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Printing
iv. The
General Tab
allows you to choose the appropriate bar-
code type from the
Available barcodes
: menu.
You can choose one- or two-dimensional barcodes. Note
that different barcode types have different requirements -
some of them only allow numbers to
be encoded, while others only allow upper case
characters. For the further help on the barcode types con-
tact your supplier
Available barcode types are listed here (UPC-A is the most common type
used for retail products):
EAN and UPC EAN-8, EAN-8 + 2-digit supplement, EAN-8 + 5-digit
supplement, EAN-13, EAN-13 + 2-digit supplement,
EAN-13 + 5-digit supplement, EAN-14, DUN-14, UPC
Case Code, UPC-A, UPC-A + 2-digit supplement,
UPC-A + 5-digit supplement, UPC-E, UPC-E + 2-digit
supplement, UPC-E + 5-digit supplement, EAN.UCC
128, SSCC, Bookland, Addon 2, Addon 5
Linear
Interleaved 2 of 5, ITF 14, ITF 16, Code 39, Code 39 Tri
Optic, Code 39 Full ASCII, Code 32, Code 93, CODE 128
(A, B and C subsets), MSI, Codabar, Postnet-32,
Postnet-37, Postnet-52, Postnest-62, Kix, Pharmacode
RSS
Linear RSS symbologies
RSS14, RSS14 Truncated,
RSS14Stacked, RSS14 Stacked Omnidirectional, RSS
Limited, RSS Expanded
Composite RSS
symbologiesRSS14, RSS14 Truncated, RSS14 Stacked,
RSS14 Stacked Omnidirectional, RSS Limited, RSS
Expanded, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, EAN.UCC
128 & CC-A/B, EAN.UCC 128 & CC-C
2D Barcodes
2D-Pharmacode, PDF-417, DataMatrix, MaxiCode,
Aztec, QR, Micro QR, Codablock F, MicroPDF
Define the barcode dimensions in the
Barcode Dimensions
Field
. The height is set in cm by entering the appropriate
number in the
Symbol Height Field
. The width of the barcode
is set as the
X Expansion factor
. Note that the width can be set
only in pre-defined standard steps.