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The Symbology and Size property page for the iQR Code symbology includes the following options.

Symbology: Specifies the symbology that is selected. You can use this list to select a different symbology.

Dimensions

• X dimension: Specifies the width of the X dimension.

  Opens the Barcode X Dimension dialog, which you can use to configure advanced X dimension settings.

• Ratio: Specifies the ratio between the widths of the wide and narrow elements in a barcode symbol. By default, this option is set to Auto and cannot be changed.

• Density: Not available for this symbology.

• Height: Not available for this symbology.

Symbology Specific Options

• Symbol version: Specifies the size of the symbol. By default, Auto is selected, which indicates that the smallest symbol version size that can contain the data is automatically used.

• Mask: Specifies that a mask is used. By default, this option is set to Auto, but you can use this list to select a different mask scheme.

• Mode: Specifies the mode setting, which indicates how the symbol represents a defined character set as a bit string. The following options are available:

• Auto: Specifies that BarTender automatically determines the appropriate language mode to use from the four that are available (Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, and Korean). Additionally, this option supports changing modes within the string as required based on the input data.

• Binary (Compressed): Specifies that the compressed binary mode is used. This mode supports the 8-bit byte encoding mode, and the encoder compresses the input data. In some cases, this can reduce the symbol size. However, due to the size of the compression algorithm that becomes a part of the symbol, compression can sometimes increase the size of a symbol.

• Binary (Uncompressed): Specifies that the uncompressed binary mode is used. This mode supports the 8-bit byte encoding mode.

• Chinese Simplified: Specifies that the Chinese Simplified encoding mode is used, and sets the text encoder to Chinese Simplified (GB-2312, 936). Additionally, this option supports changing modes within the string as required based on the input data.

• Chinese Traditional: Specifies that the Chinese Traditional encoding mode is used, and sets the text encoder to Chinese Traditional (Taiwan, Big 5, 950). Additionally, this option supports changing modes within the string as required based on the input data.

• Japanese (Kanji): Specifies that the Japanese (kanji) encoding mode is used, and sets the text encoder to Japanese (Shift JIS, 932). Additionally, this option supports changing modes within the string as required based on the input data.

• Korean: Specifies that the Korean encoding mode is used, and sets the text encoder to Korean (Hangeul, 949). Additionally, this option supports changing modes within the string as required based on the input data.

When you select a binary mode (compressed or uncompressed), the original Unicode string from the data source is converted to a byte sequence of the specified text encoding. If the original string contains characters of a language that cannot be converted to the specified encoding, you receive an error message. To avoid this, select Binary for the text encoding.

• Error correction: Specifies the error correction level, which is defined in terms of the percentage of codewords in the symbol that can be corrected if they are damaged. The following options are available: 

• Level L: Specifies that approximately 7 percent of codewords can be restored.

• Level M: Specifies that approximately 15 percent of codewords can be restored.

• Level Q: Specifies that approximately 25 percent of codewords can be restored.

• Level H: Specifies that approximately 30 percent of codewords can be restored.

• Level S: Specifies that approximately 50 percent of codewords can be restored.

• Text encoding: Specifies the character set that BarTender uses to convert the text message string to the data representation that is encoded in the barcode symbol.

• Use GS1-formatted data: Specifies that you can define application identifiers (AIs) for your barcode symbol according to the GS1 specifications. After you select this option, you can click GS1 Application Identifier Data Source Wizard to start the wizard and configure your AIs.

• GS1 Application Identifier Data Source Wizard: Starts the GS1 Application Identifier Data Source wizard so that you can add GS1 application identifiers (AIs) to the barcode.

Color: Displays the currently selected color of the barcode symbol. To select a different color, click this option, and then use the Color Picker to select the color that you want. For more information, refer to Color Picker.

Print Method: Opens the Print Method Options dialog, where you can specify how your barcodes are printed on thermal printers. Available when you use a thermal printer that has Drivers by Seagull™ installed.