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.
To create dynamic barcodes, Metadata options must first have been set. Metadata fields are required to create the association between the dynamic data used in the print run and the barcode.
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) 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) or point (pt) values.
- EAN 13 Properties group:
- Height: Enter the Barcode height in either metric (cm/mm), inch (in) 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 could be used for generating the Barcode.
This includes metadata fields which must previously have been added in the Metadata Options (likely at the Document Tags level), 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.