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1. e Company Country City Email address to send your license information to Figure 56 License Dialog Online Activation 1 Infield enter the activation key 2 Infield enter your email address A license certificate will be sent to this address automatically 3 Complete all remaining data Company Country ZIP Code and City For a successful activation all fields are required 4 Confirm the entered data by clicking Send A message will inform you about the successful activation In case of problems or errors please contact TEC IT WWW TEC IT COM Page 75 of 83 12 2 2 Manual Licensing Manual licensing is the alternative method for licensing if your system has no internet connection Select manual licensing and enter the license data as provided by TEC IT P Please enter the license data exactly as you received it from TEC IT Spacing and upper lower case letters are to be considered To avoid typographical errors please insert the data using copy and paste from the email containing your license data whenever possible gt Single licenses If you purchased a single workstation license you need to provide the so called System ID or hostname on LINUX and MAC of the target computer You can find the System ID or hostname in the licensing dialog see below
2. dinit General Settings LogosandEffects Composite Captions Info Data Barcode Data 1234567890128 Assistant for Data Input Composite Data Enable composite ba es on page Composite Hex Data Example Data V Appearance Text Placement Unit Millimeter ShowText Width Height 37 290 mm 25 910 mm Alignment Module Width 0 330 mm TextDistance Default Resolution 2540 dpi 2400 0 dpi Font Arial 9 pt em Optimize Default Settings Letter Spacing Default c re c E Status Deviation _0 Perfect Quality Character Count 13 Resolution 2 540 dpi Rotation 0 The quality of the barcode is perfect Barcodes Templates 4 Deutsche Post Data Matrix 22x22 Data Matrix 26x26 4 Deutsche Post Pressepost Data Matrix 52x52 Data Matrix 16x48 Data Matrix 52x52 4 Deutsche Post Werbeant Postmatrix 22x22 Postmatrix 26x26 4 13 SCO 82 30 51 x 2125 SC1 90 33 9 x 23 32 mm 5 2 100 37 29 x 25 91 SC3 110 40 68 x 28 50 SCA 120 45 2 31 09 SCS 135 50 85 x 34 98 SC6 150 56 5 x 38 87 SC7 165 61 02 x 42 75 5 8 185 68 93 x 47 93 SC9 200 74 58 x 51 82 _ Filter by Text Figure 2 Quick Start with Templates Barcode Studio Main Wi WWW TEC IT COM indow Page 14 of 83
3. 5 4 Export or Print the Barcode The barcode can be used in the following ways Export to clipboard The clipboard allows you to quickly insert the barcode into any application like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl V File export The file export creates an image file Different bitmap and vector formats are supported List export In order to export multiple barcodes at once use the data list see chapter 8 You can either use the barcode data or a sequential number as file names Print With the print command you can print barcode labels see chapter 9 For further information on the barcode export please refer to chapter 6 The data list and the label printing are explained in the chapters 8 and 9 WWW TEC IT COM Page 15 of 83 6 Using Barcodes in Applications Exporting Barcodes This chapter provides general instructions for using the created barcodes in applications An explanation of the user interface and of the available barcode settings can be found in the following chapters 6 1 General You can export the barcodes created in Barcode Studio in the following ways the barcode to the clipboard as image and paste it into your application the barcode to the clipboard as metafile and paste it into your application Available under Microsoft Windows only Export the barcode to an image file Export a series of barcode images batch job
4. 7 12 1 1 Encoding Mode Determine whether to enforce binary encoding In Binary Encoding mode the encoding algorithm does not try to calculate the smallest possible symbol but it uses binary encoding for all characters This is recommended for binary input data and for barcode generation with optimal speed 7 12 1 2 Rows 3 90 The number of rows This value must be between 3 and 90 Default The number of lines is calculated automatically based on the number of input characters gt This property is not available for the Micro PDF417 symbology 7 12 1 3 Columns 1 30 The number of columns The value must be between 1 and 30 Start stop and line indicator columns are not taken into account Default The number of columns is calculated automatically based on the number of input charac ters 7 12 1 4 Row Height mm The height of an individual row in millimeters If specified the barcode height will remain locked at the specified value Modifying the barcode dimensions will only affect the barcode width Default The row height is calculated automatically based on the number of input characters WWW TEC IT COM Page 40 of 83 7 12 1 5 Error Correction Level The error correction level The value can be between 0 only error detection and 8 highest correction Default The level is calculated automatically according to the number of input characters minimum 2 maximum 5 This propert
5. v 000010 1 V e ABCabc 1 F Lock the Barcode Size Figure 37 Error Status WWW TEC IT COM Page 56 of 83 The status icons in inform the user whether the data content of each row is valid for the actual barcode settings In order to avoid long update times the error status is not kept up to date The user has to click Refresh to see the real error status If one or more data rows produce an error the user is informed about the number of invalid data rows through a warning box see 8 3 File Import 8 3 1 Import Dialog 8 3 1 1 File Enter or choose the name of the import file in The file must be a text file with character separa ted values csv tsv etc The data rows are separated by line breaks and the columns by a specified separator character Ed Data Import Wizard 19 X Choose an Import File Please choose a text file You can also set a field separator a text qualifier and a date format File Import CSV TSV File C BCStudio Data doku csv qp File Encoding Default zj Field Separator Semicolon G Text Qualifier v reat Doubled Qualifiers as Text e g is af Date Format Date MM dd yyyy V First Row Contains Column Names ID Name A123456 FNAME X 1 B232372 FNAME Y 2 o A676761 FNAME Y 3 B778728 FNAME Y 4 C556267 FNAME X 5 652656 FNAME X 6
6. Before exporting a barcode you have to adjust the required barcode settings The size of the resulting barcode image can be controlled by changing the dimensions width height and module width and the output resolution DPI see also section 7 7 2 These settings apply to all kinds of export operations 6 2 Resolution and Readability gt Do resize exported barcode images with image manipulation software like Photoshop The quality and the readability might suffer gt Whenever possible let Barcode Studio create the barcode in the required size and resolution to avoid resizing later on 6 2 1 1 Barcode Quality When exporting the barcode to a bitmap image BMP GIF JPG PNG TIF it must be converted from its internal resolution high to a graphical pixel resolution low During this process raste rizing the module width can vary due to rounding errors When exporting a barcode to a vector based image format EPS or as metafile to the clipboard the internal representation of the barcode symbol allows very high resolutions which are independent of the adjusted dpi Thus it is recommended to use vector based image formats EPS whenever possible However in the context of certain applications e g web applications it is inevitable to use bitmap images The readability of a barcode can be estimated by considering the quality watch see section 7 1 The quality of a barcode depends on the s
7. s lt settingsfile gt h lt height gt w lt width gt m lt modulewidth gt it lt imagetype gt r lt dpi gt 0 rot lt rotation gt fs lt fileseparator gt log lt logfile gt q 2 BCStudio datafile lt datafile gt out lt outputfile gt s lt settingsfile gt h lt height gt w lt width gt m lt modulewidth gt it lt imagetype gt r lt dpi gt o rot lt rotation gt fs lt filleseparator gt llog lt llogtile gt q 3 BCStudio datalist lt datalistfile gt skipheader lt numlines gt outlist lt outputlistfile gt s lt settingsfile gt h lt height gt w lt width gt m lt modulewidth gt it lt imagetype gt r lt dpi gt o rot lt rotation gt fs lt fileseparator gt log lt logfile gt q 4 BCStudio lt settingsfile gt EB eudios cas SDBReSEucho 2 d lt data gt Specifies the barcode data Can be used alternatively to datafile lt datafile gt and datalist lt datalistfile gt datafile lt datafile gt Specifies the barcode data through a data file Can be used alternatively to d lt data gt and datalist lt datalistfile gt datalist lt datalistfile gt Specifies the file that contains a list of data strings separated line breaks Can be used alternatively to d lt data gt and datafile lt datafile gt f this argument is used you must also specify outlist lt outputlistfile gt The number of
8. Licensing Online F8D713BF33534A303743536 Please enter your license information Product Barcode Studio 2D 1D 2D Codes Licensee Kind of License Number of Licenses Workstation m Your License Key jJ Figure 57 License Dialog Manual Licensing The following steps are required to license the product 1 the top of the dialog you find the System ID of your computer For single licenses we will ask you to send us the System ID of the target computer 2 Inthe field Product please choose between Barcode Studio 1D Linear Codes and Barcode Studio 2D 1D 2D Codes 3 Inthe field Licensee enter the name of the license holder 4 Inthe field Kind of License select the kind of license that you have purchased Possible license types are Single Site Enterprise 5 In the field Number of Licenses enter the number of licenses that you have purchased 6 Inthe field Your License Key enter the license key exactly as received from TEC IT 7 Confirm the dialog with OK A message will inform you about the successful activation In case of problems or errors please contact TEC IT 1 On UNIX Linux or Mac OS X the hostname of the system is used as System ID relevant only for Single licenses WWW TEC IT COM Page 76 of 83 12 3 Temporary Test Licenses For a restricted period of currently
9. Modes 7 12 5 2 Symbol Size Defines the size of the symbol in rows and columns Possible values range from 15 x 15 up to 151 x 151 modules If the property is set to default the size is computed automatically based on the data to be encoded WWW TEC IT COM Page 47 of 83 7 12 5 3 Enforce Binary Encoding Specifies whether to enforce binary encoding In Binary Encoding mode the encoding algorithm does not try to calculate the smallest possible symbol but it uses binary encoding for all characters This is recommended for binary input data and for barcode generation with optimal speed 7 12 5 4 Aztec Runes Mode Enables the Aztec Runes mode Aztec Runes are a special kind of Aztec Code symbols and are used to generate small and very fast readable markers Aztec Runes can only encode integer values from 0 to 255 7 12 5 5 Error Correction Defines the error correction level in percent You can enter a value between 1 and 89 percent The value Default is equivalent to 23 percent 7 12 5 6 Structured Append If you want to encode large quantities of data you can connect several Aztec Code symbols by the use of Structured Append For each Aztec Code symbol an identification number must be as signed This number is entered in the field Index of this Symbol A Z and can range from A to Z The index indicates the order in which the data is joined after the reading scanning process The index of the last
10. m E xg 0 E C Opens the documentation Shortcut F1 WWW TEC IT COM Page 20 of 83 7 4 Quality Watch Status Section Status Deviation Quality Character Count 17 Resolution 300 dpi Rotation 0 The readability of the barcode is quite good To gain an optimal barcode size please check the Optimize option Figure 5 Quality Watch 7 4 1 Deviation The less the deviation the better are quality and readability of the barcode The deviation depends on the output resolution and the print ratio of the barcode You can also improve the quality by changing the module width to an appropriate value As measurement unit select Pixel and set the module width to an integer value 1 2 3 etc 25 etc The field Deviation will report one of the following values Tolerance Aberration Description Perfect 0 Optimal output quality Fair 1 15 Should be readable with most barcode scanners Poor 16 25 May be readable Bad 26 50 Not readable in most cases Data Loss 51 100 Total or partly loss of information Unreadable barcode Table 2 Barcode Qualities 7 4 2 Quality The quality of the barcode the higher the deviation the lower is the quality 7 4 3 Character Count Displays the number of characters in the barcode data 7 4 4 Resolution The current output resolution in dpi dots per inch 7 4 5 Rotation The rotation of the
11. 7 12 3 Data Matrix P Please note that Barcode Studio always uses ECC 200 error correction Data Matrix ECC200 Structured Append Code Format Default v Number of all Symbols Default Symbol Size Default Y Index of this Symbol Default Enforce Binary Encoding E File ID 1 64516 Default Show as Rectangle Figure 29 Data Matrix ECC200 Properties 7 12 3 1 Code Format Code Format Enumeration Description Default Standard format GS1 UCC EAN Special format defined by GS1 UCC EAN Used for encoding Application Identifiers FNC1 at 1st position Industry Supports peculiar industry formats FNC1 at 2nd position Format 05 gt Rs05Gs is encoded at the beginning of the code Format 06 D gt Rs06Gs is encoded at the beginning of the code Reader Programming Format used to program barcode reading devices DP Postmatrix Special Format defined by Deutsche Post Is used for mailing commercials Table 9 Data Matrix Modes 7 12 3 2 Symbol Size The size of the symbols in number of rows and columns Possible sizes are 10 x 10 to 144 x 144 modules for square symbols and 8 x 18 to 16 x 48 for rectangular symbols If set to default the minimal possible square size is used depending on the input data WWW TEC IT COM Page 44 of 83 7 12 3 3 Enforce Binary Encoding Determine whether to enforce binary encoding
12. A989898 FNAME Y 7 Figure 38 File Import 8 3 1 2 File Encoding The file import supports 3 kinds of file encodings ANSI UTF 8 and UTF 16 Default for MS Windows is ANSI default for Linux and Mac OS is UTF 8 8 3 1 3 Field Separator and Text Qualifier The field separator divides data rows into several columns Frequently used separator charac ters are comma semicolon and tabulator but the user can specify any character he likes WWW TEC IT COM Page 57 of 83 If the import data contains separator characters within a single column the user has the option to specify a text qualifier character All characters between two related text qualifiers are handled as unit Often used text qualifiers are quotes and double quotes If the imported data contains text qualifiers they have to be escaped by either doubling them gt or by prepending a backslash V gt 8 3 1 4 Date Format To import date fields correctly the user may choose a date format which is used in the import file Currently only one date format can be specified 8 3 1 5 First Row Contains Column Names If the setting is checked the first row is assumed to contain the column names 8 3 1 6 Preview and Status As soon a valid file name has been specified the preview shows the first lines of the import file 8 3 2 Data Mapping er Select the import format and assign the fields below
13. For clearing all data fields please use the Heset button The data input for the Raw Data format pre selection is quite similar to the input in the main window However the assistant offers you the additional possibility to enter the data in a multi line edit control use the button v Below you will find examples for editing different data formats WWW TEC IT COM Page 24 of 83 Example Calendar Entry As symbology the QR Code is used El Data Input Assistant Raw Data 651 Application Identifier 4 SPARQCode TM vCalendar Event MeCard Business Card Browse to a Web Site Make a Phone Call Send an SMS Android Market Publisher Android Market Package 4 Contacts Business Cards vCard Business Card vCard Custom MeCard Business Card 4 Mobile Tagging Browse to a Web Site Make a Phone Call Send an SMS Send an Email MATMSG m m 4 General ja Event Name Silvester Party Event Description Location of Event Event Start Date Time 31 12 2011 20 00 Event End Date Time 7 No Date and Time Raw Data BEGIN VEVENT SUMMARY Silvester Party DTSTART 20111231T200000 END VEVENT Reset Figure 10 Data Input Assistant vCalender Example GS1 Application Identifier As symbology GS1 128 is used n Data Input Assistant 4 General Raw Data 651 Application Identifier 4 No
14. Import Format Default o Figure 39 Data Mapping Analogical to the data assistant when used for editing the data the input assistant offers a comfortable way to import various data formats by choosing a suitable import format In order to import raw data choose the default format Each column of the import file can be mapped to one of the columns Data Composite Data File Name Caption Above 1 2 and Caption Below 1 2 in the data list The selection of a Data column is mandatory for all other columns the assignment is optional If you choose another import format the fields according to the format are listed below see below for examples WWW TEC IT COM Page 58 of 83 It is recommended to check the field Check the Imported Data in order to keep data consistence as high as possible It should be unchecked only if performance problems occur Below you find examples for importing various data formats Example vCard IIT J Assign the Fields Select the import format and assign the fields below Import Format vCard Business Card Field Mapping First Name First Name mi Surname Name Organization X Job Title v Street Zi Postal Code X City nA State Province Country xj 5 Phone Mobile Pho
