Generate Barcode Series

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• How to Generate Barcode Series
  • Step-1: Log in to the Asaan Retail portal.
  • Step-2: Hover your cursor to the flyout menu on the left and click the settings icon (2nd from the bottom).
  • Step 3: In the new window, click on the ‘Configurations’ tab.
  • Step 4: In the Configurations tab, go to the last panel named Barcodes and click on the ‘Manage Barcodes’ button.
  • Step 5: In the pop-up window, Set attributes to generate Barcode Series.
  • Step 6: Click the Submit button.
  • Step 7: Create New Products with the Barcode series you selected. (Example AG00001P, AG00002P, etc).
  • Step-1: Click on the Print Barcodes button under the Barcodes panel.
  • Step-2: In the pop-up window:

Overview

In this article we will cover:

• How to Generate Barcode Series?
• How to Print Barcode labels?
  
  

How to Generate Barcode Series

Step-1: Log in to the Asaan Retail portal.

Step-2: Hover your cursor to the flyout menu on the left and click the settings icon (2nd from the bottom).

Or you can access settings by typing Settings in the search bar on the top.

Step 3: In the new window, click on the ‘Configurations’ tab.

Step 4: In the Configurations tab, go to the last panel named Barcodes and click on the ‘Manage Barcodes’ button.

Step 5: In the pop-up window, Set attributes to generate Barcode Series.

For instance, if you have a company named Adventure Gear, you can:

• Set Prefix as AG
• Set your Next Number - (The number from where you start your Barcode series along with a format like 00001 for a series of numbers having 5 digits)
  
  

Example of Barcode generated for a specific product

• Set Suffix - (Any)
• Manage Label Configurations - To set the dimensions and appearance of your Barcode Series
  • Price Required - To showcase the price with a printed Barcode
  • Company Required - To showcase the company name with a printed Barcode
  • Barcode Required - To showcase the Barcode serial with a printed Barcode
  • Is the barcode print BOLD or not on the barcode label? (Turn on for a BOLD print)
  • Is the Product SKU required on the barcode label? - To showcase the Product SKU with a printed Barcode
  • Is the Price print BOLD or NOT on the barcode label? (Turn on for a BOLD print) 
  • Display product name on the label - To showcase the product name with a printed Barcode
  • Barcode label left margin (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own)
  • Distance from the top of the SKU field (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own)
  • Distance from the top of SKU Barcode (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own) 
  • Barcode height (Use system-recommended dimensions or set your own)
  • Max characters of product name printed on labels (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own criteria to show set number of characters for product name)
  • Distance between two labels (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own)
  • Distance from top of the company name field (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own) 
  • Distance from top of price field (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own)
  • Distance from the top of the barcode field (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own)
  • Distance from top of SKU (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own)
  • Distance from top of Product Name (Use system recommended dimensions or set your own)
    
    

Step 6: Click the Submit button.

Step 7: Create New Products with the Barcode series you selected. (Example AG00001P, AG00002P, etc).

Learn more about setting Up Barcode Label Printer

How to Print Barcode labels?

To print multiple Barcode labels for the same product

Step-1: Click on the Print Barcodes button under the Barcodes panel.

Step-2: In the pop-up window:

• Select your printer
• Select the Print format (our default configuration is based on 2 barcodes/labels per row): 
  • ‘1 label per row’ to print a ‘single barcode in 1 row’ or
  •  ‘2 labels per row’ to print ‘2 barcodes in 1 row’
• Add product barcode
  
  
  

• Product Name (Autofill against the barcode you selected)
  
  

• Add the number of labels that you want to print.

Step-3: Click Print