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Size by:Selectsizefromthetwooptionsavailable:
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By area:ConnectwilltrytosizetheBarcodetofitthespecifiedareabydynamicallychan-
gingthemodulewidthtotheSizeselection.Thelowermodulewidthlimitisgovernedby
theMinimum module widthselection.
Enterthesizesineithermetric(cm/mm),inch(in),pixel(px)orpoint(pt)values.
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By module width:ConnectwilltrytosizetheBarcodetothemodulewidthofthechar-
acters.LargeBarcodevalueswillresultinlargerBarcodeandviceversa.
EntertheModule widthineithermetric(cm/mm),inch(in),pixel(px)orpoint(pt)values.
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Encoding:DefinetheencodingoftheBarcode:
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Auto:Automaticallydetectthedatacontentandencodesusingthemostappropriate
method.Thisisthedefaultoption.
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Numeric:7089numericalcharacters.
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Alphanumeric:4296alphanumericalcharacters.
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Byte:2953characters.
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Kanji:1817Japanese/Chinesecharacters.
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Version:SelectthepreferredQRcodeversion(whichsetsthedatalengthfield)fromthe40avail-
able.
TheEncodingandVersionfieldsworktogethertodeterminehowmanycharactersare
encodedwithinalength field.Thefollowingtableshowsthenumberofbitsinalengthfield,
basedupontheselectionsmade:
Encoding Ver. 1-9 Ver. 10-23 Ver. 27-40
Numeric 10 12 14
Alphanumeric 9 11 13
Byte 8 16 16
Kanji 8 10 12
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Error Correction Level:PartoftherobustnessofQRcodesistheirabilitytosustain“damage”
andcontinuetofunctionevenwhenapartoftheQRcodeimageisobscured,
defacedorremoved.AhighercorrectionlevelduplicatesdatawithintheQRCodetoallowfor
damagedareas.ThehighertheErrorCorrectionLevel,thelargertheBarcodewillbe.The
choicesare(inorderfromlowesttohighest):Low,Medium,QuartileandHigh.
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