Sequential barcoding.

Sequential barcoding is one of the advanced features in Retail Barcode Maker Pro. Below you will be able to see how it could be done, but please read the PDF manual and/or help file, online manual for more information.

Sequential UPC barcode

Click on the Sequential TAB.

Select UPC-A (one of the supported UPC barcodes) in Select Barcode in the Sequential TAB. Please look at the image below. The UPC-A barcode is the most common retail barcode in the USA and Canada. Most of the world uses the ean 13 barcode and can be selected as well. Below we use the UPC barcode.

The green text shows what is supported by the upc barcode and the red shows what's not supported by the barcode. Please look at the image above.

In Sequential [NUM1] fill in as shown in the image below. Fill in 69999 in Start and 70000 in Stop and 1 in Step.

In Sequential [NUM2] fill in as shown in the image below. Fill in 1 in Start and 100 in Stop and 1 in Step. check 'Add leading Zeros to Start' as it will add zeros to the beginning of Start, the 1 will be 001, so that it will have the same size as Stop.

As you can see in the above image, 'Add leading Zeros to Start' have been checked as it will add zeros to the beginning of Start, the 1 will be 001, so that it will have the same size as Stop in the sequence.

Now we are going to make the sequence, please look at the image below.

The [NUM1][NUM2] Sequence is going to look like this. At start there will be a zero (0) followed by [NUM1] (69999), followed by two zeros in front of [NUM2] (001 to 100), a total of 200 barcodes, as you can see the total is 11 digits, and the last digit (12th digit) is the checksum (check digit) and will be added automatically when you save the barcode image or when using the barcode label printing option.

In the image below you can see the sequence in the Barcode List. The barcodes in the Barcode List can be saved as a barcode image / vector barcode or why not barcode printing on labels.

As you can see in the Barcode List above, 06999900001 to 06999900100 and also 07000000001 to 07000000100

Sequential barcoding in Adobe InDesign

In Retail Barcode Maker Pro v2.50 or better you will be able to Export a Comma Delimited text file (*.txt) For Adobe InDesign, so that you will be able to use the Sequential barcoding made in Retail Barcode Maker Pro in Adobe InDesign, just save the barcode images and then save the Comma Delimited text file (*.txt) For Adobe InDesign and do the rest in Adobe InDesign. Please view the PDF How to Sequential barcoding in Adobe InDesign

More information about Sequential barcoding

The above is only a hint what can be done using sequential barcoding, for more information, please view the barcode video tutorial or the Online manual.

The best barcode software ?

We do think Retail Barcode Maker Pro is the best barcode software as it has a lot of features not available in other barcode software titles. Most uses barcode fonts, we don't as we want you to have full control of the barcode. Retail Barcode Maker Pro supports GS1 recommended size settings, one click access, don't know of any barcode software with this option. You wan't to make changes to the barcode yourself ?, no problem, just use Manual barcode settings and many other functions, more Retail Barcode Maker Pro information here and you will be able to download and try the barcode software for 30 days.

 

If you get a '(sequential) Error: Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow Error Code: 6' read this

The problem is that you fill in all the digits for the barcode into Start and Stop, you should only fill in the digits that is used for counting and all other digits should be filled in, in the [NUM1][NUM2] Sequence e.g.

You want to make the sequence 10000000010 to 10000000099. As you can see most of the digits are the same 10000000010 to 10000000099, so here is how you should do it.

[NUM1]
Start: 10
Stop: 99
Step: 1

In [NUM1][NUM2] Sequence
100000000[NUM1]

Click on the Make Sequential button and now you will not get the Error Code 6