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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.
RoyalMail4-State(CBC)
Royal Mail 4-State (CBC)isoneofthetypesofbarcodesthatcanbeaddedtoatemplate;see"Bar-
code"onpage175.
InPrintShopMailConnectversionspriorto2019.2thisbarcodewascalled"RoyalMail4State
(RM4SCC)".
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175.
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doesn'tprocesstildecharacters(~)inthedataasspecialcharacters.
Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesofthebarcodetypeRoyalMail4-State(CBC).Forthepropertiesofother
barcodetypes,see"Barcodetypeandproperties"onpage177.
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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