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Printing your barcode – from sizing and colours to getting creative!

January 11, 2013

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creative barcodes
In this article we go over some of the rules for resizing  and incorporating your barcode into your packaging design whilst still maintaining scannability. Learn what sizes can be used and which colour combinations will be scannable – that’s right, you don’t need to stick to black and white, and there’s no reason you can’t throw in a unique touch as well…

Dimension and sizing: The most basic rule of thumb that SA Barcodes suggests is to print your barcode image at a minimum of 80% the original size, or up to 200% of original size if you wish. You can reduce the size to 75% but you will then...


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    Our blog researchers include local barcode experts from the SA Barcodes team: Cat Robinson and Andreas van Wyk

    SA Barcodes Team

    The aim of this page is to educate you, our customer, with all the information you may require about the different facets of barcodes and how they work.

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