15. In Binary Encoding mode the encoding algorithm does not try to calculate the smallest possible symbol but it uses binary encoding for all characters This is recommended for binary input data and for barcode generation with optimal speed 7 12 3 4 Show as Rectangle Determines if the Data Matrix symbol should be displayed as rectangle checked or as square unchecked default 7 12 3 5 Structured Append If you want to encode large quantities of data you can connect several Data Matrix symbols by the use of Structured Append For each Data Matrix symbol an identification number must be as signed This number is entered in the field Index of this Symbol and can range from 1 to 16 The index indicates the order in which the data is joined after the reading scanning process The total number of arranged Data Matrix symbols must be entered in Number of all symbols The File ID has to be the same for all symbols within such a chain 7 12 4 QR Code QR Code 2005 Micro QR Code The QR Code symbology is a 2 dimensional matrix symbology similar to Data Matrix Remarkable is the large data capacity up to 3000 ASCII characters or 7000 digits QR Code means Quick Response code it was originally designed to read and decode symbols with high amounts of data within a minimum of time The only difference between QR Code and QR Code 2005 is the default code page Whereas QR Code uses Japanese Shift JIS QR Code 2005 uses ISO 8859 1 La
16. in pixels can be calculated as follows width pixels width inch resolution dpi Mils The width and the height of the barcode in mils The physical width in pixels can be calculated as follows width pixels width mils 1000 resolution dpi Pixel The width and the height of the barcode in pixels The width and the height are specified in pixels The resulting dimension on the screen depends on the adjusted resolution dpi Table 3 Units WWW TEC IT COM Page 27 of 83 7 7 2 3 Module Width The module width is entered in field Every barcode is divided into several modules A module is the smallest bar or space segment The module width is the fundamental measuring unit for barcodes All bar and space widths base on this setting A change of the module width causes a change of the barcode width and vice versa Exceeding the lower limit of the module width leads to unreadable barcodes e g if the module width is smaller than 1 pixel The minimum limit depends on the resolution of screen printer or image gt The module width should be 0 19 mm or greater otherwise barcode readers will have problems to scan the barcode 7 7 2 4 Resolution DPI Enter the required resolution in 6 Resolution DPI Description Screen Resolution The image will be exported in exact the same size as displayed in Barcode Studio Depending on your operating system a
17. 0 to Mask you choose the appropriate mask pattern WWW TEC IT COM Page 53 of 83 8 Data List 8 1 General In order to administrate series of barcode data you can use the data list feature After performing the barcode settings chapter 7 Barcode Studio User Interface you can produce a series of barcode images chapter 8 5 Export or print barcode labels chapter 9 Label Printing The data can be imported from a file chapter 8 3 File Import generated by a sequence generator chapter 8 4 Sequence Generator edited manually by the user chapter 8 2 Data List View Go to the Data List tab to see the following view 8 2 Data List View Gen Status Data File Name Label Count Exported At Comment Data y Q ok i Delete Edit Refresh F5 qp Lock the Barcode Size Figure 36 Data List View The data list contains a list of barcode data which can be used for exporting a series of barcode images or for printing labels The data can be inserted updated or deleted imported from a text file or generated automatically by a sequence generator The image export is done via the button For more information on label printing please go to chapter 9 Label Printing 8 2 1 List Content 8 2 1 1 Generate The column Gen for Generate determines whether a data row shall be exported or not This value is checked by d
18. 1 21 x 21 up to 40 177 x 177 modules The range for Micro QR Code symbols is from M1 11x11 to M4 17x17 If the property is set to default the size is computed automatically based on the data to be encoded 7 12 4 3 Error Correction Level Defines the error correction level You can choose from the following values Error Correction Level Description Enumeration L ow Lowest level Data recovery capacity is up to approximately 7 M edium default Up to 15 Q uartil Up to 25 H igh Highest level Up to 30 Table 11 QR Code Error Correction Levels gt Not all versions sizes of the Micro QR Code support all levels of error correction If you have selected a level which is too high for the given symbol version Barcode Studio automatically uses the highest possible level 7 12 4 4 Mask Pattern Specifies the mask pattern that is applied to the symbol to improve the readability of the code Mask Pattern Enumeration Description Default The mask pattern is calculated automatically 0 7 QR Code only With the values 0 to 7 you choose the appropriate mask pattern It would make sense to specify this setting directly if you have to optimize the computation time The algo rithm to calculate the optimal mask is rather complex and therefore very resource consuming 0 3 Micro QR Code only With the values 0 to 3 you choose the appropriate mask pattern It would
19. 2 barcode Caption Below Caption Below 2 WWW TEC IT COM Page 37 of 83 7 10 2 Text In field you specify the caption text 7 10 3 Alignment This property adjusts the alignment of the human readable text Left Right and Center 7 10 4 Text Distance This property specifies the distance to the next inner element either to the barcode or to the next inner caption If the caption is adjacent to the barcode then the Distance describes the space between the caption and the barcode If an additional caption is located between the caption and the barcode then the Distance describes the space between these two captions The distance may also be less than 0 So you can print captions within the barcode or on the same line with another caption 7 10 5 Font Click the L J button to select the font for the caption text The selected font is displayed in the text box 7 10 6 Letter Spacing This property specifies the distance between two letters in points The default value is 0 7 11 Page Info 7 11 1 User Info Title HTML Allowed Comment HTML Allowed Template Category Keywords Figure 24 User Info Section 7 11 1 1 Title and Comment Users can enter a title and a comment in HTML Format If specified the title and the comment are displayed as info text below the barcode The info text can be used to provide other users with important information WWW TEC IT COM Page 38 of 83 Possible fie
20. Allowed values are No Text Below Barcode default and Above Barcode Many barcode types as for instance the 2D symbologies do not have a human readable text For these types the option cannot be changed Above Barcode cannot be enabled in conjunction with barcode types like EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC A or UPC E 7 7 3 2 Alignment This property adjusts the alignment of the human readable text Default Left Right and Center 7 7 3 3 Text Distance This property adjusts the distance between the human readable text and the barcode in mm 7 7 3 4 Font Click the LJ button to select the font for the human readable text The selected font is displayed in text box O 7 7 3 5 Letter Spacing This property adjusts the spacing between the letters of the human readable text in pt WWW TEC IT COM Page 29 of 83 7 8 Page Settings 7 8 1 Advanced Barcode Settings Advanced Barcode Settings Escape Sequences Check Digit Default Encoding Mode Selected Code Page o Z Code Page Default a e Bearer Bars None Zi Bearer Bar Width Default e Notch Height Default More More Settings Figure 15 Advanced Barcode Settings Section 7 8 1 1 Check Digit This property specifies the check digit calculation method In order to guarantee that the barcode data is going to be read properly a check digit can be added at the end of the utilizable data A comparison of the barcode c
21. COM Page 69 of 83 If the barcode exceeds the size of the label the label will be marked with a red frame The user will be informed with an appropriate warning message 9 4 2 Tool Bar The tool bar gives the user the possibility to zoom in or out Furthermore it allows the user to turn pages if the print job consists of multiple pages 9 4 3 Settings The user specifies whether only the first page or all pages are shown in the preview gt The setting Show All Pages can decrease the performance of the preview rendering dra matically Especially for a large number of data rows we recommend the setting Show Only First Page 9 5 Printing Printing Check Before Printing Print Figure 52 Print Labels 9 5 1 Check Before Printing If this option is activated all barcodes will be checked before they are printed If one or more barcodes cannot be created or if they are clipped the user will be notified by an appropriate error message The user may cancel or continue at his risk One barcode is going to be clipped Do you wish to continue printing anyway we jJ Figure 53 Error Message gt In order to avoid misprints we highly recommend you to activate this field 9 5 2 Printing By clicking Print the print dialog is opened In this dialog you can select the printer and you can specify the page range and the number of copies The Print button confirms the di
22. CSV file 65 8 6 1 File 65 8 6 2 File Encoding 65 8 6 3 Field Separator and Text Qualifier 65 8 6 4 First Row Contains Column Names 65 8 6 5 Save Barcode Image Files with Full Path 65 8 6 6 Barcode Image Path 65 9 Label Printing 66 9 1 General 66 9 2 Templates 67 9 2 1 Brand 67 9 2 2 Label 67 9 3 Settings 67 9 3 1 Number of Columns Rows 67 9 3 2 Start Column Start Row 68 9 3 3 Unit 68 9 3 4 Column Width 68 9 3 5 Row Height 68 9 3 6 Column Spacing 68 9 3 7 Row Spacing 68 9 3 8 Print Order 68 9 3 9 Page Setup 68 9 4 Preview 69 9 4 1 Preview 69 9 4 2 Tool Bar 70 9 4 3 Settings 70 9 5 Printing 70 9 5 1 Check Before Printing 70 9 5 2 Printing 70 10 Options 71 10 1 EPS Export 71 10 1 1 Add Preview TIFF 71 10 1 2 Font Substitution 71 WWW TEC IT COM Page 3 of 83 10 1 3 Surrogate Font 10 2 Templates 10 2 1 Template Directory 10 3 URL Shortening 10 3 1 Proxy 10 3 2 Service 10 3 3 Service Specific Settings 11 FAQ 1 How can encode the FNC1 character in EAN128 2 How can encode the FNC1 character in GS1 UCC EAN Data Matrix 11 3 Escape Sequences are not encoded and the scanner signals an error 4 After saving the barcode to an image file my barcode scanner cannot read the barcode 12 Licensing 12 1 License Types 12 2 Entering your License Data 12 2 1 Online Activation using an Activation Key 12 2 2 Manual Licensing 12 3 Temporary Test Licenses 13 Contact and Support Information Appendix A Barcodes A 1 Suppo
23. Default Field Separator Semicolon Text Qualifier None v Treat Doubled Qualifiers as Text e g First Row Contains Column Names V Save Barcode Image Files with Full Path Barcode Image Path C BCStudio Data Figure 45 Save as CSV File Dialog 8 6 1 File The destination file name of the export 8 6 2 File Encoding The export supports 3 kinds of file encodings ANSI UTF 8 and UTF 16 Default for MS Windows is ANSI default for Linux and Mac OS is UTF 8 8 6 3 Field Separator and Text Qualifier The field separator divides data rows into several columns Frequently used separator characters are comma semicolon and tabulator but the user can specify any character he likes If the export data contains separator characters within a single column the user has the option to specify a text qualifier character All characters between two related text qualifiers are handled as single unit Often used text qualifiers are quotes and double quotes If the exported data contains text qualifiers they are escaped by either doubling them gt or by prepending a backslash V gt 8 6 4 First Row Contains Column Names If the setting is checked the first row contains the column names 8 6 5 Save Barcode Image Files with Full Path Determine whether to save the barcode image file names with the full export path 8 6 6 Barcode Image Path The destination path for the barco
24. Generate a barcode with data from ixt file bcstudio datafile data txt out barcode tif s bcsettings bc w 70000 h 30000 o Generate a list of barcodes using the arguments datalist and outlist bcstudio datalist datalist txt outlist outputfilenames txt s bcsettings bc o Generate a barcode with optimized readability and fixed module width bcstudio d ABCDE out barcode bmp s bcsettings bc h 30000 m 265 o Open a settings file in graphics mode bcstudio bcsettings bc or bestudio g s bcsettings bc WWW TEC IT COM Page 83 of 83
25. Increase the output resolution The first two options both lead to a perfect barcode quality 5 2 6 Set Font Style and Size The font properties are set via the Select Font dialog You can open this dialog by clicking the EJ button in the Text Placement section see Figure 1 This example uses a 10 pt Courier New font 9 066000 762103 WWW TEC IT COM Page 13 of 83 5 3 Barcode Templates The list of barcode templates contains a selection of frequently used barcode types including their default settings for an optional certification of the barcode gt The templates which are part of the Barcode Studio installation comply with various bar coding standards By using these templates you create optimal barcodes and you save time In order to create an EAN 13 barcode with default settings please perform following steps Go to the templates list Select the entry EAN 13 SC2 100 Enter the barcode data see section 5 2 2 Adjust any other settings if needed Export or print the barcode see section 5 4 000009 File View DataList Export Tools Help Barcode Alt 1 Datalist Alt 2 Labels alt 3 o PPP How SC2 100 37 29 x 25 91 mm Input 13 digits 2 digits country of origin code 5 digits manufacturer code 5 digits product number 1 check Deutsche Post Pressepost
26. WWW TEC IT COM Page 5 of 83 Table 15 Codablock F Modes Table 16 DotCode Modes Table 17 DotCode Symbol Size Table 18 QR Code Error Correction Levels Table 19 Format Characters Table 20 Format Examples Table 21 Sequence File Name Table 22 Font Substitution Table 23 Error Descriptions Table 24 Image Formats WWW TEC IT COM 49 51 51 53 62 62 64 72 80 81 Page 6 of 83 2 Disclaimer The actual version of this product document is available as is TEC IT declines all warranties which go beyond applicable rights The licensee or reader bears all risks that might take place during the use of the system the documentation TEC IT and its contractual partners cannot be penalized for direct and indirect damages or losses this includes non restrictive damages through loss of revenues constriction in the exercise of business loss of business information or any kind of commercial loss which is caused by use or inability to use the product documentation even if TEC IT has been advised of or TEC IT has pointed out the possibility of such damages zd We reserve all rights to this document and the information contained therein Reproduction use or disclosure to third parties without express authority is strictly forbidden Fur dieses Dokument und den darin dargestellten Gegenstand behalten wir uns alle Rechte vor Vervielf ltigung Bekanntgabe an Dritte oder Verwendung au erhal
27. barcode in degrees 7 4 6 Hint Box The hint box displays information about the current barcode quality as well as recommended actions for improving the readability WWW TEC IT COM Page 21 of 83 7 5 Barcode Types and Templates 7 5 1 Barcode Type Select the required barcode type symbology from the Barcodes list see Figure 3 9 For a better overview the list is divided into 1D Symbologies 2D Symbologies Postal Codes GS1 DataBar HIBC Codes and SCANPAY Barcodes gt For 2D codes like Aztec Code Codablock F PDF417 MicroPDF Micro QR Code MaxiCode Data Matrix QR Code GS1 DataBar Stacked and variants as well as for all symbologies which are derived from these HIBC QR Code 2005 etc and for all Composite Symbologies you need a 2D license For the other symbologies a 1D license is sufficient If you want to learn more about the selected symbology please examine the Barcode Reference from the Help menu If a filter is active the number of shown barcode types is displayed in the tab header 7 5 2 Template Select the required template from the Templates list If you choose a template all previously adjusted settings are overwritten with the template settings You can add your current configuration to the templates by saving it with Save As Template from the File menu To refresh the template list choose the menu item Refresh Templates If a filter is active the number of shown templates
