UPC-A Settings
The Universal Product Code (UPC-A) Barcode is widely used for tracking trade items in stores and at the point-of-sale. It consists of 12 numerical digits which are uniquely assigned to each trade item.
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:
UPC A 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.
- 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.
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