ZINT(1) General Commands Manual ZINT(1) (NAME) zint - (SYNOPSIS) zint [-h | --help] zint [] (DESCRIPTION) zint . UTF-8 --binary . (HRT) HRT --notext . ( -o | --output) : Windows Bitmap (BMP) Enhanced Metafile Format (EMF) Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) ZSoft Paintbrush (PCX) Portable Network Format (PNG) Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) Tagged Image File Format (TIF). (OPTIONS) -h, --help . -b TYPE, --barcode=TYPE (symbology) . TYPE . 20 (Code 128) . -t | --types . - . --addongap=INTEGER EAN/UPC (add-on) . INTEGER X . . UPC-A . --batch -i | --input . "00001.png" "00002.png" -o | --output . --bg=COLOUR () COLOUR RRGGBB RRGGBBAA C,M,Y,K . --binary - UTF-8 . (code page) ECI . --bind ( bearer bars ) . --border . --bind -d | --data --separator . --bindtop . --border . --bold (bold) (HRT). --border=INTEGER (--bind --bindtop) (--box) INTEGER X . . --box () . --border . --cmyk CMYK Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) TIF. --cols=INTEGER INTEGER. Codablock-F DotCode GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked (DBAR_EXPSTK) MicroPDF417 PDF417 . --compliantheight --height --height ( ). -d, --data=DATA DATA . --esc . DATA UTF-8 --binary . --direct stdout (pipe) . --filetype . --dmiso144 Data Matrix (codeword) ISO/IEC 144 x 144 (--vers=24) "de facto" ( ECC ). --dmre Data Matrix Data Matrix Rectangular Extended (DMRE) . --square. --dotsize=NUMBER (--dotty). NUMBER X ( ) . 0.8 . --dotty . DotCode . --dump (dump) stdout. .txt -o | --output --filetype=txt . -e, --ecinos ECI (Extended Channel Interpretations). --eci=INTEGER ECI INTEGER. ECI -e | --ecinos . ECI Aztec Code Code One Data Matrix DotCode Grid Matrix Han Xin Code MaxiCode MicroPDF417 PDF417 QR Code rMQR Ultracode . --embedfont . SVG . --esc (escape) . : \0 (0x00) NUL Null character \E (0x04) EOT End of Transmission \a (0x07) BEL Bell \b (0x08) BS Backspace \t (0x09) HT Horizontal Tab \n (0x0A) LF Line Feed \v (0x0B) VT Vertical Tab \f (0x0C) FF Form Feed \r (0x0D) CR Carriage Return \e (0x1B) ESC Escape \G (0x1D) GS Group Separator \R (0x1E) RS Record Separator \( (0x28) ( Opening parenthesis (only with --gs1parens) \) (0x29) ) Closing parenthesis (only with --gs1parens) \\ (0x5C) \ Backslash \dNNN (NNN) Any 8-bit character where NNN is decimal (000-255) \oNNN (0oNNN) Any 8-bit character where NNN is octal (000-377) \xNN (0xNN) Any 8-bit character where NN is hexadecimal (00-FF) \uNNNN (U+NNNN) Any 16-bit Unicode BMP character where NNNN is hexadecimal \UNNNNNN (U+NNNNNN) Any 21-bit Unicode character