28. can be mixed with constant data characters to build a final barcode data string Also control characters are supported See section 7 8 3 1 for adjusting the format string in Barcode Studio For more information please refer to the Barcode Reference available at www tec it com A 5 Escape Sequences If you want to encode non printable or special characters in a barcode Escape Sequences must be used They always start with a backslash followed by the sequence They can be used for encoding binary data Bytes too if the symbology you are using offers this feature e g PDF417 or Data Matrix See section 7 8 1 2 for enabling or disabling the translation of escape sequences in Barcode Stu dio For more information please refer to the Barcode Reference available at www tec it com WWW TEC IT COM Page 79 of 83 Appendix B Error Messages Error Recommended Action Wrong character at position You entered a character which cannot be encoded with the selected barcode symbology Please use different barcode symbology or change your input data Wrong character at position in the Format string You entered a character to the format string which is no valid Format command and cannot be encoded with the selected barcode symbology Please change or remove the invalid character from the Format string or use another symbology Wrong check digit x at position y You
29. deter mines to which industry format the input data corresponds Macro 05 D gt Rs05Gs is encoded at the beginning of the code Macro 06 D gt Rs06Gs is encoded at the beginning of the code Macro 12 gt Rs12Gs is encoded at the beginning of the code Custom Macro gt Rs is encoded at the beginning of the code Missing digits and control characters like Gs etc have to be added by the user Reader Programming Format used to program barcode reading devices Table 16 DotCode Modes 7 12 8 2 Size Mode Size The combination of the fields Size Mode and Size specifies the number of rows and columns of the barcode The name of the Size field changes in dependence of the size mode Size Mode Size Field Name Description Default rows Default value is 3 2 Use the default aspect ratio between number of columns and Table 17 DotCode Symbol Size Ratio Width Height Ratio Width Height Specify the aspect ratio between number of columns and rows Fixed Width Number of Columns Set a fixed number of columns Fixed Height Number of Rows Set a fixed number of rows Fixed Width Height Number of Columns Rows Set a fixed number of columns and rows WWW TEC IT COM Page 51 of 83 7 12 8 3 Print Direction The generation of a DotCode symbol can be optimized for the print direction of a printer with the moving direction of the printer head understood This makes sense
30. entered a check digit which is incorrect for the selected barcode symbology Please correct the check digit or remove it so the application will calculate it automatically Wrong number of input characters needs x chars You entered too many or too few characters for the selected barcode symbology Please use another symbology or correct the length of the input data Input string too long The input string is too long for Barcode Studio Please reduce the length of the input data Barcode does not fit into bounding rectangle The output resolution is too small to produce a readable barcode with given symbol size You either have to increase the width height of the barcode the module width or the output resolution No input characters No barcode data is specified Please enter some data in the Barcode Data field Invalid code page or invalid characters You entered characters which cannot be encoded in the selected code page Please use a different code page or change the input data Not implemented reserved for future use The selected barcode symbology is not supported yet Please contact TEC IT for an implementation request Invalid data format Please examine the specifi cation The input data are not suitable to the definition of given barcode type Please examine the specification of the barcode type about the required data format This error message is shown mainly if a detailed error d
31. entries in both lists should be equal skipheader lt numlines gt Specifies the number of lines of the data list that should be handled as header lines and so skipped This argument can only be used in conjunction with datalist lt datalistfile gt out lt outputfile gt The name of the output file image file The filename extension may be one of the following JPG GIF TIF BMP PNG EPS and PDF The filename extension must be specified Can be used alternatively to outlist lt outputlistfile gt outlist lt outputlistfile gt The name of the file that contains a list of output file names separated line breaks Can be used alternatively to out lt outputfile gt If this argument is used you must also specify datalist lt datalistfile gt The number of entries in both lists should be equal s lt settingsfile gt Settings Files are bc files which have been created with Barcode Studio By passing command line arguments you can override values of the settings file If you pass only the settings file without an argument name and no other argument the application is opened in graphics mode h lt height gt Height of symbol measured in 1 1000mm w lt width gt Specify either the total width of the symbol or the module width dimension X or narrow m lt modulewidth gt bar width values are measured in 1 1000mm E g w 50250 barcode is 50 25 mm wide it lt imagetype gt The type of the output file It may have the sa
32. from the barcode the widths are adapted to the matrix of the bitmap Depending on its resolution more or less deviations can occur The lower the resolution the more differences in the width of the bars spaces will usually appear There are different strategies to overcome these problems please check out the section Resolution and Readability in the Barcode Reference for more information WWW TEC IT COM Page 74 of 83 12 Licensing 12 1 License Types Please check out http www tec it com order Default aspx for available license types and pricing 12 2 Entering your License Data To enter the license data select Help gt License from the menu The dialog below will appear Barcode Studio provides two methods for entering the license data Online Activation using the Activation Key see 12 2 1 This is the default method Internet access is required Manual Licensing see 12 2 2 Please get in touch with us if your system has no internet access or if you prefer to use the manual activation for any other reason We will be glad to send you the license data which is suitable for manual licensing 12 2 1 Online Activation using an Activation Key If you have received an activation key from TEC IT please use the online product activation Internet access is required r Ej Licensing Please enter the activation key and your address information Activation Key
33. leads to readable barcodes see also section 5 2 5 gt Usually higher resolutions lead to a better barcode quality However at the same time it is important that the selected resolution accords to the resolution of the output device or of the image processing software Barcode Data Ancora on The output resolution can be adjusted in 6 Printer Resolution Composite Data BMP In this example the output resolution is changed to Hex Data 302 dpi Thermo Transfer 300 dpi If you are planning to print the barcode 203 dpi ermo Transfer on a laser printer you would most probably select a higher resolution 600 or 1200 dpi Unit 720 dpi If you want to export the barcode as image for Appearance a HP Indigo your web page you could also choose Screen Width Height 1219 2 dpi HP Indigo Resolution or 72 dpi BMP Module Width 2540 dpi Custom Resolution Resolution 500 dp 50 0 dpi Optimize Default Settings gt If you use barcode images in pre press applications please take care to avoid any scaling or resizing of the generated barcode image This may lead to inaccuracies and distortions rendering the barcode unusable Generate the barcode image in exactly the resolution and size as required 5 2 4 Specify Barcode Dimensions The barcode dimensions can be modified by changing width height and module width Most label or
34. make sense to specify this setting directly if you have to optimize the computation time Compared to QR Code the mask algorithm for Micro QR Code is rather fast and simple Table 12 QR Code Mask Patterns 7 12 4 5 Compaction The multi byte compaction mode QR Code provides code compaction for various Multi Byte character encodings Kanji Chinese This compaction can help to produce smaller barcodes Compaction Enumeration Description Default multi byte compaction Default Automatically chooses the appropriate compaction method No multi byte compaction Disables the multi byte compaction Kanji character compaction Enables the compaction for Kanji characters Chinese character compaction Enables the compaction for Chinese characters Table 13 QR Code Compaction QR Code supports compaction of Kanji characters if present in the Multi Byte character set Shift JIS X 0208 The Kanji characters are compacted into a 12 Bit code word instead of a 2 Byte 16 Bit code word so they need less space in the symbol It is recommended to enable this compac WWW TEC IT COM Page 46 of 83 tion only if you have Kanji characters in your input data This mode should not be enabled for binary data 7 12 4 6 Structured Append If you want to encode large quantities of data you can connect several QR Code symbols by the use of Structured Append For each QR Code symbol you have to a
35. paper tends to diffuse Setting the bar width reduction allows you to work against this spreading of ink This property is also useful for laser printers with high toner saturation The bar width reduction can be specified in several measure units like percent of the module width mm Inch and Mils For instance if the unit is set to percent and the value is set to 20 all bars will be narrowed by 20 percent of the module width gt Be careful When using this feature we recommend you to do several test scans to make sure that the barcode can be scanned correctly A common value to start with is 1596 Setting the bar width reduction to more than 50 percent might leave the barcode unreadable WWW TEC IT COM Page 33 of 83 7 8 3 More Settings 2 More Barcode Settings 9 2S Format Subset Print Ratio Default Print Ratio 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Figure 20 Dialog More Settings 7 8 3 1 Format Subset The format string is used for formatting the utilizable data of the barcode according to defined rules It operates with substitute symbols to indicate how the data shall be structured With the format string it is possible to insert constant characters to the barcode data Control characters make it possible to change the Subsets for Code 128 EAN 128 and UCC 128 or to define the desired start stop character of CODABAR For more information on format strings please refer to the Barcode Reference available fr
36. pressing F2 The user may change the content of the columns Data Composite Data Text Above 1 2 Text Below 1 2 File Name and Comment The column Data is a mandatory field for all other the input is optional 8 2 4 3 Delete Entries By clicking the Delete button the user can delete one or more selected data list entries 8 2 1 4 Refresh The Refresh button updates the error status of the data list entries 8 2 4 5 Populate Columns If you want to populate a column with a text choose a single cell enter the desired value leave the edit mode by clicking enter right clicking the cell and choose Populate Column from the popup menu 8 2 5 Error Status E Barcode Studio lt Unknown gt m f M File View Datalist Export Tools Help Barcode Alt 1 Data List Alt 2 V Labels Alt 3 V D Status 3 Deviation 2 Fair 5 Quality Character Count 6 Resolution 600 dpi Rotation 0 amp The readability of the barcode is quite good To gain an optimal barcode size Atleast 1 of 11 bar codes cannot be generated please check the Optimize option Ea Gen Data File Name Label Count Exported At Comment 225 i vj 9 000001 1 Add u 000002 1 Bh v Q 000003 1 v 000004 1 Edit 9 2 000005 1 Refresh FO v 000006 1 Reset Order v 000007 1 V 000008 1 V Iv 000009 1 Import
37. when a poor printing quality can be expected Otherwise we suggest the user to set this field to Don t Care This setting is applied only if neither the number of columns nor the number of rows of the symbol is fixed 7 12 8 4 Enforce Binary Mode Specifies whether to enforce binary encoding In Binary Encoding mode the encoding algorithm does not try to calculate the smallest possible symbol but it uses binary encoding for all characters This is recommended for binary input data and for barcode generation with optimal speed 7 12 8 5 Mask Specifies the mask pattern that is applied to the symbol to improve the readability of the code By default the mask is calculated automatically but it would make sense to specify this setting directly if you have to optimize the computation time With the values Mask 0 to Mask you choose the appropriate mask pattern 7 12 8 6 Structured Append If you want to encode large quantities of data you can connect several DotCode symbols by the use of Structured Append For each DotCode symbol you have to assign a symbol identification number which is entered in the field Index of this Symbol Its value can range from 1 to 35 This index indicates the order in which the data is joined after the reading scanning process The total number of arranged symbols must be entered in Number of all Symbols 7 12 9 Han Xin Code General Symbol Version Size Default Enf
38. zoom commands do not change the real size of the barcode but only its view on the screen 7 2 3 Data List File Import Imports data from a text file and adds it to the data list Shortcut Ctrl I Create Sequence Creates a data sequence and adds it to the data list Save as CSV File Export data list as csv file 7 2 4 Export Export Barcode Exports the barcode to a picture file Shortcut Ctrl E Copy to Clipboard As Image Copies the barcode as image to the clipboard Shortcut Ctrl B Copy to Clipboard As Metafile Copies the barcode as metafile to the clipboard not available on Mac OS Shortcut Ctrl M Export Data List Exports the data list as a series of barcode images Shortcut Cirl L 7 2 5 Tools Options Specifies the Application Options see Chapter 10 WWW TEC IT COM Page 19 of 83 7 2 6 Help Help Opens the documentation Shortcut F1 Barcode Reference Opens the barcode reference document in the web browser TEC IT Website Opens the page www tec it com in the web browser Advanced Label Printing Opens a suggestion for advanced label printing software in the web browser YouTube Opens a page with videos about Barcode Studio in the web browser Barcode Studio on Opens the Barcode Studio web site on Facebook Facebook Twitter Open
39. 00 mm Distance 0 000 mm Alignment Left Alignment Left v Distance 0 000 mm Font Letter Spacing MS Shell Dig 2 8 pt wor Font Letter Spacing MS Shell Dig 2 8 pt Default Font Letter Spacing MS Shell Dig 2 8 pt Default Font Letter Spacing Default MS Shell Dig 2 8 pt Status Deviation L_2 Fair Quality Character Count 6 Resolution Rotation 0 600 dpi The readability of the barcode is quite good To gain an optimal barcode Size please check the Optimize Code128 1 Code 128 Subset A Code 128 Subset B Code 128 Subset C Code 2 of 5 DataLogic Code 2 of 5 IATA Code 2 of 5 Industry Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Code 2 of 5 Matrix Code 2 of 5 Standard Code 32 Code 39 Code 39 Full ASCII Code 93 Code 93 Full ASCII EAN 13 EAN 13 2 Digits EAN 13 5 Digits m Filter by Text Figure 23 Captions The texts which are specified here are printed above and below the barcode Currently two captions above and two captions below the barcode are supported In order to print a caption it must be activated For each caption you can specify the content the alignment the text distance and the font style 7 10 1 Text Position The checkboxes in allow you to activate one or more captions The caption texts are printed in the following order from top to bottom Caption Above Caption Above
40. 10 days you have the possibility to gain a temporary but otherwise unrestricted test license for one time When opening Barcode Siudio you see a dialog which allows you to request a test license online Barcode Studio DATENVERAR BEITUNG GMBH Barcode Studio Demo Version Thank you for using Barcode Studio The unregistered version is only for evaluation purposes To remove this notice please register Barcode Studio Request a FREE test license online Figure 58 Request Test License Please click the button Request a FREE test license online The license data is transmitted auto matically In the case of an error please contact TEC IT Le c Barcode Studio DATENVERARBEITUNG GMBH Barcode Studio Demo version unlocked for 10 day s Thank you for using Barcode Studio The unregistered version is only for evaluation purposes To remove this notice please register Barcode Studio Buy Online Figure 59 Demo Version Unlocked If you have received the test license successfully you are informed about the remaining test period with every application start WWW TEC IT COM Page 77 of 83 13 Contact and Support Information TEC IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Address Hans Wagner Str 6 AT 4400 Steyr Austria Europe Phone 43 0 7252 72 720 Fax 43 0 7252 72 720 77 Email office tec it com Web
