Flexible barcode sizing options allow the X dimension, wide to narrow ratio and the barcode height to be adjusted for the intended application and scanning equipment. Graphic configuration options include settings for the foreground and background colors and fonts for human readable characters. Checksum characters can be enabled or disabled for any symbology. The PDF417 package allows specific specifications including number of columns, number of rows, error correction level, X and Y dimensions and compaction mode. Text, binary and numeric compaction modes are supported.
Binary compaction is the default.
It encodes all input in byte form and can be used to encode characters that are not supported in text compaction mode such as , and . The servlet is provided in source code form to allow for custom modification. The Servlet API is a set of Java classes that can be downloaded directly from Sun. This is the Java Servlet Development Kit. When you download the kit, it comes with a set of simple plug-ins that add servlet support to Netscape, IIS and Apache web servers.