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Designing Labels
Using Toolbars
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PDF 417 2D Code
General tab
X expansion factor
This option defines the X expansion of the bar code symbol.
Y expansion factor
This option defines the height of the bar code symbol.
Security tab
According to the standard, you can select among 9 levels of security. Higher security levels
allow more reliable reading regardless of errors, but the bar code symbol is bigger.
Truncated bar codes can be used where label damage is unlikely and there is no demand for a
high level of security. The truncated symbol is smaller.
Aspect Ratio
It is the ratio between the number of columns and the number of rows.
Contents
PDF 417 code can encode:
• Full 128 ASCII character set
• All 128 Extended ASCII characters
• 8-bit binary data
DataMatrix Bar Code
General tab
X expansion factor
This option defines the X expansion of the bar code symbol.
Y expansion factor
This option defines the height of the bar code symbol.
Aspect Ratio
It is the ratio between the number of columns and the number of rows. Select one of the values
from the drop down menu.