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Barcode properties
ThistopicliststhepropertiesofthebarcodetypesRoyalMail4-StateMailmarkCandRoyalMail4-
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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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None:Thebarcodeisrenderedbasedonthemodulewidth.
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Proportional:Thebarcodeisstretcheduptowhereitfitseitherthewidthorheightoftheparent
box,whicheverrequiresthelessstretching.
Human Readable Message
Whenthisoptionischecked,PrintShopMailConnectshowsahumanreadabletextbeloworabovethe
barcode,asdefinedusingtheTextPosition,usingthespecifiedfontandfontsize.Thefontsizeis
giveninpoints(pt).
Color
TheColorgroup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).
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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