Charlie
- 30th January 2015, 14:03
I remember someone (maybe Demon?) posting about using a barcode reader and barcode labels to keep track of components, but I could not find the threads again. I always thought it was a great idea because anything you buy is normally in a package with a sticker already coded so it makes keeping track of inventory much easier. The other day I found a barcode reader for $14 on eBay, so I picked one up. The scanner works great, however printing the labels is proving to be the real challenge!
If you are doing something like this, how are you printing barcode labels for the containers? Did you download a font from somewhere, and if you did, does it work in Word and Excel? I've found a couple free fonts, but I'm not happy with the result. They seem to either look good on the screen but are blurry on the printer, or work in Excel, but not Word, or a variety of other shortcomings. I'm not ready to commit to paying hundreds of dollars for a font that *might* work, especially to simply keep track of where I put some parts.
Thanks for any insight!
If you are doing something like this, how are you printing barcode labels for the containers? Did you download a font from somewhere, and if you did, does it work in Word and Excel? I've found a couple free fonts, but I'm not happy with the result. They seem to either look good on the screen but are blurry on the printer, or work in Excel, but not Word, or a variety of other shortcomings. I'm not ready to commit to paying hundreds of dollars for a font that *might* work, especially to simply keep track of where I put some parts.
Thanks for any insight!