where NNNNNN is hexadecimal --extraesc Code 128 \^A \^B \^C \^@ Code Set \^1 FNC1 . \@ . \^^ . --fast ( Data Matrix MicroPDF417 PDF417 QRCODE UPNQR ). --fg=COLOUR () COLOUR RRGGBB RRGGBBAA C,M,Y,K . --filetype=TYPE TYPE BMP EMF EPS GIF PCX PNG SVG TIF TXT . --fullmultibyte Grid Matrix Han Xin QR Code ASCII. --gs1 GS1. (AIs Application Identifiers) "[]" ( --gs1parens ). URI GS1 Digital Link () . --gs1nocheck GS1 ( --gs1) . --gs1parens GS1 ( --gs1) "()" AI GS1 "[]". AI ("\("). --gs1strict GS1 ( --gs1) GS1 Syntax Engine ( ) GS1 URI GS1 Digital Link. --gs1nocheck . --gssep Data Matrix GS1 GS (0x1D) GS1 FNC1. --guarddescent=NUMBER EAN/UPC (guard bars) NUMBER X (X-dimensions) . NUMBER . --guardwhitespace EAN/UPC "<" / ">" HRT . --height=NUMBER X. NUMBER . --heightperrow . Codablock-F Code 16K Code 49 GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked (DBAR_EXPSTK) MicroPDF417 PDF417 . -i, --input=FILE FILE. stdin (-) FILE . --init () (Reader Initialisation). --mask=INTEGER DotCode Han Xin QR Code INTEGER . --mirror (--batch). -o | --output ( ). --mode=INTEGER MaxiCode GS1 Composite INTEGER. MaxiCode ( SCM Structured Carrier Message : ISO 3166-1 ): 2 SCM 3 SCM - 4 ECC 5 ECC 6 () GS1 Composite ( _CC EAN8_CC EAN13_CC GS1_128_CC DBAR_OMN_CC ): 1 CC-A 2 CC-B 3 CC-C ( GS1_128_CC) --nobackground ( EMF EPS GIF PNG SVG TIF). --noquietzones (quiet zones) . --notext (HRT Human Readable Text). -o, --output=FILE FILE. "out.png" ( zint PNG "out.gif"). (--batch) : ~ 0 # @ * (+ Windows) --primary=STRING MaxiCode . GS1 Composite . --quietzones . -w | --whitesp --vwhitesp . -r, --reverse ( ). " " " ". --rotate=INTEGER INTEGER INTEGER 0 90 270 360 . --rows=INTEGER Codablock-F PDF417 INTEGER. Code 16K Code 49 GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked (DBAR_EXPSTK) . --scale=NUMBER X (X-dimension). NUMBER ( MaxiCode) 2 . 1 . MaxiCode 10 EMF 40 2 . 0.5 () MaxiCode ( BMP GIF PCX PNG TIF) . (HRT) 1 ..PP --scalexdimdp . --scalexdimdp=X[,R] X X R X R dpmm ( ) . X R . R 12 dpmm ( 300 dpi) . X (symbology) . . X "in" () "mm" R "dpi" ( ) "dpmm" - --scalexdimdp=0.013in,300dpi. --scmvv=INTEGER MaxiCode Structured Carrier Message (SCM) "[)>\R01\Gvv" vv INTEGER . --secure=INTEGER (ECC) INTEGER . ( PDF417 ): Aztec Code 1 to 4 (10%, 23%, 36%, 50%) Grid Matrix 1 to 5 (10% to 50%) Han Xin 1 to 4 (8%, 15%, 23%, 30%) Micro QR 1 to 3 (7%, 15%, 25%) (L, M, Q) PDF417 0 to 8 (2^(INTEGER + 1) codewords) QR Code 1 to 4 (7%, 15%, 25%, 30%) (L, M, Q, H) rMQR 2 or 4 (15% or 30%) (M or H) Ultracode 1 to 6 (0%, 5%, 9%, 17%, 25%, 33%) --segN=ECI,DATA