fill in 5 for the USD and then the price without the decimal point, so it should be 54495. So if you need a isbn code generator, then please try out Barcode Image Maker Pro. The ISBN can be saved as a vector barcode image and/or a barcode image saved as a bitmap.

More information available in the included PDF Manual or Help file and in the ISBN barcode incl. a price tag, online manual.


ISMN barcode.

Elements in the ISMN, the input 979-0-2600-0043-8

  • 979-0- is the Prefix element
  • 2600 is the Publisher Element (Max.6 digits)
  • 0043 is the Item Element (Max. 5 digits)
  • 8 is the checksum

The total number of digits should always be 13 digits (digit supplement not included). But as Barcode Image Maker Pro have a database you only need to fill in the Publisher element and the Item element for the ISMN and Barcode Image Maker Pro will convert the input to a ISMN, a total of 8 digits (digit supplement not included). Below you can see how you can make a ISMN.

Making a ISMN.

First you need to select the ISMN barcode. Please look at the image below.

Select Barcode ISMN

I will now show the input that needs the least digits. Please look at the image below.

ISMN input few

Only the Publisher element and the Item element have been filled in. But it will be converted to 979-0-2600-0043-8

The next input, is much like the one above, but I have included the hyphens. Please look at the image below.

ISMN input hyphen

Only the Publisher element and the Item element have been filled in and the hyphen. But it will be converted to 979-0-2600-0043-8

You will of cause also be able to fill in all the digits and hyphens. Please look at the image below.

ISMN full input incl. hyphens

The barcode looks like this, please look at the image below.

ISMN barcode

More information available in the included PDF Manual or Help file and in the online manual.

You can with ease use the barcode in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Phtoshop and other software titles.

Download the ISMN / ISBN barcode software.

Try out Barcode Image Maker Pro today and see for yourself how easy it is to make a ISBN barcode and a ISMN barcode. You will be able to make a barcode list of up to 32,000 items in each list, so no need to make one barcode at the time, try it for 30 days. Download barcode software.