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3.7. Personalization with codes (F5 COD panel)
- Getting started (F1 START panel)
- Personalization with raster graphics (F3 RAS panel)
- Personalization with pdf pages (F4 PDF panel)
- Personalization with single-line texts (F6 TXT panel)
- Personalization with multi-line texts (F7 XLS panel)
- Types of codes
- Personalization with codes (F5 COD panel)
- Personalization by numbers (F8 NUM panel)
- Sequence of objects to be applied
- Applying geometric figures (F2 FIG panel)
- Additional tools available in Personalizator
- Rotate PDF pages
- Scale (resize) the page
- Add bleeds to pdf pages
- Insert pdf pages
- Duplicate pages in the pdf file
- Merge pdf files
- Shuffle the pages/sheets in the pdf file
- Extract pages from the pdf file
- Extract page ranges from the pdf file
- Convert bitmaps to pdf
- Convert txt files to pdf
- Flatten the forms in the pdf file
- Bulk renaming of pdf files
3.7. Personalization with codes (F5 COD panel)
Introduction
The F5 COD panel is used to apply various types of barcodes and two-dimensional codes to the substrate. The system supports a wide range of standards, such as CODABAR, CODE 11, CODE 128, CODE 25, CODE 39, CODE 93, EAN 13, EAN 14, EAN 8, ISBN, ISMN, ISSN, POSTNET and QR. Data for encoding can be imported from text files (txt) or spreadsheets (xls), with each cell or row of the table representing a separate personalization element. For codes that require more than one line of text to be encoded (e.g., complex QR codes), it is recommended to import data directly from spreadsheets.
An important technical aspect is that the program does not check the syntactic correctness of the entered data (e.g., whether the ISBN code begins with the correct sequence of digits), but only signals errors resulting from missing data or type incompatibility. Editing the content in the table is possible by double-clicking on a cell or via the pop-up menu. The user has full control over the visual appearance of the code, including its color and specific parameters (e.g., the degree of error correction in QR codes), which are defined in a separate Code Parameters dialog box.
Since the size of the code often depends on the amount of information encoded, the panel offers a flexible Scaling subpanel. If both values (width and height) are set to 0 mm, the code will be applied in the default size; specifying one value forces proportional scaling, while specifying both dimensions allows you to rigidly override the size of the object. The whole process is complemented by functions known from other panels, such as the ability to add a subprint (e.g., a background larger than a specified margin), precise positioning using coordinates and anchor points, and a position lock function that protects the element from accidental repositioning.
Data for codes that allow coding of more than one line of text should be imported from spreadsheets.
Select the "Edit Row" command from the context menu (or double-click on the cell) to get into the edit mode.
Step 11. The personalized badge has one QR code in which the name of the conference participant is encoded. The data is imported from the personal-data.xls file, from the column where (in an earlier step of the task) the first name and last name were combined into one string of text.
When the data is imported into the table, use the [1] dropdown list to choose the code type [2].
NOTE. The Personalizator program DOES NOT validate the data entered by the user to generate codes. The code generators used in the program only report errors of type mismatch or missing data to be encoded, and do not check for syntactic correctness.
Example. The ISBN code generator will generate a code for any given combination of digits, but it will not always be the correct ISBN code. The correct code begins with the sequence of digits 978, 97910, 97911.
In the Code Type subpanel, we can additionally specify the color of the code and its parameters, which are set in a separate dialog box invoked by pressing the Code Parameters button.
The size of the code before it is placed on the background is known only to a limited extent, since the size of the code often depends on the amount of data being coded. Any resizing of the code is done via the Scaling subpanel.
As in the F3 RAS and F4 PDF panels, if both values in the Scaling subpanel are 0 mm, the codes will be placed in the default sizes derived from the amount of data to be encoded and from the parameters. If only one of the sizes is larger than 0, the other will be scaled proportionally. When both values greater than 0 are entered, the code sizes will be overwritten by these values.
Step 12. Call up the Code Parameters window [1]. Set the code version 0 (auto) [2] and the QR code parameters to 30% correction [3] .
Using the Pre-print subpanel, draw a pre-print under the QR code that is larger than the code by 3 mm on each side.
In the Scaling subpanel, set the code size to 34x34 mm. The result is a square with a side of 40 mm (34+3+3=40).
Enter the coordinate values for the top left node of the code (X=10, Y=95) and lock its position.
Finally, save the personalization project to update it on disk.