EAN-13 Settings
EAN-13 barcodes are composed entirely of numerical data. The first 12 digits representing country/economic area, manufacturer and product codes + 1 following checksum digit. Use the following options to configure the output Barcode settings:
- Position group:
- Orientation: Use the drop-down to select the orientation of the Barcode added to the page.
- Output once per sheet: Option relates to Imposition (also known as N-Up) printing. Select this box to have the Barcode printed once per sheet rather than once per document page.If Imposition options such as auto-positioning and scaling were selected, these options won't apply to the Additional Content added to the physical N-Up sheet.
- Left: Enter the distance between the left margin of the page and the Barcode, in either metric (cm/mm), inch (in), pixel (px) or point (pt) values.
- Bottom: Enter the distance between the bottom margin of the page and the Barcode, in either metric (cm/mm), inch (in), pixel (px) or point (pt) values.
- EAN 13 Properties group:
- Height: Enter the Barcode height in either metric (cm/mm), inch (in), pixel (px) or point (pt) values.
- Module Width: Specifies the width of the narrow bars. Changing this value to higher value will generally make the Barcode bigger. The EAN-13 barcode employs a module width between 0.27mm and 0.66mm.
- Checksum: Use the drop-down to select how to deal with the Barcode checksum:
- Ignore: Ignore checksum calculations.
- Auto: Add a checksum character to the Barcode if the initial value does not validate. This is the default value.
- Check: Verify the Barcode has a valid checksum.
- Add: Calculate and add a checksum character to Barcode, regardless of current value.
- Print human readable text: Check to add a textual version of the Barcode data.
- Placement: Use the drop-down to select whether to place the human readable text above or below the Barcode.
- Font name: Use the drop-down to select the font with which to display the human readable text.
- Font size: Enter a font size for the human readable text.
- Text: Enter the text used
to generate the Barcode.
Add button: Click to display
a list of variable data that can be added to the Barcode. This
includes metadata fields added in the Metadata
Options, as well as some information fields.
- Condition: Enter the condition
which determines whether or not the Barcode will be added to the document at print time. For details on how to create a conditional, see the How to Set Conditionals page.
- Add button: Click to display
a list of metadata fields, information fields to add, or common
expressions to the condition.