2022.2

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:
l
SVG:Vectorformat.Thisisusuallyofhigherquality,butmaytakelongertogenerateandisnot
compatiblewithEmailoutput.
l
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.
POSTNET
POSTNETisoneofthebarcodetypesthatcanbeaddedtoatemplate;see"Barcode"onpage572.
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thistypeofbarcodeprocessestildecharacters(~)inthedataasspecialcharacters.Seethe
Java4lessBarcodesGuidetolearnwhatthetildecharactercanbeusedfor.
Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesofthebarcodetypePOSTNET.Forthepropertiesofotherbarcodetypes,
see"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage574.
Module width
Specifiesthewidthofthenarrowbarsincentimeters.Changingthisvaluetoahighervaluewillmake
thebarcodebiggerwhenScaleissettoNone.
Bar height
Youcansettheheight(incm)oftheshortbarsandthetallbarsinthePostnetbarcode.
Scale
Definesifandhowtherenderedbarcodeisscaledinrelationtotheparentelement:
l
None:Thebarcodeisrenderedbasedonthemodulewidth.
l
Fit to box:Thebarcodeisstretchedtofittheparentboxinbothwidthandheight.
Page 608