Print your own UPC bar codes from within any Windows program! This scalable TrueType font set lets virtually any existing Windows program print UPC bar codes. Virtually every retail product sold in North America requires a UPC (Universal Product Code, used in the North American retail industry since 1973) bar code. Our software lets you print your own UPC codes in your product packaging, or on your own UPC labels.

There are two different versions of UPC bar codes, UPC-A and UPC-E. The UPC-A bar code is 12 digits long, including its checksum. UPC-E bar codes are special shortened versions of UPC-A bar codes and are 6 digits long. Both UPC-A and UPC-E bar codes may have optional 2 or 5 digit supplemental codes appended to them.

Each UPC bar code represents a 12 digit number. The last digit is a required checksum, and checksum calculation requires a computer program. This bar code set includes our BarUPC utility, which calculates checksums and automatically formats these bar codes for you. Want to print bar codes in Access, Excel, or Word? We include VBA macro functions that do all the work for you. If you don't understand bar codes, just run the BarUPC utility program (included in this package) to build bar codes for you. The download version includes a manual in Rich Text format compatible with any Windows word processor. The physical package comes on CD with a printed manual.

Each of these scalable bar code fonts comes in five different aspect ratios, so you can vary the height and width of the bars independent of each other. This lets you print bar codes with the same height, but with different bar thicknesses.

Want to print some actual bar codes? Download the free evaluation version of our UPC Bar Codes set by clicking on the Free Evaluation Copy button above, (656 Kbytes). Need more bar code types than just UPC? Try our Bar Codes Plus package.