Royal Mail Mailmark

Royal Mail Mailmark is one of the types of barcodes that can be added to a template; see Barcode.

The barcode can be added either using the Barcode toolbar button or through selecting Insert > Barcode on the menu; see Adding a Barcode.

Initially the barcode will have the barcode type's default properties. To change those properties, such as the scale and color, open the Barcode properties dialog: right-click the barcode (on the Design tab in the Workspace) and select the barcode type on the shortcut menu.

Barcode properties

This topic lists the properties of the barcode type Royal Mail Mailmark. For the properties of other barcode types, see Barcode properties.

Module width

The recommendation is to print these barcodes with a module size of 0.5 mm, which equates to 6 dots when printed at 300dpi. The maximum module size for printing is 0.7 mm.

Preferred version

Use the drop-down to select the size of the barcode, in a number of modules. The actual size of the barcode can be 12 mm x 12 mm up to 22.4 mm x 22.4 mm, depending on the preferred version and the module width.

Scale

Defines if and how the rendered barcode is scaled in relation to the parent element:

• None: The barcode is rendered based on the module width.
• Fit to box: The barcode is stretched to fit the parent box in both width and height.
• Proportionally: The barcode is stretched up to where it fits either the width or height of the parent box, whichever requires the less stretching.

Color

The Color property allows you to choose a different Barcode color (instead of black) and Background color (instead of white), by typing a hexadecimal color value (see for example w3school's color picker).

Output format

• SVG: Vector format. This is smaller in size, but not compatible with Email output.
• PNG: Binary rasterized format. This is slightly larger than SVG but will display properly in Email output.