Save as PDF and Send to Preview on macOS

On a Mac, Barcode Producer uses Ghostscript, a free open-source tool, to save PDF files and send barcodes to Preview. If Ghostscript isn’t installed, Barcode Producer tells you. To install it:

1. Install Homebrew, a package management tool for installing open source software: https://brew.sh (use the command line or .pkg installer)
2. Install Ghostscript using this Terminal command: brew install ghostscript

Then save your PDF or send to Preview again.

Creating PDF files for barcode artwork is something that we offer by popular demand – we’d generally suggest not creating PDFs out of your barcodes if you intend to place them in a larger artwork file. An EPS file is much more suitable for this purpose – a PDF is just a container for Barcode Producer’s EPS file. That said, using a PDF is fine if it suits your workflow.

Barcode Producer 6#

Barcode Producer 6 can’t save PDF files or send to Preview on macOS Sonoma (macOS 14) and later, and it’s no longer updated. Upgrade to Barcode Producer 26 to save PDFs again.