How to Print a Bar Code on a LaserJet Printer in Windows
Businesses use bar codes to streamline operations in many different ways. For instance, bar codes can help your business manage inventory, make customer checkouts faster and more efficient and even save your company money on mailing costs. In the past, using bar codes in your business meant purchasing specialty forms from suppliers or buying and installing expensive bar code hardware. Today, however, you can download free bar code fonts on the Internet and use them in virtually all Windows word processing or publishing applications. After you design your forms to include bar codes, printing the symbols with a laser printer is as easy as printing a regular text document.
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Instructions
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Install a Bar Code Font in Windows
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Go to a website that allows you to download free bar code fonts (see Resources). Download the bar code font file and save it to a folder on your PC.
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Click "Start" and then "Computer." Navigate to the folder on your computer where you saved the downloaded bar code file.
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Right-click the file name of the bar code file, then click "Install" on the pop-up menu. Windows automatically installs the new bar code font and configures it for use in applications on your PC.
Display and Print Bar Codes in Windows Word Processing Programs
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Open a Windows word processing application.
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Use the menu bar in the word processing application to create or open a document file. Enter text in the document as needed to format and prepare the document.
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Use the mouse or arrow keys on the keyboard to move the cursor to the point where you want the bar code to display and print.
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Click the drop-down list on the menu or tool bar that has a list of Windows fonts. Scroll through the list of font names until you reach the bar code font. Click the name of the bar code font to select it.
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Enter numbers and text to use transpose with the bar code symbol. For example, to create a unique ID for an inventory item, enter text like "PN67112SYS091" or something similar. Press the "Enter" key after you enter the numbers and text to convert to a bar code. The word application displays the new bar code at the insertion point in the document. Click "File" and "Save" to save the document.
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Click "File" and "Print" to open the "Print" dialog window. Click the "OK" or "Print" button. The LaserJet printer prints the document with the bar code created in the word processing application.
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