41. 2 lt 3C gt 3E 7 25 8 5 2 4 Keep User Defined File Names If checked the file names which are already defined in the data list are kept If unchecked all file names are overwritten by the file generation 8 5 3 Preview The preview demonstrates how the generated file names will look like 8 54 Export 8 5 4 1 Save as CSV File The property specifies whether the data list shall be exported as CSV file If enabled the dialog Save as CSV File opens after clicking OK See 8 6 Save as CSV file 8 5 4 2 Export Barcodes By clicking OK the barcode images are exported If one or more of the image file cannot be generated an error message will be shown This may have one of the following reasons WWW TEC IT COM An item of the sequence list cannot be encoded with the actual selected barcode type e g The symbology 20f5 IL is used but the barcode data does not contain only digits but also characters An invalid file name has been generated e g A file name contains a backslash but the option URL Encode the File Names was not selected Page 64 of 83 Keep in mind that exporting many data list items can take a lot of time and hard drive space 8 6 Save as CSV file The dialog Save as CSV File can be opened either directly via menu Or by checking Save also as CSV File in the Export dialog Ej Save as CSV File File C BCStudio_Data export csv File Encoding
42. N 14 GTIN 14 EAN 8 Sd m 5 2 2 Enter Barcode Data The EAN13 barcode needs exactly 12 digits or 13 digits including the check digit By default you will see the sample data 123456789012 if the checkbox Example Data is checked Barcode Data 906600076210 Enter the data to be encoded in Alternatively you can also use the Data Input Assistant see 7 7 1 1 The barcode view is updated after every change The barcode cannot be drawn before you have entered the required twelve or thirteen digits 066000 762103 If Example Data is not checked the current input data may be invalid for the selected barcode e g wrong characters or a wrong number of characters In this case you will see an error message like the following Error Wrong number of input characters 12 chars needed For a list of the most common error messages please refer to Appendix B gt The 13 digit in the resulting EAN13 barcode in this case the digit 3 is the check digit It will be calculated automatically gt If you enter 13 instead of 12 characters you need to provide the correct check digit yourself This is not recommended A wrong check digit may make the barcode unreadable WWW TEC IT COM Page 11 of 83 5 2 3 Select Output Resolution Barcode Studio uses the selected resolution for computing the barcode images Thus it is essential to adjust a resolution which
43. WWW TEC IT COM Barcode Studio Barcode Designer Version 15 2 User Manual 21 October 2014 TEC IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Hans Wagner Strasse 6 A 4400 Steyr Austria t 43 0 7252 72720 f 443 0 7252 72720 77 office tec it com www tec it com 1 Content 1 Content 2 14 Table of Figures 4 1 2 List of Tables 5 2 Disclaimer 7 3 Introduction 8 3 1 About 8 3 2 Supported Operating Systems 8 3 3 Restrictions of the Demo Version 8 4 Installation 9 4 1 Install Barcode Studio on Microsoft Windows 9 4 2 Install Barcode Studio on Mac OS X 10 6 or higher 9 5 Quick Start 10 5 1 Introduction 10 5 2 How to Create an EAN13 Barcode 10 5 2 1 Select Barcode Type Symbology 11 5 2 2 Enter Barcode Data 11 5 2 3 Select Output Resolution 12 5 2 4 Specify Barcode Dimensions 12 5 2 5 Fine tune the Module Width 13 5 2 6 Set Font Style and Size 13 5 3 Barcode Templates 14 5 4 Export or Print the Barcode 15 6 Using Barcodes in Applications Exporting Barcodes 16 6 1 General 16 6 2 Resolution and Readability 16 6 3 Export to File 17 6 4 Copy to Clipboard As Image 17 6 5 Copy to Clipboard As Metafile 17 6 6 Export Data List 17 7 Barcode Studio User Interface 18 7 1 Main Window 18 7 2 Menu 18 7 2 1 File 18 7 2 2 View 19 7 2 3 Data List 19 7 2 4 Export 19 7 2 5 Tools 19 7 2 6 Help 20 7 3 Toolbar 20 7 4 Quality Watch Status Section 21 7 4 1 Deviation 21 7 4 2 Quality 21 7 4 3 Character Count 21 7 4 4 Resolut
44. Word by pressing Ctrl V or by selecting Edit gt Insert from the menu gt Resizing barcode images may result in loss of quality in the worst case in unreadable barcodes 6 5 Copy to Clipboard As Metafile To copy the current barcode as vector based metafile EMF to the clipboard select Copy to Clipboard As Metafile from the menu located in the Export submenu or from the toolbar You can also press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl M Then switch to your target application and paste the barcode e g in Microsoft Word by pressing Ctrl V or by selecting Edit gt Insert from the menu gt Metafiles can only be used under Microsoft Windows gt Due to the vector based format you may resize the imported image within your target application without heavy losses in readability gt The resulting barcodes may differ in dependence of the selected resolution and target application from the preview in Barcode Studio in size 6 6 Export Data List Data lists are used for exporting a series of barcode images and or for label printing Such a data list can be imported generated and edited See also chapter 8 Data List and 9 Label Printing WWW TEC IT COM Page 17 of 83 7 Barcode Studio User Interface 7 1 Main Window tO 0709 2 m General Settings Logos and Effects OD aztec Code Captions Info Data 5 Barcode Data ABCabc Composite D
45. adecimal data This property applies to the barcode data field and to the composite data Whenever Hex Data is enabled Barcode Studio treats manually entered data as well as imported data as a hexadecimal character sequence This sequence is internally converted to a normal character sequence before a barcode is generated 7 7 1 7 Example Data If the option Example Data is selected see Figure 8 Barcode Studio provides a valid exam ple data string for the currently selected barcode type The data is adapted automatically if you change the symbology 7 7 2 Appearance Appearance Unit Millimeter ht Width Height 71 261 5 30 000 mm Module Width 0 706 mm Resolution 600dpi 50 0 dpi Optimize 7 Default Settings Figure 13 Appearance Section 7 7 2 4 Unit Field specifies the measurement unit for displaying and or entering the dimensions of the bar code Possible values are Millimeter Inch 1 1000 inch a Pixel 7 7 2 2 Dimensions Width Height Use the settings and to change the width and the height of the barcode The preview is up dated immediately Unit Description Millimeter The width and the height of the barcode in millimeters The physical width in pixels can be calculated as follows width pixels width mm 25 4 resolution dpi Inch The width and the height of the barcode in inches The physical width
46. alog and starts the print job WWW TEC IT COM Page 70 of 83 10 Options In the Options dialog you can change general settings for the application You can open the Options dialog via the menu Tools gt Options The settings in this dialog are saved into the file bcstudio bcopt which is located in the Application Data Program Data directory e g C ProgramData TEC IT BCStudio 15 2 examples They are loaded automatically each time Barcode Studio is started Add Preview E TIFF Format Font Substitution Automatic Surrogate Font Helvetica o Templates Template Folder C ProgramData TEC IT BCStudio 12 3 examples URL Shortening Proxy Service Goo gl Preconfigured Account 250 ms AEA en ne To use your own account choose shortener service Google Personal Figure 54 Options Dialog 10 1 EPS Export 10 1 1 Add Preview TIFF Many applications are not able to process Postscript In this case the embedded EPS documents are displayed as placeholders only e g empty rectangles To give the user a chance to see the content of the embedded document in the preview or in the design mode the EPS generator offers the possibility to add a TIFF preview image to the EPS file The preview in TIFF format is supported by many applications unfortunately not by all gt If the preview mode is enabled the size of the generated EPS files grows by a multiple of the original file size So
47. am support tec it com 11 1 How can encode the FNC1 character in EAN128 Enable the option Escape Sequences page Settings and insert the following escape code into the data Control character Escape sequence Barcode type s FNC1 F Code 128 EAN128 UCC128 GS1 128 GS1 DataBar EAN UCC Composite Symbology Read more about Application Identifiers EAN UCC GS1 in our Barcode Reference 11 2 How can I encode the FNC1 character in GS1 UCC EAN Data Matrix Set the Code Format page Data Matrix to GS1 UCC EAN enable the option Escape Se quences page Settings and insert the following escape code into the data Control character Escape sequence Barcode type s FNC1 E EAN Data Matrix Read more about Application Identifiers EAN UCC GS1 in our Barcode Reference 11 3 Escape Sequences are not encoded and the scanner signals an error Escape sequences are used for encoding special characters An escape sequences consists of a backslash V followed by a character or a hex value For example the escape sequence t is used for printing a tabulator character Escape sequences are only translated if the checkbox Escape Sequences page Settings is enabled see section 7 8 1 3 11 4 After saving the barcode to an image file my barcode scanner cannot read the barcode The bars and spaces in the symbol must have precise widths By creating a bitmap image
48. ata Hex Data Appearance Example Data Text Placement Unit Milimeter Show Text Width Height Module Width 2 000 mm 30 000 mm Resolution Optimize 30 000 mm Alignment Text Distance Er rent Default Settinas Letter Spacing Below Barcode Default Default MS Shell Dig 2 8 pt Default Status Deviation 9 EEUT ZEN Quality Character Count 6 Resolution Rotation 0 The readability of the barcode is quite good To gain an optimal barcode Size please check the Optimize 600 dpi Barcodes Templates UPCE UPCE 2 Digits UPC E 5 Digits VIN FIN 4 20 Codes 1 Aztec Code e Codablock F Data Matrix DotCode Han Xin Code MaxiCode Micro PDF417 Micro QR Code PDF417 PDF417 Truncated QR Code QR Code 2005 Royal Mail CMDM Mailmark 4 Postal Codes Filter by Text Figure 3 User Interface The main window is split into the following areas Menu see section 7 2 Toolbar see section 7 3 Barcode View see section 7 6 Quality Watch see section 7 4 Barcode Settings see chapter 7 2D Settings available only for certain Barcode Symbologies Barcode Types and Templates see section 7 5 0960000909 7 2 Menu The menu gives you access to the following functions 7 24 File New Creates a new document with initial barcode settings Shortcut Ctrl N Open Opens an ex
49. ator columns are not taken into account Default the number of columns is calculated automatically based on the number of input charac ters 7 12 6 4 Row Height mm The height of an individual row in millimeter If specified the barcode height will remain locked at the specified value Modifying the barcode dimensions will only affect the barcode width Default the row height is calculated automatically based on the number of input characters 7 12 6 5 Separator Height mm The width of the row separator line in millimeter Default the line width is equal to the module width calculated automatically based on the symbol size 7 12 7 Composite Symbology 2D Composite Component Please enter the data for the 2D component in the field Composite Data on page General None No Composite Symboloay is created Automatically choose Composite Component A B or C D Auto depending on the length of the composite data Encodes to 56 numeric characters 5 ccs Encodes up to 338 numeric characters ccc Encodes up to 2361 numeric characters GS1DataBar Expanded Stacked RSS Segments per Row Default Figure 33 Composite Symbology Settings WWW TEC IT COM Page 49 of 83 Composite components are available for the following barcodes 8 EAN13 GS1 DataBar RSS14 QGS1 DataBar Stacked 5514 Stacked QGS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional RSS14 Stacked Omnidirectional GS1 DataBar Truncate
50. b Site Make a Phone Call Send an SMS Android Market Publisher Android Market Package 4 Contacts Business Cards vCard Business Card vCard Custom MeCard Business Card 4 Mobile Tagging Browse to a Web Site Make a Phone Call Send an SMS Send an Email MATMSG 4 Other Mobile Tagging Formats Send an Email MAILTO Raw Data Figure 9 Data Input Assistant The Data Input Assistant allows you to comfortably enter the barcode data in different formats Depending on your selection in a different input mask will be show in E g if you have selected a business card format in then will show the corresponding input fields for first name last name company etc If you have selected the GS1 format then will show a table for editing the single Als Application Identifiers in the barcode see example below Barcode Studio will do the correct formatting for the particular barcode data automatically The formatted data can be inspected in G gt The number of available data formats in depends on your current barcode selection For Code 128 the editing will be restricted to raw data For other symbologies like QR Code a variety of data formats is available gt Besides that Barcode Studio offers the possibility to specify your own data formats If required please contact us Furthermore the assistant allows you to import barcode data from a text file button Load File
51. b des vereinbarten Zweckes sind nicht gestattet 1998 2014 TEC IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Hans Wagner Str 6 A 4400 Austria t 43 0 7252 72720 f 43 0 7252 72720 77 http www tec it com WWW TEC IT COM Page 7 of 83 3 Introduction 3 1 About TEC IT Barcode Studio is a tool for generating and printing barcodes Barcode Studio creates more than 100 different barcode symbologies linear 2D postal and GS1 composite barcodes are supported All barcode parameters are adjustable The barcodes are created as image files e g for using it in your artwork as high quality vector images for graphics design or pre press applications copied to the clipboard or printed directly with any printer Batch barcode generation with external or manual entered data is also supported If you have any questions please contact us Address Hans Wagner Str 6 AT 4400 Steyr Austria Europe Phone 43 0 7252 72 72 0 Fax 43 0 7252 72 720 77 Email office tec it com Web http www tec it com 3 2 Supported Operating Systems Mac OS 10 6 or higher for Intel Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Windows Server 2003 Linux UNIX please refer to www tec it com or request a build 3 3 Restrictions of the Demo Version gt A demo marker across the barcode indicates that the demo version is active The correct ness
52. barcode specifications require specific barcode dimensions The following values are commonly used for EAN13 Magnification factor Module width mm Width mm Height mm 0 80 0 264 SCO 29 83 20 73 1 00 0 330 SC2 37 29 25 91 1 50 0 495 SC6 55 94 38 87 2 00 0 660 SC9 74 58 51 82 Table 1 EAN13 Dimensions not complete Appearance In this example we use the magnification factor Unit Millimeter 4 Width Height 71 261 930 000mm Enter the width and the height The appropriate Module Width 0 706 mm module width will be calculated automatically Resolution 600 dpi 50 0 dpi Optimize Default Settings WWW TEC IT COM Page 12 of 83 The barcode now looks like this 9 066000 762103 5 2 5 Fine tune the Module Width Yet the quality of the barcode is not perfect yet see the Quality Watch at the top right corner of the Barcode Studio application window Status Deviation Fair Quality Character Count i7 Resolution 300 dpi Rotation 0 The readability of the barcode is quite good To gain an optimal barcode size please check the Optimize option To optimize the barcode quality we recommend fine tuning the module width You have the follow ing possibilities to do so Select the option Optimize see Figure 1 Choose the unit Pixel and enter a whole numbered value in the field Module Width
53. be printed To change the size of the barcode enter the required dimensions in the Appearance section see section 7 7 2 The quality of the barcode depends on the output resolution and on the module width You will find a quality watch in the Status section see section 7 4 7 7 Page General 7 7 1 Data Data Barcode Data ABCabc Assistant for Data Input Composite Data Hex Data me Example Data V Figure 8 Data Section 7 7 1 1 Barcode Data The barcode content is entered in the field Barcode Data or by using the Data Input Assistant The assistant allows the input of unstructured raw data as well as the comfortable input of special data formats e g the contact data for a business card However such data formats are not supported by all barcode types The assistant may also be used for importing barcode data from a text file WWW TEC IT COM Page 23 of 83 Please note Each barcode type is able to represent a specified set of data characters Some barcode symbologies can hold digits Others may contain alphanumeric characters digits letters punctuation characters Again others may use the full ASCII character set 7 7 1 2 Data Input Assistant EI onen nn n 4 General Barcode Data Raw Data ABCabd 651 Application Identifier 4 SPARQCode TM ir vCalendar Event MeCard Business Card E Hex Data Browse to a We
