This Symbology is also known as International Standard Book Number, Bookland EAN, ISBN-13, ISBN-10, ISBN+5, ISBN+2, ISBN Supplement 5/Five-digit Add-On, ISBN Supplement 2/Two-digit Add-On
This Barcode Symbology is supported by the following Neodynamic products:
The ISBN was originally developed as a 10-digit number, which for more than three decades has performed extremely well as a catalog number for books. However, the International ISBN Agency has determined that sometime in the not-too-distant future they will begin to run out of 10-digit numbers for publishers. Accordingly, in January 2007, the ISBN will be redefined from a 10-digit to a 13-digit number.
Barcode Professional supports both ISBN-10 as well as ISBN-13 numbers and thus, you can pass to it both type of ISBNs as the value to encode. All ISBN-10 number is automatically converted to ISBN-13 by Barcode Professional.
The ISBN number is either 10 or 13 digits long and consists of four or five parts:
The Add-On Symbols were designed to encode information supplementary to that in the main bar code symbol on periodicals and paperback books. The Add-On can be composed of 2 or 5 digits only. For ISBN barcodes a Five-digit Add-On is usually used for the Retail Suggested Price.
Note: Please refer to the Class Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods stated in this document.
In order to get an ISBN barcode image, please follow these steps:
- Set the Symbology property to Isbn
- Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
- Set the BarWidth property to 0.013 (Value is expressed in Inches)
- Set the BarHeight property to 0.9 (Value is expressed in Inches)
- If Guard Bars are needed:
- Set the GuardBar property to True
- Set the GuardBarHeight property to 0.965 (Value is expressed in Inches)
- Set the QuietZoneWidth property to 0.091 (Value is expressed in Inches)
- Set the Code property with an ISBN number. You can specify 10-digit ISBN as well as 13-digit ISBN
- Add-On Settings if needed:
- Set the EanUpcSupplement to Digits2 (Two-Digit Add-On) or Digits5 (Five-Digit Add-On)
- Set the EanUpcSupplementCode with the Add-On value which must be 2 or 5 digits only
- Drawn Light Margin Indicators if needed:
- Set the DisplayLightMarginIndicator to True
- Set the Text property to ISBN + number string
Note: Please refer to the Class Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods stated in this document.
In order to get an ISBN barcode image, please follow these steps:
- Set the Symbology property to Isbn
- Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:
All values for barcode dimensions are expressed in INCHES by default. However, Barcode Professional supports other unit of measurement such as Millimeter, Centimeter, and Mils. For modifying the unit of measurement for barcoding, please set up the BarcodeUnit property as needed.
- Set the BarWidth property to 0.013 (Value is expressed in Inches)
- Set the BarHeight property to 0.9 (Value is expressed in Inches)
- If Guard Bars are needed:
- Set the GuardBar property to True
- Set the GuardBarHeight property to 0.965 (Value is expressed in Inches)
- Set the QuietZone property to 0.091, 0, 0.091, 0 - Left, Top, Right, Bottom (Value is expressed in Inches)
- Set the Code property with an ISBN number. You can specify 10-digit ISBN as well as 13-digit ISBN
- Add-On Settings if needed:
- Set the EanUpcSupplement to Digits2 (Two-Digit Add-On) or Digits5 (Five-Digit Add-On)
- Set the EanUpcSupplementCode with the Add-On value which must be 2 or 5 digits only
- Drawn Light Margin Indicators if needed:
- Set the DisplayLightMarginIndicator to True
- Set the Text property to ISBN + number string