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Exporting barcodes for photoshoots

Create 30up or 8up barcode slates to use with handheld scanners in a tethered workflow

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Written by Drew Starr
Updated over a week ago

Opening the Export tool

In a Job, select Tools β†’ Export

Start

Select either Barcode (30up) or Barcode (8up) 7x10 from the available export templates to begin customizing barcodes. The export is split into 2 steps:

  1. Configure Export

  2. Export Barcodes*

πŸ“ *The available options to customize barcodes depends on the export used.

Configure Export

Setup how Blueprint should output the exported data.

What settings can I edit?

Export To

Set where the output from Blueprint should be saved.

Folder Name

Customize the folder name Blueprint creates that will contain the export contents.

Output File Type

Set the exported file to be either a PDF or JPEG file.

Stack Sort

Have Blueprint sort the export to be cut in bulk with a paper cutter.


Export Barcodes

Customize the barcode slate cards exported from Blueprint.

πŸ“’ Both barcode exports have a preview section to see the cards before exporting.

Barcode (30up)

What settings can I edit?

Sorting

Set up to 4 different layers of sorting for the export.

πŸ“ Note: Add an optional page break to your export:

  • Page break after the first alphanumeric character or the entire field value.

  • Have the export split the output into multiple files on export.

    • Only available with PDF format.

Body Layout

Customize up to 3 lines by dynamically adding subject data with optional label.

Barcode Field

Set the subject data field to be used to create the barcode.

πŸ“’ Online Code (Studio ID / Online Code) is recommended and applied by default.

Barcode (8up) 7x10

What settings can I edit?

Sorting

Set up to 4 different layers of sorting for the export.

πŸ“ Note: Add an optional page break to your export:

  • Page break after the first alphanumeric character or the entire field value.

  • Have the export split the output into multiple files on export.

    • Only available with PDF format.

Header

Choose from available fields to apply a left and/or right header on the output file.

Body Layout

Customize up to 6 lines by dynamically adding subject data with optional label - or upload a custom image to apply to the body of the barcode. Can include gallery link or QR code.

Barcode Field

Set the subject data field to be used to create the barcode.

πŸ“’ Online Code (Studio ID / Online Code) is recommended and applied by default.

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