54. choose among following options Above gt The logo is drawn in front of the barcode Below gt The logo is drawn behind the barcode Mask gt The logo is drawn only over the bars Custom Settings gt Detailed Settings by clicking us see 7 9 2 Custom Display Settings 7 9 1 7 Default Settings By clicking Default Settings all logo settings are reset to default 7 9 2 Custom Display Settings E curio Seti Display Mode Logo Above v Logo Transparency Transparency Color V Figure 22 Custom Display Settings 7 9 2 1 Display Mode Set here the detailed display mode 7 9 2 2 Logo Transparency This setting defines the transparency of the logo in the range between opaque and invisible 7 9 2 3 Transparency Color Choosing of a single transparency color If the selected color occurs in the logo it is drawn transparently See also in Figure 22 white was chosen as transparency color 7 9 3 Effects 7 9 3 1 Draw Mode gt Attention For average use we strongly recommend to use only Draw Mode Rectangles Using another mode can endanger readability gt A change does make only sense for special applications like advertisements fun barcodes etc that do not enforce the readability of the barcodes The draw mode specifies which shape the bars should have Usually bars are drawn as rectangles only this selection applies to the barco
55. comment field gt Save the settings to a file gt Provide this file to all users who need it 7 11 1 2 Template Category The template category is used for categorizing templates in the Templates tree 7 11 1 3 Keywords The field Keywords contains information related to a template It can be used as additional information for filtering the templates list WWW TEC IT COM Page 39 of 83 7 12 2D Settings 7 12 1 PDF417 Micro PDF417 General Micro PDF417 Encoding Mode Normal Default z Normal Defauit 2 Rows Default 5 Version Default select ag ED Macro PDF 417 Structured Append Row height Default Segment Index Default Error correction level Default Error correction level 8 enables highest data security but Fle ID level of 5 is the highest value used in practice Error correction level 0 enables error detection only without error corr 2 Uptons Figure 26 PDF417 Micro PDF417 Properties The PDF417 Micro PDF417 page is used for modifying the standard behavior of the 2 dimensional barcode types PDF417 Micro PDF417 and for all derived barcodes PDF417 Truncated etc PDF417 divides the data content into rows and columns It is a so called stacked symbology with error correction capabilities gt careful when modifying these adjustments Always make a test scan in case of doubt
56. d RSS14 Truncated 0951 DataBar Expanded RSS Expanded 0951 DataBar Expanded Stacked RSS Expanded Stacked GS1 DataBar RSS Limited GS1 128 UCC EAN128 UPC A UPC E gt By default Composite Component Symbologies are disabled 7 12 7 1 2D Composite Component None Composite Symbologies are disabled Auto Automatically choose CC A CC B or CC C Symbology depending on the length of the composite data CC A CC A is a variant of the MicroPDF417 Symbol with a unique combination of row address patterns RAP CC A is the smallest variant of the 2 dimensional composite component Up to 56 digits of alphanumeric data can be coded with 3 to 12 rows and 4 columns CC B CC B is a subset of the MicroPDF417 Symbol which is identified by the code word 920 The encoding algorithm chooses CC B automatically when CC A has not enough capacity Auto mode CC B encodes up to 338 digits of alphanumeric data in 3 to 12 rows and 2 to 4 columns CC C The CC C structure is a PDF417 Symbol which is identified by the internal code word 920 920 is the first code word after the symbol length indicator The CC C structure can be used as a 2 dimensional composite component of a UCC EAN 128 Composite Symbols It has the largest data capacity of EAN UCC Composite Symbols It can encode up to 2361 alphanumeric characters in 3 to 30 rows and up to 30 Data Error checking Code Columns 7 12 7 2 Segments per Row This p
57. de images This path is used to generate the full path names in the CSV file WWW TEC IT COM Page 65 of 83 9 Label Printing 9 1 General Barcode Siudio offers a simple solution for printing barcodes on labels Therefore the following steps are required Configure the barcode settings see chapter 7 Barcode Studio User Interface Generate or import the barcode data see chapter 8 Data List Choose a suitable label template 9 or define the labels yourself see sections 9 2 Templates and 9 3 Settings Preview the layout and print your labels see sections 9 4 Preview and 9 5 Printing List Export Tools Help Barcode Alt 1 Data List Alt 2 Labels Alt 3 V amp AMD 1 TTE MU gE ES ES 9 i eee ere _ N 00 4 P Manufacturer Avery Zweckform Avery Zweckform Avery Zweckform P E E Avery Zweckform Avery Zweckform Avery Zweckform Auerv Zweckform Figure 46 Label Printing WWW TEC IT COM Page 66 of 83 9 2 Templates Templates Brand Avery Avery Zweckform Label Description Size Unit Manufacturer 32030 Business Cards Microperforated 190g 85x54 mm Avery Zweckform 32032 Business Cards Microperforated 190g 85x54 mm Avery Zweckform 32060 Inkjet Mould Made Paper 140g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32084 Ink
58. de standards For special applications like advertisements etc you can also choose other shapes WWW TEC IT COM Page 36 of 83 Draw Mode Description Rectangles Standard Bars are drawn as rectangles Attention For the average use we strongly suggest using only this setting Circles Ellipses Bars are drawn as circles or ellipses depending on the outline of the bar Big Circles Ellipses Like above but the circles or ellipses are drawn a bit bigger In matrix codes the circles overlap which increases the readability of the barcode in comparison to the settings Circles Ellipses Rounded Rectangles Bars are drawn as rectangles with rounded corners Images Bars are drawn as images The name of the image file must be set in field Image File Table 6 Draw Modes 7 9 3 2 Image File If the user selects the drawing method Image he has to enter the name of the image file bmp jpg gif png tif here 7 10 Page Captions Bises aue TT File View Datalist Export Tools Help Barcode Alt 1 Data List Alt 2 tabes ats Text above ABCabc General Settings Logos and Effects Captions Info Caption Above V Text above 6e Apop 22 DDH Caption Above 2 Caption Below Caption Below 2 Alignment Distance Center 0 000 mm Alignment Distance Left 10 0
59. demark we ask you to send us a short message office tec it com WWW TEC IT COM Page 78 of 83 Appendix A Barcodes A 1 Supported Barcodes Please refer to the additional document Barcode Reference available from www tec it com This document contains an overview of the supported barcodes enumeration values for develop ers using TBarCode OCX the standard print ratio and the standard check digit methods A 1 1 MaxiCode 13 1 1 1 Setting SCM parameters Please refer to the additional Barcode Reference available from www tec it com A 2 Check Digits The method for the check digit s calculation depends on the respective barcode type A standard method for each barcode type is supplied See section 7 8 1 1 for adjusting the check digit in Barcode Studio For more information please refer to the Barcode Reference available at www tec it com A 3 Print Ratio The Print Ratio is the relationship between the widths of the bars and the widths of the gaps of a barcode Each barcode symbology should be generated with certain print ratios only See section 7 8 2 1 for adjusting the print ratio in Barcode Studio For more information please refer to the Barcode Reference available at www tec it com A 4 Format Format is like a mask which is used for formatting the barcode data before encoding please do not mix up the Format with the Ratio Format Placeholders in the specified format string
60. ecome unreadable when using wrong print ratios For additional information on print ratios please refer to the Barcode Reference on www tec it com WWW TEC IT COM Page 34 of 83 7 9 Page Logos and Effects Barcode Studio lt Unknown gt File View Datalist Export Tools Help Barcode Alt 1 Data List Alt 2 Labels Alt 3 V Status Deviation 2 1 Fair Quality m Character Count 14 Resolution 600 dpi Rotation 0 ED BD ur C The readability of the barcode is quite good m To gain an optimal barcode size please check the Optimize option 4 d PLP Barcodes Templates Data Matrix MaxiCode Micro PDF417 Micro QR Code V Show Logo Effects PDF417 PDF417 Truncated D 87 General Settings Logos and Effects QR Code 2005 Captions Info Image File Jj i6x256_red_white_edge png 4 Draw Mode Rectangles x QR Code Full Size 7 e Image Fie QR Code 2005 Alignment FEF i 25 6 Attention Australian Post Custom E Australian Post Custom2 Barcodes containing logos or using a draw mode different Australian Post Custom3 Offset left top 0 000 mm Qoo mm to Rectangles do not comply with the barcode Australian Post Redirect specifications x Width Height 9 300 9 300mm Please check the readability of every single generated Austra
61. efault 8 2 1 2 Status The column Status informs the user whether a barcode can be created successfully 2 the data is valid for the given settings or not WWW TEC IT COM Page 54 of 83 To get a detailed error message select the data row with the error icon The error message is shown in the Barcode View above 8 2 1 3 Data This column contains the barcode content This value is mandatory for barcode generation Values can be edited manually imported from a file or generated with the sequence generator 8 2 1 4 Composite Data Composite Data contains the content of the composite part of a barcode It is only used in connec tion with composite barcode types So the column is only visible if a composite barcode type is se lected The data can be edited manually or imported from a file 8 2 1 5 Captions The caption columns contain those texts that are printed above or below the barcode The columns are only visible if the according caption field is activated in the caption tab on page Barcode The following caption fields are available Caption Above Caption Above 2 Caption Below and Caption Below 2 The captions can be edited manually or imported from a file 8 2 1 6 File Name This column contains the name of the exported file The file names can be edited manually imported from a file or generated automatically during export 8 2 1 7 Label Count Here you can set how many labels are printed for thi
62. elected output resolution size and content To ensure an optimal readability check the option Optimize 6 2 1 2 Module Width Larger module widths usually lead to a better readability of a barcode In practice for most linear barcodes the module width should never be less than 0 19 mm WWW TEC IT COM Page 16 of 83 6 3 Export to File If you want to export a barcode as an image file select Export Export Barcode from the menu or press the keyboard shortcut Cir E In the Save Image File dialog choose a file name and select the image file type e g Bitmap bmp Then confirm by pressing the Save button The saved image can now be imported in your target application Example In Microsoft Word you can insert the barcode image by selecting nsert gt Image gt From File from the menu P The exported barcode symbol will match the preview in Barcode Studio exactly gt For alist of available image formats please refer to Appendix C gt If you export images with a bitmap based file format see Appendix C resizing of the imported image is not recommended 6 4 Copy to Clipboard As Image To copy the current barcode as an image to the clipboard you have to select Copy to Clipboard As Image from the menu located in the Export submenu or from the toolbar You can also press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl B Then switch to your target application and paste the barcode e g in Microsoft
63. escription would exceed the available space Quiet zone too small for vertical bearer bars You chose bearer bars of type Rectangle This setting needs a horizontal quiet zone of sufficient size Please increment the left and the right quiet zone to at least 12 modules Error in linear Component You want to generate a composite symbology The data for the linear symbol is incorrect The following error message describes the problem more detailed Error in 2D Composite Component You want to generate a composite symbology The data for the 2D component is incorrect The following error message describes the problem more detailed Invalid number of input characters in combina tion with composite When using UCC EAN 128 as part of a composite symbology you have to enter a minimum amount of symbol characters which is not equal to the amount of input characters Please increase the number of input characters in the Barcode Data field Table 23 Error Descriptions WWW TEC IT COM Page 80 of 83 Appendix C Image Types Choosing Export gt Export Barcode the barcode can be converted to a bitmap or image format The following image types are available Please keep in mind that the barcode might get unreadable if the resolution of the generated bitmap is too low does not apply for vector based image formats Image Description Internal Color Pr
64. hanced E C With Structured Append you can divide larger quantities of data into several MaxiCode symbols they are joined by the scanner The maximum data capacity of one symbol is 93 characters The actual quantity of the utilizable data depends on the selected mode on the amount of special characters on whether compressible numeric sequences are used and on the level of error correction General Structured Append Mode 4 Standard Symbol Number of all Symbols Undercut Default T Index of this Symbol Preamble Options F Preamble Date Default Structured Carrier Message SCM Service Class Default Country Code Default Postal Code 9 digits Figure 28 MaxiCode Properties 7 12 2 1 Mode Mode Enumeration Description 4 Standard Symbol For numeric and alphanumeric character sequences incl standard error correction 2 SOM Numeric Structured Carrier Message up to 9 digits postal code consist of digits only 3 SOM Alphanumeric Structured Carrier Message up to 6 characters postal code consist of alphanumeric characters 5 Full EEC Like mode 4 but with enhanced error correction safer but fewer utilizable data possible Table 8 MaxiCode Modes 7 12 2 2 Undercut 0 100 The undercut influences the diameter of the hexagonal barcode elements In new applications it is recommended according to the AIM standard to use an undercut setting of 7596 defau
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66. ike all EAN UPC Postnet and RSS 14 codes contain a check digit on a fixed position in the barcode data Example The EAN13 code consists of 12 utilizable digits and 1 check digit on the last position If you enter 12 digits as barcode data the check digit will be calculated and inserted automatically However you can also enter all 13 digits and override the calculated check digit 9 066000 7621039 gt Note If the barcode data already contains a check digit the barcode is only valid if the check digit is equal to the automatically calculated check digit gt Only if the check digit method is set to None see section 7 8 1 1 the correctness of a check digit remains unchecked Under normal circumstances you should not use this setting we recommend relying on the automatic calculation of the check digit s by Barcode Studio 7 7 1 5 Composite Data The Composite Data field is only enabled if the selected barcode type supports composite data check if the Composite page is visible and if a 2D Composite Component has been selected Auto CC B or CC C on that page gt You can also enter the composite data in the Barcode Data field by separating the compo site data from the linear barcode data by the vertical bar character WWW TEC IT COM Page 26 of 83 7 7 1 6 Hex Data If this option is selected see Figure 8 the barcode data is treated as hex
67. interpretations are needed you have to change this property WWW TEC IT COM Page 30 of 83 You have following possibilities Value Description Selected Code Page Converts the input data to the code page which is selected in the property Code Page default Lo Bytes only Considers only the lower bytes of the input characters the higher bytes are ignored Lo before Hi Byte The data is passed as it is No conversion is done All bytes are considered A lower byte is passed before the higher byte Hi before Lo Byte Consider both bytes but change the order of lower and higher byte That means a higher byte is encoded before the lower byte Table 5 Compression The code page is related to the property Encoding Mode It is only considered if the encoding mode is set to Selected Code Page You can choose between several pre defined code pages e g ANSI ISO 8559 1 Latin I UTF 8 Shift JIS or add the ID of a custom code page by selecting Custom Encoding and by entering the ID in the edit field aside 7 8 1 3 Escape Sequences The use of escape sequences is appropriate if you need to encode control characters like carriage return or FNC1 into the barcode This option specifies whether escape sequences like shall be translated or not default no Each escape sequence starts with a backslash and is followed by one or more characters For a list of recognized escape sequences p
68. inting Format Format Resolution included BMP Microsoft Windows Bitmap Bitmap color RGB Yes Al Adobe Illustrator v7 Vector color Offers the following sub formats CMYK CMYK RGB uses CMYK color space 4 color channels or grayscale RGB uses RGB color space 3 color channels Grayscale uses one channel luminance only EPS Encapsulated PostScript Vector color No Offers the following sub formats CMYK CMYK ae scale RGB gray Grayscale See Al format Please note that the EPS export may require additional font adjustments see section 10 1 2 GIF Graphics Interchange Format Supported since Barcode Bitmap color RGB No Studio V7 Not supported in previous versions because of license terms JPG Joint Photographic Expert Group image file format Bitmap color RGB Yes PDF Portable Data Format Vector color RGB No PNG Portable Network Graphics Bitmap color RGB Yes SVG Scalable Vector Graphics Vector color RGB No TIF Tagged Image File No compression is used compressed Bitmap color RGB Yes formats available on request Table 24 Image Formats WWW TEC IT COM Page 81 of 83 Appendix D Command Line Parameters Barcode Studio can also be started from the command line It supports various parameters which allow the user to automate the barcode generation process D 1 Syntax 1 BCStudio d lt data gt out lt outputfile gt
