What Size Bar Code Symbology should I use?
Bar Code size or dimensions are based on a value termed Magnification’. When the correct value is selected, most bar code software will generate a bar code to the proper height and width for the symbology selected and desired. Most common unscannable failures occur when the computer generated bar code graphic is then altered or cropped when placed into the printing medium to be used and thereby changing the dimensional and spatial characteristics. The biggest error made in generating a scannable bar code is truncation – Shortening in Height’. Generally, the smaller the size the poorer performance the code(s) will be in the scanning environments.
