Barcode Producer

If you don't have any experience with barcodes, you can turn to Barcode Producer, to make your work much more manageable. This piece of software can help you generate any kind of barcode, for labels, retail packages, books and much more. It places a wide range of customization options at your disposal, as well as a live preview, so you will always know how the result will look like. The application also comes with various output options, which give you a high degree of flexibility when it comes to exporting your barcodes.

The application is free to try, with some minor limitations. You can download its setup package in just a few seconds and install its core components just as fast. There are no complex options or special requirements standing in your way, so you can start using the software immediately.

The general design of the user interface makes it obvious that Barcode Producer was originally made for Mac OS X. You can access several categories in a column, on the left side of the interface and find different barcode types in the larger area on the right. The software supports all important barcode standards, including ISBN, UPC, EAN and even QR codes, which makes it ideal for any situation. You can find codes for shipping, retail packages, inventory, books, periodicals and many more. All you have to do is select one of the presented barcodes, and the application will immediately show all the customization options you need on a separate window.

The software provides you with different customization options for each barcode variation, so you can tweak everything, down to the smallest detail. You can specify values and prices, select input types, prefixes and other parameters in drop-down menus, on the left side of the window, and you will see how everything affects your barcode on the right side. You can also access advanced options, on separate panels, for tweaking colors, adding text or adding other finishing touches.

You can save your barcodes as BMP or TIFF images or as EPS files. Alternatively, you can send them directly to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or MS Paint, if you wish to place them directly over an image you intend to print. Of course, printing the generated barcodes separately is another possibility. What's more, the software comes with additional tools, for calculating ISBN check digits, testing barcodes, printing inventory sheets, and converting codes between 13-digit and 10-digit ISBN.

If you don't know what kind of code you need for a specific item type, you can let the application help you choose. Simply tell a wizard what kind of item you intend to work with or what value or number you want to translate, and it will present the relevant code types right away. Even if you haven't worked with barcodes before, you will always know what you have to do when using this smart application.

Thanks to its support for all barcode standards, flexible customization features, and intuitive design, you can definitely say that Barcode Producer is an all-round solution for anything that requires a barcode.