69. ion 21 7 4 5 Rotation 21 7 4 6 Hint Box 21 7 5 Barcode Types and Templates 22 7 5 1 22 7 5 2 Template 22 7 5 3 Filter 22 7 6 The Barcode View 23 7 7 Page General 23 CHA Data 23 7 7 2 Appearance 27 7 7 3 Text Placement 29 7 8 Page Settings 30 7 8 1 Advanced Barcode Settings 30 7 8 2 Drawing 32 7 8 3 More Settings 34 7 9 Page Logos and Effects 35 7 9 1 Logos 35 7 9 2 Custom Display Settings 36 7 9 3 Effects 36 7 10 Page Captions 37 7 10 1 Text Position 37 WWW TEC IT COM Page 2 of 83 7 10 2 Text 38 7 10 3 Alignment 38 7 10 4 Text Distance 38 7 10 5 Font 38 7 10 6 Letter Spacing 38 7 11 Page Info 38 7 11 1 User Info 38 7 12 2D Settings 40 7 12 1 PDF417 Micro PDF417 40 7 12 2 MaxiCode 42 7 12 3 Data Matrix 44 7 12 4 QR Code QR Code 2005 Micro QR Code 45 7 12 5 Aztec Code 47 7 12 6 Codablock F 48 7 12 7 Composite Symbology 49 7 12 8 DotCode 51 7 12 9 Han Xin Code 52 8 Data List 54 8 1 General 54 8 2 Data List View 54 8 2 1 List Content 54 8 2 2 Symbol Size Module Width 55 8 2 3 Order 55 8 2 4 Editing 56 8 2 5 Error Status 56 8 3 File Import 57 8 3 1 Import Dialog 57 8 3 2 Data Mapping 58 8 4 Sequence Generator 61 8 4 1 Start Value End Value Increment 61 8 4 2 Mask 61 8 4 3 Restrict Serial Numbers to Placeholders 62 8 4 4 Random Value Generation 62 8 4 5 Preview 62 8 5 Export 63 8 5 1 Export Settings 63 8 5 2 File Name Generation 64 8 5 3 Preview 64 8 5 4 Export 64 8 6 Save as
70. is displayed in the tab header 7 5 3 Filter In order to find the desired barcode type or template more easily the user can add a filter text in the field below the Barcodes Templates list Filters restrict the elements shown by the lists The user may switch between two filter options by Text or by Encodable Data what can be done by clicking the link with the opposite text 7 5 3 1 Filter by Text The affected lists only show those list entries that contain the filter text or are related to it This option applies to both Barcodes and Templates list 7 5 3 2 Filter by Encodable Data The Barcode list is restricted to the barcode types that are able to encode the filter data WWW TEC IT COM Page 22 of 83 Barcodes 9 Templates 0 Barcodes 23 Templates 4 Linear Barcodes 4 Linear Barcodes Code 128 Code 128 Code 128 Subset A Code 128 Subset Code 128 Subset Code 128 Subset B 1 Code 128 Subset C Code 128 Subset C 7 EAN UCC 128 Code 39 Full UCC 128 Code 93 Full 4 GS1 DataBar EAN UCC 128 m GS1 128 EAN UCC 128 Telepen Alpha 4 HIBC Codes UCC 128 HIBC LIC 128 4 2D Codes HIBC PAS 128 Aztec Code Codablock F Data Matrix X Filter by Text Filter by Encodable Data 128 abd Figure 6 Filter by Text Filter by Encodable Data 7T 6 The Barcode View ABCabc Figure 7 Barcode View The Barcode View shows the barcode in its actual appearance as it will
71. isting barcode settings file bc WWW TEC IT COM Page 18 of 83 Shortcut Ctrl O Save Settings Save Settings As Saves the current barcode settings symbology dimensions module width etc into a file Barcode settings files have the extension bc Shortcut Ctr S for Save Export Barcode Exports the barcode to a picture file Shortcut Ctrl E Save As Template Saves the current barcode settings as template file Refresh Templates Refreshes the template list Shortcut Ctrl R Print Barcode Info Prints the barcode and the most important settings size resolution etc Print Labels Prints the data list as labels see also chapter 9 Shortcut Ctrl P Hints for Printing The output resolution and therefore the values for quality and deviation depends on the printer settings Note Inkjet printers sometimes produce better results if the bar width reduction is used see also section 7 8 2 4 Exit Exits Barcode Studio Shortcut Ctrl Q 7 2 2 View Zoom In Increment the zoom in the barcode view Shortcut Ctrl Zoom Out Decrement the zoom in the barcode view Shortcut Ctrl Reset Zoom Zoom is turned off The barcode is shown in its original size Auto Zoom Auto Zoom mode is turned on or off In Auto Zoom mode the zoom factor is automatically adapted to the window size Zoom Dialog Opens the zoom dialog Hint The
72. jet Laser Copy Marbled Paper 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32085 Inkjet Laser Copy Marbled Paper 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32087 Inkjet Laser Copy Marbled Paper 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32089 Design Paper Bavaria 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32094 Design Paper Clouds 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32095 Design Paper Wedding 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32096 Design Paper Special Offer 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32097 Design Paper Wine 90g 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform 32098 Certificate 210 x 297 mm Avery Zweckform Figure 47 Label Templates 9 2 1 Brand By selecting a brand the list of label definitions can be filtered The item All displays the complete label list 9 2 2 Label Choose the desired label from the list The settings for the selected label are shown in see also section 9 3 These values can be adapted manually if required The preview window shows the label outlines see also section 9 4 9 3 Settings Here you can change the label settings Millimeter M 85 000 mm 54 000 mm gt 10 000 mm 0 000 mm Down then Across Across then Down Figure 48 Label Settings 9 3 1 Number of Columns Rows Defines the number of label columns and label rows per page WWW TEC IT COM Page 67 of 83 9 3 2 Start Column Start Row Defines the position of the first label to be printed on first page Label positio
73. l other characters stay as they are Data 000001 4 000002 000003 000004 000005 E Figure 43 Sequence Generator gt By clicking Sequence the user opens the Sequence Dialog with the sequence generator The sequence generator allows the user to fill the data column in the data list with formatted serial numbers 8 4 1 Start Value End Value Increment The range of a sequence is specified by the Start Value the End Value and the Increment see 9 The start value defines the lower bound of the range the end value the upper bound and the increment the step size between consecutive list items gt The last value of the sequence will never exceed the number specified in End Value 8 4 2 Mask The Mask defines the pattern which will be applied to the items of the sequence The mask string may contain 4 kinds of placeholders which are replaced by the digits of a serial or random number during generation All other characters are left as they are WWW TEC IT COM Page 61 of 83 Character Description Barcode Siudio inserts leading blanks instead of the placeholders if the serial number has fewer digits than the Format string Like but insert leading zeroes instead of blanks Like but insert leading stars instead of blanks Each is replaced by a random character see 8 4 4 Random Value Generation All othe
74. lds of application Give a short description of specific barcode settings Provide information about the required input data format Advice other users to perform the necessary steps for the generation of correct barcodes 2 Iu Template Category Keywords Q amp Data Format m artide number serial number 9999 99997 Ea General Settings LogosandEffects Captions Info Un Title HTML Allowed Data Format Bh Comment HTML Allowed article number serial number 9999 99997 Status Deviation ENPUT _ Ee o oo ES i File View Datalist Export Tools Help Barcode Alt 1 Data List Alt 2 Labels Alt 3 V Quality Character Count Resolution 600 dpi Rotation The readability of the barcode is quite good To gain an optimal barcode size please check the Optimize option Barcodes Templates 0 Code128 Code 128 Subset A Code 128 Subset Code 128 Subset Code 2 of 5 DataLogic Code 2 of 5 IATA Code 2 of 5 Industry Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Code 2 of 5 Matrix Code 2 of 5 Standard Code 32 Code 39 Code 39 Full ASCII Code 93 Filter by Text Lm Figure 25 Info Text To distribute settings with an info text please perform following steps gt Change all settings according to your needs gt Enter the info text to the title
75. le tagging QR Codes for vCards MeCards SPARQCodes etc With URL shortening you reduce the amount of data to be encoded Smaller better readable easier to share QR Codes are the result WWW TEC IT COM Page 60 of 83 gt Shortened URLs provide an easy way to analyze the usage of the codes Whenever shortened URL is used to visit a web page the shortening provider tracks this event It does not matter if the user scanned the code with a smart phone simply clicked on it in a twitter status message or entered the shortened URL manually into the address bar of the browser At the time being both providers offer publicly visible tracking statistics for free 8 4 Sequence Generator Serial Numbers Start Value 1 End Value 10 Increment By 1 Mask 55 Restrict serial number to placeholders Random Values Allowed Characters BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Zabcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz0 123456789 e Generate unique values The Mask field specifies how the generated serial numbers shall look like Each character in the mask pattern corresponds to a character in the serial number You can use 4 different place holders The serial number is filled up with a leading blank s The serial number is filled up with a leading zero s The serial number is filled up with a leading star s Each is replaced by a random character taken from the set of allowed characters Al
76. lease refer to the additional document Barcode Refe rence available via the menu Help gt Barcode Reference or from www tec it com gt If escape sequences are activated the backslash character can t be used directly in the bar code data It must be replaced by a double back slash in order to be encoded correctly 7 8 1 4 Bearer Bars Select the kind of bearer bars you want to use Bearer bars help a decoder to detect the full width of a barcode and reduce the possibility of partial scans decoding only a part of the symbol You can change the width of the Bearer Bars in 7 8 1 5 Notch Height This property adjusts the height at which the synchronization bars e g the double lines in EAN on the left center and on the right side extend the regular barcode height WWW TEC IT COM Page 31 of 83 7 8 2 Drawing Drawing Quiet ne Colors Transparency Change Colors Rotation Bar Width Reduction gt Figure 16 Drawing Section 7 8 2 4 Quiet Zone Click the Adjust Quiet Zones button to open the Quiet Zones dialog This property adjusts the sizes of the quiet zones around the barcode The sizes can be given in several units like number of modules Millimeters Inches Mils and Pixels Left 32 70 mod Right Default c Bottom Default Figure 17 Quiet Zones You can configure the quiet zone for all four sides of the barcode independently from each
77. lian Post Reply Paid z barcode Australian Post Routing V Lock Ratio Brazilian CEPNet Display Mode Logo Above 6 E DAFT Code DP Identcode r Default Settings Filter by Text Figure 21 Logos and Effects 7 9 1 Logos gt Attention The embedding of logos can endanger readability We strictly recommend checking the readability of every single barcode gt A change does make only sense for special applications like advertisements fun barcodes etc that do not enforce the readability of the barcodes A logo can be displayed and changed only if Show Logo is checked 7 9 1 1 Image File Selection of the logo image file in 7 9 1 2 Full Size If checked the logo is stretched to the full size of the barcode In order to gain a useful result you should also choose a suitable display mode 7 9 1 3 Alignment Defines the alignment and so the position of the logo within the barcode 7 9 1 4 Offset The offset specifies the relative horizontal and vertical distance of the logo from the position given by the alignment WWW TEC IT COM Page 35 of 83 7 9 1 5 Width Height Lock Ratio This setting defines the width and the height of the logo If Lock Ratio is checked the ratio between width and height is retained when the size changes 7 9 1 6 Display Mode The display mode specifies how the logo shall be embedded into the barcode You can
78. lt 7 12 2 3 Preamble Options Used particularly in Dpen System Standards Under Preamble Date the last two digits of a year can be entered They are inserted automatically into the data stream in a predefined place 7 12 2 4 Structured Append If you want to encode large quantities of data you can connect several MaxiCode symbols by the use of Structured Append For each MaxiCode symbol an identification number must be assigned This number is entered in the field Index of this Symbol and can range from 1 to 8 The index indi cates the order in which the data is joined after the reading scanning process The total number of arranged MaxiCode symbols must be entered in Number of all symbols WWW TEC IT COM Page 43 of 83 7 12 2 5 Structured Carrier Message SCM MaxiCode was originally developed by UPS United Parcel Service The operating mode Structured Carrier Message mode 2 and 3 supplies special data fields for UPS purposes Service Class Country Code and Postal Code In Mode 3 you can use digits as well as alphanumeric characters for the Postal Code By using escape sequences it is possible to insert the values for date preamble service class country and postal code directly into the barcode data text property To learn more about this feature please refer to the additional document Barcode Reference which is available from www tec it com or via the menu Help gt Barcode Reference
79. mble gt RS 0 6 GS precedes the encoded data CC A Data Mode For special applications only use Base 928 compaction and process input data as byte array CC B Data Mode For special applications only use binary compaction Base 900 prefix symbol data with reserved symbology code word Table 7 Micro PDF417 Modes gt This property is not available for the PDF417 symbology 7 12 1 7 Version Specifies the size of the symbol in terms of code word columns and Micro PDF417 rows This property is not available for the PDF417 symbology 7 12 1 8 Macro PDF417 Structured Append Inserts a Macro PDF control block into the barcode WWW TEC IT COM Page 41 of 83 PDF417 allows the user to spread the data across several symbols This might be done if the data is too large to fit into a single symbol or for reasons of appearance and geometry The so called Macro PDF Control Block carries information that relates its contents to the overall data The properties described below are mandatory for the Macro PDF functionality 7 12 1 9 Segment Index Index of the actual data segment in the symbol chain It starts with 1 and is increased for each additional symbol in the data chain Value range 1 99999 Note when reading the encoded data with a scanner the index will be zero based 7 12 1 10 Last Symbol Identifies the last symbol in the data chain If set to true the Last Segment I
80. me values as the file name extensions r lt dpi gt The resolution of the output file in dpi default 600 dpi 0 Optimal resolution adapt module width to pixel width recommended for low resolution devices rot lt rotation gt The barcode rotation in degrees Valid values are 0 90 180 and 270 default 0 fs lt fileseparator gt A custom file separator that can be used for separating file names of command line arguments and for the list of file names in the output file names list log lt logfile gt The name of the log file If this argument is not set no log file is generated q Activates the Quiet Mode The program does not interact with the user This setting is useful for instance to run Barcode Studio on servers If an error occurs a message is logged to file error log g Starts the application in Graphics Mode This setting is needed to pass a settings file to Barcode Studio and start it in graphics mode WWW TEC IT COM Page 82 of 83 Display the help screen help D 2 Examples Generate Code128 default content 98765 size 50x30mm bestudio d 98765 out barcode bmp w 50000 h 30000 o Generate a barcode image JPG with 300 dpi and 0 330 mm module width bestudio d 12345 out barcode jpg h 30000 m 330 r 300 Generate a barcode symbology defined in bc file 70x30mm bestudio d 123 out c pictures bc jpg s bcsettings bc w 70000 h 30000 o
81. nd on the display settings within the operating system this resolution may differ Typical values are 72 96 or 120 dpi Printer Resolution Use the DPI setting of the currently selected printer 72 dpi BMP Create the image with 72 dpi 96 dpi Create the image with the given dpi Higher dpi values result in larger and more detailed image files 2540 dpi Custom Resolution Create the image with the custom resolution added in the field aside Table 4 Resolution Settings To increase the accuracy of the barcode symbol you can increase its resolution gt Consider that the resolution set in Barcode Studio must fit to the resolution of the printer or the target application gt Image Export Most applications show and print images and therefore barcodes exported as image in screen resolution If the resolution of the barcode image is higher than the screen resolution the output size will be displayed bigger than in Barcode Studio Example If your screen resolution is 96 dpi and the exported image has a resolution of 300 dpi it will be displayed about 3 times as large as in Barcode Studio gt However only few professional layout applications consider the resolution correctly gt The dpi value can only be stored in certain image formats E g when exporting an image as GIF file the adjusted resolution dpi will not be stored Only the formats BMP JPG PNG and TIF are capable of storing the re
