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Additional PDF417 Settings

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.
    • Left: Enter the distance between the left margin of the page and the barcode, in inches (in).
    • Bottom: Enter the distance between the bottom margin of the page and the barcode, in inches (in).

    Barcode-specific properties:

    • Module Width: Specifies the width of the narrow bars in centimeters.
    • Row height: Defines the height of the bars for a single row measured in pixels drawn
    • Width to height ratio:
    • Mode: Use the drop-down to set the compaction mode
      • Numeric: more efficient mode for encoding numeric data
      • Text: allows all printable ASCII characters to be end coded (values 32 to 126 and some additional control characters)
      • Binary: allows any byte value to be encoded
    • Error Correction Level: Enter the error correction level for the built-in error correction method based on Reed-Solomon algorithms. The error correction level is adjustable between level 0 (just error detection) and level 8 (maximum error correction). Recommended error correction levels are between level 2 and 5, but the optimal value depends on amount of data, printing quality of the PDF417 symbol and decoding capabilities.
    • Rows: A PDF417 bar code can have anywhere from 3 to 90 rows.
    • Columns: The number of data columns can vary from 3 to 30.
      • Print human readable text: Check to add a textual version of the Barcode data. Not available for two dimensional (2D) barcodes such as QR and PDF417.
        • 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 by which the Barcode is shown on the page.
      • Add button: Click to display a list of metadata fields, information fields to add, or common expressions to the condition.