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WhenblackisacompositeofCMYKorRGBvalues,itmayincuracolorclickchargeonsomeprinters.
ChecktheOutput in Grayscaleoptiontomakesurethatpureblackisused.
Output format
Defineshowthebarcodeisoutputonthepage.Therearetwopossibleformats:
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SVG:Vectorformat.Thisisusuallyofhigherquality,butmaytakelongertogenerateandisnot
compatiblewithEmailoutput.
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PNG:Binaryrasterizedformat.ThishasaslightlylowerqualitythanSVGbutisusuallygen-
eratedfasterandwilldisplayproperlyinEmailoutput.
AustraliaPost,JapanPost,KIX,USPSIMb
Australia Post,Japan Post,KIXandUSPS IMbaresomeofthetypesofbarcodesthatcanbeadded
toatemplate;see"Barcode"onpage572.
InPlanetPressConnectversionspriorto2019.2theUSPSIMbbarcodewascalled"OneCode".
ThebarcodecanbeaddedeitherusingtheBarcodetoolbarbuttonorthroughselectingInsert > Bar-
codeonthemenu;see"AddingaBarcode"onpage572.
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...optioninthecontextmenu.
Notethatbarcodesofthesetypesdon'tprocesstildecharacters(~)inthedataasspecialcharacters.
Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesofthebarcodetypesAustraliaPost,JapanPost,KIXandUPSIMb.For
thepropertiesofotherbarcodetypes,see"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage574.
Height, width and spacing
Theheight,widthandspacingofthebarcodeareallmeasuredinpixels(38dpi).
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Bar height:Theheightofthe(shorter)bars.
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Extended bar height:Thetotalheightoftheextendedbars.
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Bar width:Thewidthofthebars.
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Spacing:Thedistancebetweenthebars.
Scale
Definesifandhowtherenderedbarcodeisscaledinrelationtotheparentelement:
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