82. ndicator is put at the end of the Macro PDF control block 7 12 1 11 File ID The file id identifies all symbols which belong to the same data chain For reassembling all data blocks having the same File ID are concatenated in the order of increasing segment index 7 12 1 12 Optional Settings These fields are optional and may be encoded into the Macro PDF417 control block on demand Check Sum CCITT 16 Figure 27 Macro PDF417 Optional Settings File name alphanumeric File name variable length field Segment count numeric Total number of data segments range 1 99999 Time stamp numeric Time stamp elapsed time in seconds since January 1 1970 00 00 GMT Sender alphanumeric Sender variable length field Addressee alphanumeric Addressee variable length field File size numeric Total number of bytes encoded variable length field Checksum numeric Pied CRC checksum using CCITT 16 polynomial x16 x12 x5 1 over the entire ata 7 12 2 MaxiCode MaxiCode represents data by drawing hexagonal items which are arranged around a circular center a so called Bull s Eye The internal data structure is regulated by different modes The mode Structured Carrier Message was defined by the parcel transport service UPS9 Data can be WWW TEC IT COM Page 42 of 83 encoded in two different error correction levels SEC Standard Error Correction and EEC En
83. ne Fax Email Url amp Shorten Url Birthday Birthday File Label Count Count E Caption Above E Figure 40 Import Assistant vCard WWW TEC IT COM Page 59 of 83 Example Email El Data Import Wizard 00 Assign the Fields Select the import format and assign the fields below Import Format Send an Email Field Mapping Email Recipient Email Subject Email Message File Name Label Count Caption Above Caption Above 2 Caption Below Caption Below 2 7 Check the Imported Data Figure 41 Import Assistant Email 8 3 2 1 URL Shortening Boonen ge Assign the Fields Select the import format and assign the fields below Import Format Browse to a Web Site URL z Field Mapping Web Address URL x 9 shorten ur File Name Label Count Caption Above Caption Above 2 Caption Below Caption Below 2 Check the Imported Data Figure 42 URL Shortening Imported URLs can be shortened by clicking the Shorten URL checkbox 0 To enable this feature you have to choose a URL Shortener service in the Options dialog see chapter 10 3 URL Shortening gt URL shortening means squeezing a long URL into a shorter one This is important when creating mobi
84. ns before the given position are skipped The effect of this setting depends on the printing order 9 3 3 Unit Specifies the unit of the label sizes 9 3 4 Column Width Defines the width of a label All labels have the same width 9 3 5 Row Height Defines the height of a label All labels have the same height 9 3 6 Column Spacing Specifies the horizontal gap between two labels 9 3 7 Row Spacing Specifies the vertical gap between two labels 9 3 8 Print Order Defines the order in which the labels are printed Down then Across or Across then Down 9 3 9 Page Setup After clicking Page Setup a system dependent dialog opens Here you can change the page settings including the page margins WWW TEC IT COM Page 68 of 83 9 4 Preview Hii WA WO 08 Figure 49 Preview The label preview consists of a tool bar and a preview window The preview window shows the label outlines including the barcodes generated from the data list Show Only First Page Show All Pages Figure 50 Preview Settings 9 4 1 Preview The preview gives you an idea how the print out will look like The barcodes are generated from the data in the data list The dashed blue lines outline the label shapes These are shown in the preview only but not on the print out ASCabcASCabcASCahe T At least one barcode is being clipped Figure 51 Barcode is being clipped WWW TEC IT
85. odabar 2 Widths Code 11 Code 128 Code 128 Subset A Code 128 Subset B Code 128 Subset C Code 2 of 5 DataLogic Code 2 of 5 IATA Code 2 of 5 Industry Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Code 2 of 5 Matrix Code 2 of 5 Standard Code 32 Code 39 Code 39 Full ASCI Code 93 gt Filter by Text Figure 1 Quick Start Barcode Studio Main Window In order to create an EAN13 barcode please follow these steps 09000009609 Select the barcode type symbology see section 5 2 1 Enter the barcode data see section 5 2 2 Select the output resolution see section 5 2 3 Specify the barcode dimensions see section 5 2 4 Fine tune the module width see section 5 2 5 Set font style and size see section 5 2 6 Export or print the barcode see section 5 4 WWW TEC IT COM Page 10 of 83 5 2 1 Select Barcode Type Symbology Barcodes Templates Select the required barcode type symbology in 9 Choose 4 1D Symbologies EAN 13 BC412 TT p ji Codabar 2 Widths Hint If you press the E key the first entry starting with an E will Code11 be selected Code 128 4 Code 128 Subset A Code 128 Subset B Code 128 Subset C Code 2 of 5 DataLogic Code 2 of 5 IATA Code 2 of 5 Industry Code 2 of 5 Interleaved Code 2 of 5 Matrix Code 2 of 5 Standard Code 39 Code 39 Full ASCI Code 93 Code 93 Full ASCII EAN 13 1 EAN 13 2 Digits EAN 13 5 Digits EA
86. of the barcode is not affected gt To obtain a license key for the full version without the demo marker please order Barcode Studio online at http www tec it com order default aspx WWW TEC IT COM Page 8 of 83 4 Installation 4 1 Install Barcode Studio on Microsoft Windows On Microsoft Windows operating systems Windows8 Windos7 Vista etc Barcode Studio is installed with the Windows Installer If the Windows Installer is not available on the system please download it from the following link http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 889482fc 5f56 4a38 b838 de776fd4138c amp displaylang en Please follow the steps as outlined below administrator privileges are required 1 Open the installer by double clicking it 2 Follow the instructions in the installation wizard By default Barcode Studio is installed in the following directories C Program Files TEC IT BCStudiol5 binary files documentation C ProgramData TEC IT BCStudio 15 2 templates option file etc 4 2 Install Barcode Studio on Mac OS X 10 6 or higher For Mac operating systems Mac OS X 10 6 or higher Barcode Studio is provided as a zipped pkg file Please follow the steps as outlined below 1 Open the zip file by double clicking it 2 Open the contained pkg file also by double clicking it 3 Follow the instructions of the setup wizard WWW TEC IT COM Page 9 of 83 5 Quick Start 5 1 Int
87. om www tec it com or via the menu Help gt Barcode Reference 7 8 3 2 Print Ratio The print ratio describes the relationship between the different bar and space widths of a barcode do not mix this up with the width height ratio of a symbol It is specified by a list of colon separated values The list starts with n bar widths followed by m space widths The numbers n and m depend on the barcode type The single values specify a multiple of the module width 1 gt Equal to the module width 2 gt Twice the module width You can use the Default Print Ratio as a template for a customized Print Ratio value It shows how many different bar and space widths are used for the selected barcode type The absolute width of a bar or space is calculated using the values of the print ratio multiplied with the module width Example If a barcode element has 4 different bar widths and 4 different space widths the print ratio could look like this e g for Code 128 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 The first 4 numbers 1 2 3 4 stand for the bar widths the last 4 numbers for the space widths in this case they are the same The smallest bar is 1 module wide the next larger is 2 thus twice as wide as the smaller bar and so on gt Modifications of the print ratio make only sense for special applications E g for the Code 2OF5 interleaved the print ratio can vary from 1 2 to 1 3 gt Use this option with care Barcodes may b
88. ontent with the check digit informs the scanning device scanner about incorrect scans and forces the device to repeat or reject the scan The check digit calculation method is standardized for certain common barcodes types Using check digits is mostly optional but often recommended for particular symbologies and standards When set to default the check digit is calculated according to the specification of the selected barcode Modifications are admissible for barcodes with selectable check digit methods or for special applications only For additional information on check digit calculation please refer to the Barcode Reference available from www tec it com or via the menu Help gt Barcode Reference 7 8 1 2 Encoding Code Pages With the fields Encoding Mode 0 and Code Page the user can affect the interpretation of the input data For a general overview about encoding and code pages please refer to the Barcode Reference available from www tec it com or via the menu Help gt Barcode Reference gt Data is always passed as UNICODE stream to Barcode Studio Since UNICODE charac ters always consist of more than one byte and most of the barcode types are only able to encode one byte per character it is not always clear how the input data should be inter preted So we give you the possibility to decide yourself gt Per default the input data is converted to the selected Code Page see below If other kinds of
89. onvert the original possibly long URLs into their short counterpart If you call a shortened URL the original web site will be opened 10 3 1 Proxy In order to be able to access network or internet you often have to change the proxy settings Figure 55 Proxy Dialog 10 3 1 1 Use System Proxy Use the system settings for the proxy In most cases this will be the correct decision 10 3 1 2 Proxy Address Port If you cannot use the system proxy you are able to set the address and the port of the proxy directly 10 3 2 Service Choose the service by which the URLs should be shortened WWW TEC IT COM Page 72 of 83 If the preconfigured account returns an error message we recommend you to use your own account for instance at Google and activate the URL Shortener Service for it Then choose the suitable personal account in the options dialog and enter the account data application key etc 10 3 3 Service Specific Settings Each service uses specific settings for instance API Key user name request delay etc WWW TEC IT COM Page 73 of 83 11 FAQ gt For more information on the barcodes and their parameters please check out the TEC IT Barcode Reference on http www tec it com download PDF Barcode Reference EN pdf gt More Information can be found on our website http www tec it com support fag Default aspx gt Incase of problems please contact our support te
90. orce Binary Encoding Error Correction Level Li v Mask Pattern Default Figure 35 Han Xin Settings 7 12 9 1 Symbol Version Size The version size of the symbol is specified by a version number the number of rows and the number of columns The range for DotCode symbols is from 1 23 x 23 up to 84 189 x 189 modules If the property is set to default the size is computed automatically based on the data to be encoded WWW TEC IT COM Page 52 of 83 7 12 9 2 Enforce Binary Mode Specifies whether to enforce binary encoding In Binary Encoding mode the encoding algorithm does not try to calculate the smallest possible symbol but it uses binary encoding for all characters This is recommended for binary input data and for barcode generation with optimal speed 7 12 9 3 Error Correction Level Defines the error correction level You can choose from the following values Error Correction Level Description Enumeration L1 Lowest level Data recovery capacity is up to approximately 896 L2 Up to 1595 L3 Up to 2395 L4 Highest level Up to 30 Table 18 QR Code Error Correction Levels 7 12 9 4 Mask Pattern Specifies the mask pattern that is applied to the symbol to improve the readability of the code By default the mask is calculated automatically but it would make sense to specify this setting directly if you have to optimize the computation time With the values Mask
91. other By clicking Reset Values all values are reset to zero 7 8 2 2 Colors Transparency Click the Change Colors button to open the Colors Transparency dialog Ej Colors Transparency Figure 18 Colors Dialog WWW TEC IT COM Page 32 of 83 Click the m button beside the color that you want to change Then select the desired color in the appearing dialog Fore Color The foreground color of the barcode color of the bars Back Color The background color of the barcode color of the spaces Text Color The color of the human readable text Back Style Mode for drawing the background of the barcode The background can be set either to transpa rent background shines through or opaque default background is overwritten with the background color This setting is also relevant if you use copy and paste clipboard Figure 19 Color Selection Dialog for Microsoft Windows Because Microsoft Windows does not offer to select colors from the CMYK model by default Barcode Studio offers a dialog where the user may choose between the color models RGB or CMYK Change the color by selecting the color shades directly or click the button to open the system color dialog 7 8 2 3 Rotation This property defines the barcode rotation Possible values are 0 90 180 and 270 7 8 2 4 Bar Width Reduction When printing on inkjet printers the ink that is absorbed by the
92. perties 45 Figure 31 Aztec Code Properties 47 Figure 32 Codablock F Properties 48 Figure 33 Composite Symbology Settings 49 Figure 34 DotCode Settings 51 Figure 35 Han Xin Settings 52 Figure 36 Data List View 54 Figure 37 Error Status 56 Figure 38 File Import 57 Figure 39 Data Mapping 58 Figure 40 Import Assistant vCard 59 Figure 41 Import Assistant Email 60 Figure 42 URL Shortening 60 Figure 43 Sequence Generator 61 Figure 44 Export Dialog 63 Figure 45 Save as CSV File Dialog 65 Figure 46 Label Printing 66 Figure 47 Label Templates 67 Figure 48 Label Settings 67 Figure 49 Preview 69 Figure 50 Preview Settings 69 Figure 51 Barcode is being clipped 69 Figure 52 Print Labels 70 Figure 53 Error Message 70 Figure 54 Options Dialog 71 Figure 55 Proxy Dialog 72 Figure 56 License Dialog Online Activation 75 Figure 57 License Dialog Manual Licensing 76 Figure 58 Request Test License 77 Figure 59 Demo Version Unlocked 77 1 2 List of Tables Table 1 EAN13 Dimensions not complete 12 Table 2 Barcode Qualities 21 Table 3 Units 27 Table 4 Resolution Settings 28 Table 5 Compression 31 Table 6 Draw Modes 37 Table 7 Micro PDF417 Modes 41 Table 8 MaxiCode Modes 43 Table 9 Data Matrix Modes 44 Table 10 QR Code Modes 45 Table 11 QR Code Error Correction Levels 46 Table 12 QR Code Mask Patterns 46 Table 13 QR Code Compaction 46 Table 14 Aztec Code Modes 47
93. r characters are used literally Table 19 Format Characters Examples for serial numbers Format Sample Output Description String 01 02 03 10 11 Leading zeroes 1 2 3 10 11 Leading spaces 1 2 10 11 Leading asterisks 00 0001 0002 0003 0099 Like but with 00 as constant prefix A A01 A02 A03 etc Like but with A as constant prefix Table 20 Format Examples gt If you enter and create a sequence containing numeric values higher than 999 the barcode data will be truncated In this case change the format string 8 4 8 Restrict Serial Numbers to Placeholders This flag lets you decide whether the generated serial number is restricted to the number of placeholders If yes the excessing digits in the front are cut off If not all digits of the serial are shown You can use these flag to generate serial values without leading padding characters 8 4 4 Random Value Generation If the mask contains at least one random value generation is enabled Each is replaced by a random value taken from the list of Allowed Characters If you choose Generate unique values the resulting sequence is checked whether it contains multiple identical values If so an error message is shown when clicking Ok The user may try again or change the sequence parameters to be more successful 8 4 5 P
94. review Click Preview to create the sequence based on the settings specified above The list O shows a preview of the generated data Press OK to insert the sequence into the data list WWW TEC IT COM Page 62 of 83 8 5 Export Destination Path 1 C BCStudio_Datal File Format Bitmap bmp v Check the Barcode Data before Export Export EPS Files with a TIFF Preview File Name Generation File Name Prefix e bcs File Name Serial Number 1 2 3 URL Encode the File Names Keep the User Defined File Names No Data File Name A123456 FNAME X 1 bmp 4 B232372 FNAME_Y_2 bmp A676761 FNAME Y 3 bmp B778728 bcs 0005 bmp 556267 bcs 0006 bmp 652656 bcs 0007 bmp A989898 bcs 0008 bmp B663666 bcs 0009 bmp 10 000001 bcs_0010 bmp won nin amp WN Save also as CSV File Figure 44 Export Dialog By clicking Export the Export dialog opens Here the user can specify a destination directory a rule for the automatic generation of file names and other parameters 8 5 1 Export Settings 8 5 1 1 Destination Path The destination path specifies to which directory the export images shall be saved 8 5 1 2 File Format Specifies the file format of the export file For a description of the different file formats please refer to Appendix C 8 5 1 3 Check the Barcode Data before Export If this field is checked
