If a barcode is not detected

Barcode areas contain barcodes. If your document contains a barcode that you would like to render as a sequence of letters and digits rather than as an image, select the barcode and change the area type to Barcode.

To draw a barcode area and recognize it:

  1. Draw an area around a barcode in the Image or Zoom pane.
  2. Right-click the area and click Change Area Type To > Barcode on the shortcut menu.
  3. Run the OCR process.

ABBYY FineReader Server 14 can read the following types of barcode:

  • 2D: Aztec
  • 2D: Data Matrix
  • 2D: Maxi Code
  • 2D: Patch Code
  • 2D: PDF417
  • 2D: QR Code
  • Codabar
  • Code 128
  • Code 2 of 5: IATA
  • Code 2 of 5: Industrial
  • Code 2 of 5: Interleaved
  • Code 2 of 5: Interleaved, with check digit
  • Code 2 of 5: Matrix
  • Code 32
  • Code 39
  • Code 39: Full ASCII Mode
  • Code 39: with check digit
  • Code 39: without asterisk
  • Code 93
  • EAN 13
  • EAN 8
  • GS1-128 (UCC/EAN-128)
  • Postal: Australia 4-State
  • Postal: Japan 4-State
  • Postal: KIX (Dutch)
  • Postal: Royal Mail 4-State (RM4SCC)
  • Postal: USPS Intelligent Mail (USPS4CB)
  • Postal: USPS PostNet
  • UPC-A
  • UPC-E

The default barcode type is Autodetect, which means that barcode types are to be detected automatically. However, not all barcode types can be detected automatically, and sometimes you may need to select the appropriate type manually on the Area Properties pane.

Verification Station can automatically detect the following types of barcode: Code 3 of 9, Code 93, Code 128, EAN 8, EAN 13, Postnet, UCC-128, UPC-E, PDF417, UPC-A, QR code.

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