User manual ENFOCUS SOFTWARE INSTANT BARCODE 1.6 QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Certified PDF is a registered trademark of Enfocus NV. ; patent pending. Enfocus PitStop Professional, Enfocus PitStop Server, Enfocus Instant PDF, Enfocus StatusCheck, Enfocus CertifiedPDF. net, Enfocus Instant Barcode, Enfocus PitStop Extreme, Enfocus PDF Workflow Suite, Enfocus LightSwitch, Enfocus FullSwitch, Enfocus PowerSwitch, Enfocus SwitchClient and Enfocus SwitchScripter are product names of Enfocus NV. Macintosh, Mac, Mac OS and ColorSync are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. , registered in the U. S. Windows, Windows 2000 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Clicking this button will display the next matching barcode properties. The Measure Barcode Tool does NOT measure the "Quiet Zone" and the contrast with background objects. No warnings will be generated if the barcode is not compliant to the specs. UPC Before EAN In the cases where both an EAN13 and UPC/A solution is found when measuring, the EAN13 code is shown first. By clicking the "Try Again" button, the UPC/A solution is shown. In Europe, where EAN is used more often, this is fine, but in the US, it would be useful to switch the search order, so that the first solution shown, is the UPC/A barcode. In order to do this, enable the UPC Before EAN option. 3 If no valid barcode was found, a beep will sound. if it is on a locked layer), you should rely on the beep to know if a valid barcode was measured. ENFOCUS Instant Barcode Quick-Start Guide 11 Instant Barcode Toolbox The Instant Barcode Toolbox allows to set all parameters for a barcode to be created. When creating a barcode, a warning sign will be shown for incorrect settings that cannot be corrected automatically. If the value can be corrected automatically, a warning dialog will be shown, and the corrections can be applied (e. g. A brief specification for every type of barcode can be found in Barcode Types on page 17. Bar Width Reduction The Bar Width Reduction reduces the width of the bars, to compensate for the growth on the printing press. Instant Barcode will check if the value still allows the creation of a valid barcode. some bars might disappear) will generate a warning sign. Magnification Barcodes have a "standard" size. This will prevent misreading of these types of barcodes when the barcode scanner reads the bars diagonal. Enabling this option will add the bearer bars at the correct position. Add End Bars on Bearer Bars Barcodes that support Bearer Bars also have the option to add a thicker end bar at both sides, to make the barcodes even more reliable. For ITF and ITF14 barcodes, with both Bearer bars and End Bars, the width of the bars is fixed at 4. 8mm, regardless of the magnification. ITF14) the End Bars function is enabled, while the Bearer Bars button is disabled, as the Bearer Bars are obligatory for the selected barcode type. From top to bottom : · · · ITF without Bearer Bars ITF with Bearer Bars ITF with Bearer Bars and End Bars ENFOCUS Instant Barcode Quick-Start Guide 13 Use OCRB as Default Font Instant Barcode will use Helvetica for all readable text where the font is not specified in the barcode specifications. If this option is on, the OCRB font will be used in all default cases, when available on the computer. Code 128, UCC/EAN 128 and ITF, do not specify how human readable text should be aligned under the bars. For ISBN barcodes, the only text influenced, is the text op top of the barcode. [. . . ] It can be 7 or 12 digits, whereas the first must be 0 and the last is the checkdigit. Note that when used in the long version, the characters must be compliant to the limits imposed for UPC/E Both UPC/A and UPC/E can have 2 additional add-on digits. UPC/A can also have 5 add-on digits. EAN 8 / 13 EAN or European Article Number is the international standard for article numbering in Europe. EAN13 is the standard version of 13 digits whereas the last digit is the check digit. [. . . ]