95. roduction This chapter will guide you through the most important functions of Barcode Studio by showing you how to create an EAN13 barcode For more detailed explanation of the user interface and the available functions and settings please refer to the chapters 6 to 10 gt Starting with Barcode Studio version 11 pre defined barcode templates are available The creation of standardized barcodes is simplified dramatically see section 5 3 5 2 How to Create an EAN13 Barcode Barcode Studio lt Unknown gt File View Datalist Export Tools Help Barcode Alt 1 Datalist Alt 2 Labels alt 3 PP PWD ABCabc dm e General setings Logos and Effects Captons info Data mos Barcode Data ABCabc Composite Data Hex Data Appearance Unit Milimeter X Width Height 71 261 o 30 000 mm Module Width 0 706 mm e 600 dpi 3 Optimize Resolution 50 0 dpi Default Settings Assistant for Data Input Example Data v Text Placement Show Text Text Distance Default Font MS Shell Dig 2 8 pt 4 Letter Spacing Default Status Deviation 2 Fai Quality Character Count 6 Resolution Rotation 600 dpi The readability of the barcode is quite good E To gain an optimal barcode size please check the Optimize Barcodes Templates 4 Linear Barcodes 1 C
96. roperty adjusts the number of graphical data segments per row in the GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked RSS Symbol This parameter influences the width of the barcode Default means that each row contains at least 4 segments This property is only used by the GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked RSS barcode symbol ogy WWW TEC IT COM Page 50 of 83 7 12 8 DotCode General Structured Append Format Format Specifier Auto Number of all Symbols 1 2 digits or 1 character Index of this Symbol 1 Size Mode Default Size 4 0 13 0 Print Direction Don t Care v Enforce Binary Encoding Mask Default Figure 34 DotCode Settings 7 12 8 1 Format Format Specifier Code Format Enumeration Description Auto Auto discriminate the format based on the barcode data If the data starts with 2 digits barcode is in GS1 format otherwise generic data is assumed Generic Generic data format which means data with no special format is used If barcode data starts with 2 digits FNC1 is automatically inserted at first position GS1 Special format defined by GS1 that is used for encoding Application Identifiers Barcode data must start with 2 digits Industry Supports certain industry formats FNC1 at the second position If you choose this value you also have to fill in the field Application Indicator 2 digits or 1 letter It
97. rted Barcodes 1 1 MaxiCode A 2 Check Digits Print Ratio A 4 Format A 5 Escape Sequences Appendix B Error Messages Appendix C Image Types Appendix D Command Line Parameters D 1 Syntax D 2 Examples 1 1 Table of Figures Figure 1 Quick Start Barcode Studio Main Window Figure 2 Quick Start with Templates Barcode Studio Main Window Figure 3 User Interface Figure 4 Toolbar Figure 5 Quality Watch Figure 6 Filter by Text Filter by Encodable Data Figure 7 Barcode View Figure 8 Data Section Figure 9 Data Input Assistant Figure 10 Data Input Assistant vCalender Figure 11 Data Input Assistant GS1 Application Identifier Figure 12 Add Control Character Figure 13 Appearance Section Figure 14 Text Placement Section Figure 15 Advanced Barcode Settings Section Figure 16 Drawing Section Figure 17 Quiet Zones Figure 18 Colors Dialog Figure 19 Color Selection Dialog for Microsoft Windows Figure 20 Dialog More Settings Figure 21 Logos and Effects Figure 22 Custom Display Settings Figure 23 Captions WWW TEC IT COM 10 14 18 20 21 23 23 23 24 25 25 26 27 29 30 32 32 32 33 34 35 36 37 Page 4 of 83 Figure 24 User Info Section 38 Figure 25 Info Text 39 Figure 26 PDF417 Micro PDF417 Properties 40 Figure 27 Macro PDF417 Optional Settings 42 Figure 28 MaxiCode Properties 43 Figure 29 Data Matrix ECC200 Properties 44 Figure 30 QR Code Pro
98. s data row This value effect on exporting images 8 2 1 8 Exported At The column Exported At contains the time when the barcode was successfully exported last time It is generated automatically during export and cannot be changed by the user 8 2 1 9 Comment The user may enter comments for the data list here 8 2 2 Symbol Size Module Width By default all barcodes in the data list have the same module width That means barcodes with different contents may vary in size but the minimum bar width the module width and the quality will be the same for each barcode The user also has the possibility to generate barcodes with nearly the same symbol size but different module width He can do this by checking the field Lock Symbol Size 8 2 3 Order You can order the data list by clicking on one of the header columns With the first click the list will be sorted in ascending order by the content of the respective column when clicking again the order is changed to descending When clicking the button Reset Order the order is reset The actual order is used for label printing too See also chapter 9 Label Printing WWW TEC IT COM Page 55 of 83 8 2 1 Editing 8 2 4 1 Add New Entries The user can append new barcode entries by clicking the button Add All columns are filled with the actual settings from the Barcode page 8 2 4 2 Edit the Data List The data in the list can be edited directly by mouse click or by
99. s the Barcode Studio Twitter page Google Opens the Barcode Studio Google page Linkedin Opens the Barcode Studio LinkedIn page Blog Opens the TEC IT Blog web site Buy Barcode Studio Opens the TEC IT order form in the web browser License Opens the dialog for entering your license data Check For Update Checks for updates of Barcode Studio About Barcode Studio Displays information about the application version number and copyright 7 3 Toolbar DEHB amp amp amp Bae Figure 4 Toolbar The toolbars offer following functions New Creates a new barcode with pre defined settings Shortcut Ctrl N Open Opens an existing barcode settings file bc Shortcut CtrI O Save Saves the current barcode settings to your hard disk Shortcut CtrI S Print Prints the data list as labels Shortcut Ctrl P Zoom In Increment the zoom in the barcode view Shortcut C rl Zoom Out Decrement the zoom in the barcode view Shortcut Ctr Reset Zoom Zoom is turned off The barcode is shown in its original size Export Barcode Exports the barcode to a picture file Shortcut Ctrl E Copy to Clipboard As Image Copies the barcode as image to the clipboard Shortcut Ctrl B Copy to Clipboard As Metafile Copies the barcode as metafile to the clipboard Shortcut Ctrl M Export Data List Exports the data list as a series of barcode images Shortcut Ctr L Help
100. solution For detailed information please refer to Appendix C 7 7 2 5 Optimize If the Optimize option is checked the module width of the barcode will be set to a whole numbered pixel size to the nearest lower value Hereby the pixel deviation is reduced to a minimum or eliminated completely In other words The barcode is printed using whole numbered pixel sizes only This avoids aliasing effects and guarantees an optimal scanning quality gt If the Optimize option is checked the module width will be adjusted for optimum output quality WWW TEC IT COM Page 28 of 83 gt This setting can be very helpful especially for lower resolutions gt The barcode view shows the barcode symbol in optimal quality only if the resolution was set to Screen Resolution The preview is not detailed enough to display higher resolutions correctly More detailed output can only be achieved on the according output devices printer image etc 7 7 2 6 Reset Button Use the link Default Settings to reset the barcode to its initial size 7 7 3 Text Placement This section describes the settings regarding the human readable text Text Placement Show Text Below Barcode Alignment Default xj Text Distance Default Font Arial 9 pt o m Letter Spacing Default 7 Figure 14 Text Placement Section 7 7 3 1 Show Text Choose whether and where the human readable text is shown
101. ssign a symbol identification number which is entered in the field Index of this Symbol Its value can range from 1 to 16 This index indicates the order in which the data is joined after the reading scanning process The total number of arranged symbols must be entered in Number of all Symbols Chained QR Code symbols are identified by the parity byte The parity byte must be identical in all symbols The value can be calculated using the method QR_StructAppParity which is part of TBarCode API P This property is not available for the Micro QR Code symbology 7 12 5 Aztec Code General Structured Append Format Format Specifier Default hd Number of all Symbols A Z A 2 digits or 1 character Index of this Symbol 2 Symbol Size Default Y Enforce Binary Encoding Aztec Runes Mode IM Error Correction Default T Figure 31 Aztec Code Properties 7 12 5 1 Format Format Specifier Code Format Enumeration Description Default Standard format GS1 UCC EAN Special format defined by GS1 UCC EAN Used for encoding Application Identifiers FNC1 at 1st position Industry Supports certain industry formats FNC1 at the second position If you choose this value you also have to fill in the field Application Indicator 2 digits or 1 letter It deter mines to which industry format the input data corresponds Table 14 Aztec Code
102. symbol must be entered in Number of all Symbols A Z Chained Aztec Code symbols are identified by the Message ID The Message ID must be identical in all symbols 7 12 6 Codablock F The Codablock F property page is used to adjust symbology specific parameters Similar to PDF 417 the data content is divided into rows and columns Codablock F is a stacked symbology with additional internal checksums for error recognition Codablock F is based upon the Code 128 symbology one data row consists of a single Code 128 barcode which is extended by a row identifier and a column check sum gt Have caution when modifying these adjustments Always make a test scan in case of doubt General Code Format Default gt Rows Default Columns Default gt Row Height Default Separator Height Default Figure 32 Codablock F Properties WWW TEC IT COM Page 48 of 83 7 12 6 1 Code Format Code Format Enumeration Description Standard Standard format GS1 UCC EAN Special format defined by GS1 UCC EAN to be used in GS1 UCC EAN applications Table 15 Codablock F Modes 7 12 6 2 Rows 2 44 The number of rows The value must be between 2 and 44 Default the number of lines is calculated automatically based on the number of input characters 7 12 6 3 Columns 4 62 The number of columns in data words The value must be between 4 and 62 Start stop and line indic
103. t for this Barcode Type m Data Selection Barcode Data Composite Data Al Value Description add Global Trade Item Number GTIN 1 01 09099999543217 14 digits Remove Best Before Date YYMMDD 2 15 21 05 2012 Select or enter a date Batch or Lot Number 3 10 Abc123 1 to 20 characters Raw Data 01090999995432171512052110Abc123 F LoadFie Reset Figure 11 Data Input Assistant GS1 Application Identifier WWW TEC IT COM Page 25 of 83 7 7 1 3 Add Control Characters You can enter control characters directly in the edit field or use the context menu Open the context menu by right clicking in the edit field and choose Add Control Characters Then select the control character to insert from the submenu Because control characters are represented by special character combinations like F for FNC1 Barcode Studio activates escape sequences automatically see section 7 8 1 2 NISL IF FNC 211 FNC3 1212 FNC4 1213 Gs x1d Rs xle Eat 1x04 Carriage Return lr Line Feed in Tabulator t Figure 12 Add Control Character For more information on all available control characters please refer to the Barcode Reference available on www tec it com or via the menu Help gt Barcode Reference 7 7 1 4 Check Digit Override Some barcodes with a predefined number of utilizable data characters l
104. the barcode data is checked before the export If the data list contains invalid data the user will be informed 8 5 1 4 Export EPS Files with TIFF Preview If this field is checked a TIFF preview is added to the generated EPS files The check box is only available if one of the EPS file formats is selected WWW TEC IT COM Page 63 of 83 8 5 2 File Name Generation 8 5 2 1 File Name Prefix The file name prefix is prepended to the generated file name 8 5 2 2 File Name The user has the possibility to choose between following file name generation methods Generation Method Description Same as Data The file name is based on the barcode data sequence data For instance if you encode 12345 in the barcode the file name will be prefix 12345 bmp This method is ideal for numeric barcode data Note if the sequence data contains characters that are not allowed for file names please use URL encoding Serial Number The image file names are based on serial numbers starting with 1 The user can specify the number of digits for the generated numbers Table 21 Sequence File Name 8 5 2 3 URL Encoding If checked the file names are URL encoded That means that characters that are not allowed in file names are escaped by a percent sign followed by the hexadecimal ASCII code Character HEX Code Character HEX Code Character HEX Code 5C 2F 963A P 962A 3F 2
105. the preview mode should be disabled for printing a large number of documents 10 1 2 Font Substitution Font Substitution is only used when exporting the barcode to an EPS file This is an advanced option and should only be changed for special applications WWW TEC IT COM Page 71 of 83 Font Substitution Description None The font will not be substituted unless it is invalid Automatic Default The font will always be substituted with an appropriate one Fixed Font The font will always be substituted with the font specified in Surrogate Font Table 22 Font Substitution 10 1 3 Surrogate Font Specifies the font for EPS exports This property overrides the Font property on the General tab but only if Font Substitution 0 is set to Fixed Font Please note that you have to specify the internal font name may not contain any spaces 10 2 Templates 10 2 1 Template Directory All template files bc which are listed in the template tree in the main window are read from this directory The template directory path is preset by the setup routine but it may be changed after wards if required e g if the user wants to use a custom set of templates 10 3 URL Shortening Web addresses URLs can be shortened by using URL Shortener services Barcode Studio offers this feature when editing URLs in the data assistant and during the import Shortener services c
106. tin I The Micro QR Code symbology is based upon QR Code but is adapted to encode only small quantities of data It produces less overhead and smaller symbols General Settings LogosandEffects QR Code Captions Info General Structured Append Format Application Indicator Default Y Number of all Symbols Default 2 digits or 1 character Index of this Symbol Default Symbol Version Size Default Y D E Parity Byte Default Error Correction Level M edium Zi Mask Pattern Default M Compaction Default multi byte compaction v Figure 30 QR Code Properties 7 12 4 1 Format Application Indicator Format Enumeration Description Default Standard format GS1 UCC EAN Special format defined by GS1 UCC EAN Used for encoding Application Identifiers FNC1 at 1st position Industry Supports certain industry formats FNC1 at the second position If you choose this value you also have to fill in the field Application Indicator 2 digits or 1 letter It determines to which industry format the input data corresponds Table 10 QR Code Modes WWW TEC IT COM Page 45 of 83 gt This property is not available for the Micro QR Code symbology 7 12 4 2 Symbol Version Size The version size of the symbol is specified by a version number the number of rows and the number of columns The range for QR Code symbols is from
107. y is not available for the Micro PDF417 symbology 7 12 1 6 Mode Specifies how data is encoded as Micro PDF417 In most cases the Default mode is the best choice gt Note Often the scanner hardware does not support all modes listed below Please check with your scanner first Mode Enumeration Description Normal Default The input data is analyzed Text numeric or binary compaction mode will be used accor dingly to generate the smallest symbol UCC EAN 128 Emulation UCC EAN 128 Emulation mode Transmit 1 or L3 Use compaction for Application Identifier Al 01 14 digits Code128 Emulation Code 128 Emulation mode Transmit C2 or L4 Code128 FNC2 Emulation Code 128 with FNC2 on first position will be emulated Linked UCC EAN 128 Linked UCC EAN 128 emulation Transmit C1 or L3 Indicates that the Micro PDF symbol is linked with a linear symbol which may be required for a successful scan Using this mode the following Als can be encoded with better compaction in the given order Date Al 11 13 15 or 17 lot number Al 10 other Al s optional Date Al 11 13 15 or 17 serial number Al 21 other Al s optional Date Al 11 13 15 or 17 other Al s optional Note This mode is not used with UCC EAN Composite Symbology which uses linked symbols too 05 Macro The preamble gt RS 0 5 GS precedes the encoded data 06 Macro The prea

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