Barcode Server Fill in the field below with a 7-, 8-, 12- or 13-digit number for a barcode, y'know, like the ones you see on food, CDs, and books. If you want to have the server generate a checksum for you, then just replace the last digit with a question mark ("?"). By the way, those digits you sometimes see to the left or the right of the barcodes are typically part of the number encoded in the bars. And, please note, the barcodes that you can generate here must consist only of digits (not letters or punctuation). Enter value to encode:
There are more options available on the advanced options page . Joe-Bob says check it out. Inspiration and History This toy was inspired by the October 2, 1994 edition of You Can With Beakman and Jax , which featured an excellent description of how UPC barcodes work . Running near-continuously since that fateful day in the fall of 1994, this was the first barcode generating site on the web, and was also one of the first public websites (if not the first such website) to serve instantly-generated images. At first, the server only did the original UPC-A form (the most common product barcode type in the USA), but in the spring of 2001, improvements were made so that now the server can produce pretty much any commonly-used UPC or EAN barcode. It's Not Begging, Really | |
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