iec16022 (1) Linux Manual Page

iec16022 – program to generate 2d barcodes

Synopsis

iec16022 [options]

Description

This manual page documents briefly the iec16022 command.

iec16022 generates 2d barcodes conforming to the ISO/IEC 16022 standard (which is also known as Data Matrix and Semacode).

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-‘). A summary of options is included below.

-s, –size WxH

Sets the size of the generated barcode.

-c, –barcode text

Specifies the text to be encoded.

–ecc 000|050|080|100|140|200

Sets the type of ecc to be used.

-i, –infile filename

Read input data from file.

-o, –outfile filenmae

Save output to file (instead of standard output).

-f, –format Text|EPS|Bin|Hex|Stamp|PNG

Set the output type.

-?, –help

Show summary of options.

–usage

Show short overview of options.

Example

To produce a datamatrix barcode for foobar in PNG format you need the following arguments:

iec16022 -f PNG -c foobar -o foobar.png

Author

iec16022 was written by Adrian Kennard, Andrews & Arnold Ltd.

This manual page was written by Jan Luebbe <jluebbe [at] lasnet.de>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).