[Scribus] How to create barcodes in scribus

[John Culleton]

On Tuesday 20 November 2007 04:42:04 am Owen wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:46:25 -0700
>
> "Marc Sabatella" <marc at outsideshore.com> wrote:
> > MessageFWIW, I did get the Scribus barcode genertor to work, but fiund
> > the results unsatisfactory - they didn't lend themselves to cropping /
> > resizing.  Or at least, I couldn't figure out how to do so without
> > messing it up.  In the past I used a utility that came with some software
> > I bought, but that was three computers and two OS's ago.  So I just
> > browsed around online and found a free online java-based barcode
> > generator that worked fine.  Sorry, I don't remember which, but Google
> > was quite helpful - there were several that seemed like they could do the
> > job.
>
> To resize,
>
> 1. Click in the 'barcode box'
> 2. grab one of the corners and pull it to the size you want
>
> To re-orientate
>
> 1. Click on the barcode box
> 2. Right click and go to properties
> 3. Select rotation point and rotation amount
>
> See http://members.pcug.org.au/~rcook/scribus/barcode.pdf (about 17 kBytess
> as a demo
>
>
>
> Owen
>
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Also, you need two barcodes side by side, not just one. The price barcode (EAN 
5) should be added even if it is the null code (90000). 

One of the reasons I prefer the bookland.py barcode generator is because it 
puts both barcodes on a single eps, which then can be imported into a 
graphics frame. 

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