ECI DATA N N . -d | --data 0 ECI --eci . . --separator=INTEGER (stacked symbologies) INTEGER X . . --small (HRT). --square Data Matrix . --dmre . --structapp=I,C[,ID] Structured Append I C ID ( ) . Structured Append Aztec Code Code One Data Matrix DotCode Grid Matrix MaxiCode MicroPDF417 PDF417 QR Code Ultracode . -t, --types (). -b | --barcode . --textgap=NUMBER (HRT) . NUMBER X . -5 . . --vers=INTEGER ( ) INTEGER . . : Aztec Code 1 to 36 (1 to 4 compact) 1 15x15 13 53x53 25 105x105 2 19x19 14 57x57 26 109x109 3 23x23 15 61x61 27 113x113 4 27x27 16 67x67 28 117x117 5 19x19 17 71x71 29 121x121 6 23x23 18 75x75 30 125x125 7 27x27 19 79x79 31 131x131 8 31x31 20 83x83 32 135x135 9 37x37 21 87x87 33 139x139 10 41x41 22 91x91 34 143x143 11 45x45 23 95x95 35 147x147 12 49x49 24 101x101 36 151x151 Code One 1 to 10 (9 and 10 variable width) (HxW) 1 16x18 6 70x76 2 22x22 7 104x98 3 28x32 8 148x134 4 40x42 9 8xW 5 52x54 10 16xW Data Matrix 1 to 48 (31 to 48 DMRE) (HxW) 1 10x10 17 72x72 33 8x80 2 12x12 18 80x80 34 8x96 3 14x14 19 88x88 35 8x120 4 16x16 20 96x96 36 8x144 5 18x18 21 104x104 37 12x64 6 20x20 22 120x120 38 12x88 7 22x22 23 132x132 39 16x64 8 24x24 24 144x144 40 20x36 9 26x26 25 8x18 41 20x44 10 32x32 26 8x32 42 20x64 11 36x36 27 12x26 43 22x48 12 40x40 28 12x36 44 24x48 13 44x44 29 16x36 45 24x64 14 48x48 30 16x48 46 26x40 15 52x52 31 8x48 47 26x48 16 64x64 32 8x64 48 26x64 Grid Matrix 1 to 13 1 18x18 6 78x78 11 138x138 2 30x30 7 90x90 12 150x150 3 42x42 8 102x102 13 162x162 4 54x54 9 114x114 5 66x66 10 126x126 Han Xin 1 to 84 1 23x23 29 79x79 57 135x135 2 25x25 30 81x81 58 137x137 3 27x27 31 83x83 59 139x139 4 29x29 32 85x85 60 141x141 5 31x31 33 87x87 61 143x143 6 33x33 34 89x89 62 145x145 7 35x35 35 91x91 63 147x147 8 37x37 36 93x93 64 149x149 9 39x39 37 95x95 65 151x151 10 41x41 38 97x97 66 153x153 11 43x43 39 99x99 67 155x155 12 45x45 40 101x101 68 157x157 13 47x47 41 103x103 69 159x159 14 49x49 42 105x105 70 161x161 15 51x51 43 107x107 71 163x163 16 53x53 44 109x109 72 165x165 17 55x55 45 111x111 73 167x167 18 57x57 46 113x113 74 169x169 19 59x59 47 115x115 75 171x171 20 61x61 48 117x117 76 173x173 21 63x63 49 119x119 77 175x175 22 65x65 50 121x121 78 177x177 23 67x67 51 123x123 79 179x179 24 69x69 52 125x125 80 181x181 25 71x71 53 127x127 81 183x183 26 73x73 54 129x129 82 185x185 27 75x75 55 131x131 83 187x187 28 77x77 56 133x133 84 189x189 Micro QR 1 to 4 (M1, M2, M3, M4) 1 11x11 3 15x15 2 13x13 4 17x17 QR Code 1 to 40 1 21x21 15 77x77 29 133x133 2 25x25 16 81x81 30 137x137 3 29x29 17 85x85 31 