Features

General Features

  • Generate barcodes
  • Scan, detect, and decode barcode images
  • Read barcodes from image files or data streams
  • Support over 60 barcode types, including 1D, 2D, and postal ones
  • Customize barcode appearance-related properties
  • Rotate barcodes at different angles
  • Encode and decode non-English characters in 2D types
  • Optimize recognition engine variables
  • Load barcode data and save it to a stream or a file
  • Print barcode images
  • Work with complex barcode types (Swiss QR Code and Royal Mail Mailmark)

Barcode Reading

  • Scan barcodes at any angle
  • Save barcodes in popular image raster and vector formats, including JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and GIF
  • Set barcode image resolution from 75 to 600 dpi
  • Support for the detection of damaged, blurred or noised images
  • Set target barcode detection regions in a source image
  • Set target barcode types for recognition
  • Optimize recognition engine variables to achieve the desired trade-off between reading speed and quality
  • Detect all barcodes displayed in the scanned region
  • Validate checksum correctness for 1D and postal barcodes

Barcode Generation

  • Create barcodes with customized settings
  • Modify barcode image appearance (size, resolution, height, background color, bar color, rotation angle, X-dimension, image quality, captions, wide-to-narrow-ratio, and other parameters)
  • Save generated barcodes in various raster and vector image formats: JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, GIF, EMF, and SVG
  • Adjust encoding types and parameters
  • Enable checksum controls (for 1D barcodes) and supplement data
  • Modify the wide-to-narrow ratio for some barcode types to improve recognition accuracy
  • Enable Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) or Extended Channel Interpretation (ECI) modes

Barcode Imaging

  • Customize barcode image borders, border color, style, margins, and width
  • Customize barcode image color, caption color, text color, background color, and bar color
  • Customize bar height
  • Customize barcode caption appearance
  • Rotate barcode images at any angle
  • Customize quality and resolution settings for generated barcode images
  • Enable anti-aliasing for barcode images
  • Adjust size units
  • Enable auto-sizing of barcodes
Supported Barcode Types and Image Formats System Requirements