Nespresso Vertuo Barcode Generator

This project aims to decode and generate printable barcodes for the Nespresso's Vertuoline machines. Of course the barcodes aren't guaranteed to work, and i'm not responsible for any broken machines. Though I can't fathom how you could possibly break one.

Setup

1. Download the latest version of python here. Or at least have version 3.7 or greater.
2. Install Pillow through pip install Pillow
3. Download this project either in the Release section, or though git clone https://github.com/arandomdev/NespressoBarcodes.git
4. Open a terminal inside the project folder.

Usage

This project has two scripts, the generator and printer.

The generator

The generator takes a simplified form of a pod's code called the ID to generate a code that can be passed to the printer. The ID has 4 segments of 1s and 0s, for example "1100 1101 0100 001101"

Here is a table of IDs from various tags (Thanks to u/UnknownCofeeDrinker). I found that you can mix segments from various IDs and still get a working barcode. Its just that I don't know what all the segments do.

Name	Water Quantity	Segment 1	Segment 2	Segment 3 (Water quantity?)	Segment 4
Alto Intenso	414 ml	1001	0010	1000	010110
Alto Dolce	414 ml	1111	0100	1000	010110
Giorno	230 ml	1010	1110	0100	001000
Colombia	230 ml	1100	0001	0010	010110
Melozio	230 ml	1100	1101	0100	010110
Odacio	230 ml	1100	0010	0100	010110
Stormio	230 ml	1100	0010	0100	010110
Madeline	230 ml	1010	0010	0100	010110
Vanizio	230 ml	1100	1101	0100	010110
Decaffeinato	230 ml	1001	1110	0100	001000
Blanco Forte	230 ml	1111	0100	0010	010110
Pumpkin Spice Cake	230 ml	1010	0010	0100	001110
Hazelino Muffin	230 ml	1100	1101	0100	001110
Ice Forte	230 ml	1010	0010	0100	010101
Vanilla Custard Pie	230 ml	1100	1101	0100	001101
Chocolate Fudge	230 ml	1111	0100	0010	001110
Ice Forte	230 ml	0101	0110	0100	100100
Aflorazio	150 ml	1010	1000	1110	001110
Fortado	150 ml	1111	1011	1110	001110
Ethiopia Gran Lungo	150 ml	1100	0100	1110	010101
Costa Rica	150 ml	1001	1011	1110	100011
Double Expresso Scuro	80 ml	1010	1011	0001	001110
Double Expresso Chiaro	80 ml	1100	1011	0001	001110
Blanco Leggero	80 ml	1111	1101	0001	001110
Iced Leggero	80 ml	1010	1011	0001	010101
Diavolito	40 ml	1001	1101	1011	001101
Altissio	40 ml	1010	1101	1011	010101
Deca Intenso	40 ml	1010	0010	1011	010101
Paris Black	40 ml	1100	1000	1011	001101
Voltesso	40 ml	1001	0010	1011	010101

For example, say I wanted to use Melozio's code but with only 40 ml of water, I can do this.

> python generator.py 1100 1101 1011 010110

Output
01110010110110101110010110010111001011010110110101011010011100011101101011010101100101110001110101101101010110010111000111010110111001011010

The printer

The printer takes a code and turns it into a printable image. The code should be 140 characters consisting of only 1s and 0s.

In the following example, each call is a single line, including the code.

> python printer.py 01110010110110010010001101010111001011010101000100110110011100011101100100010011010101110001110101010001001101010111000111010101001000110110

> python printer.py -o outputPath.png 01110010110110010010001101010111001011010101000100110110011100011101100100010011010101110001110101010001001101010111000111010101001000110110

Printing and Testing

After getting an image from the printer script, you can print it and test it out. But there are a few things you need to do before that.

1. import the image into a program like Google Docs, where you can control the size of the image. For Google Docs, drag the image into a blank document, click on the image and then "Image Options", and under "Size & Rotation" set the width to 2.26in

2. Print out the image and cut out the barcode.

3. Using a fine sharpie or black pen, go over the black sections to darken them. Without this step, my machine would not read the barcode.

4. Test it out!

Helpful links

• https://www.reddit.com/r/nespresso/comments/d9xnv9/breaking_the_nespresso_vertuo_barcodes/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/nespresso/comments/okc1vx/breaking_the_nespresso_vertuo_barcodes_part_2/