141x141 4 33x33 18 89x89 32 145x145 5 37x37 19 93x93 33 149x149 6 41x41 20 97x97 34 153x153 7 45x45 21 101x101 35 157x157 8 49x49 22 105x105 36 161x161 9 53x53 23 109x109 37 165x165 10 57x57 24 113x113 38 169x169 11 61x61 25 117x117 39 173x173 12 65x65 26 121x121 40 177x177 13 69x69 27 125x125 14 73x73 28 129x129 rMQR 1 to 38 (33 to 38 automatic width) (HxW) 1 7x43 14 11x77 27 15x139 2 7x59 15 11x99 28 17x43 3 7x77 16 11x139 29 17x59 4 7x99 17 13x27 30 17x77 5 7x139 18 13x43 31 17x99 6 9x43 19 13x59 32 17x139 7 9x59 20 13x77 33 7xW 8 9x77 21 13x99 34 9xW 9 9x99 22 13x139 35 11xW 10 9x139 23 15x43 36 13xW 11 11x27 24 15x59 37 15xW 12 11x43 25 15x77 38 17xW 13 11x59 26 15x99 ("hide" "hidden" HRT "visible" HRT ): C25IATA 1 2 ( ) C25IND C25INTER C25LOGIC C25STANDARD Codabar 1 2 ( ) Code 11 0 2 ( ) 0 ( ) 1 ( ) 2 ( ) Code 39 1 2 ( ) Code 93 1 ( ) EXCODE39 1 2 ( ) LOGMARS 1 2 ( ) UK Plessey 1 ( ) MSI Plessey 0 6 ( ) 1, 2 (mod-10, mod-10 + mod-10) 3, 4 (mod-11 IBM, mod-11 IBM + mod-10) 5, 6 (mod-11 NCR, mod-11 NCR + mod-10) +10 () : Channel Code 3 8 ( ) DAFT 50 900 ( ) DPD 1 ( ) PZN 1 (PZN7 PZN8 ) Ultracode 2 ( ) VIN 1 ( ) -v, --version zint. --vwhitesp=INTEGER INTEGER X-dimension . -w, --whitesp=INTEGER INTEGER X-dimension . --werror . (EXIT STATUS) 0 ( -h | --help -e | --ecinos -t | --types -v | --version). 1 (HRT) ( ) (ZINT_WARN_HRT_TRUNCATED) 2 Zint (ZINT_WARN_INVALID_OPTION) 3 ECI Zint (ZINT_WARN_USES_ECI) 4 (ZINT_WARN_NONCOMPLIANT) 5 (ZINT_ERROR_TOO_LONG) 6 (ZINT_ERROR_INVALID_DATA) 7 (ZINT_ERROR_INVALID_CHECK) 8 (ZINT_ERROR_INVALID_OPTION) 9 ( ) (ZINT_ERROR_ENCODING_PROBLEM) 10 (ZINT_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS) 11 (malloc) (ZINT_ERROR_MEMORY) 12 (ZINT_ERROR_FILE_WRITE) 13 --werror (ZINT_ERROR_USES_ECI) 14 --werror (ZINT_ERROR_NONCOMPLIANT) 15 --werror (ZINT_ERROR_HRT_TRUNCATED).SH " (EXAMPLES)" "out.png" ( "out.gif" zint PNG ) Code 128. zint -d 'This Text' "qr.svg" QR Code. zint -b QRCode -d 'This Text' -o 'qr.svg' (batch mode) "ean13nos.txt" GTIN ( ) EAN-13 "ean001.gif" "ean002.gif" "~". zint -b EAN13 --batch -i 'ean13nos.txt' -o 'ean~~~.gif' (BUGS) https://sourceforge.net/p/zint/tickets . (SEE ALSO) zint ( API libzint zint-qt) : https://zint.org.uk/manual : https://sourceforge.net/p/zint/docs/manual.txt (CONFORMING TO) Zint : ISO/IEC 24778:2024, ANSI/AIM BC12-1998, EN 798:1996, AIM ISS-X-24 (1995), ISO/IEC 15417:2007, EN 12323:2005, ISO/IEC 16388:2023, ANSI/AIM BC6-2000, ANSI/AIM BC5-1995, AIM USS Code One (1994), ISO/IEC 16022:2024, ISO/IEC 21471:2019, ISO/IEC 15420:2009, AIMD014 (v 1.63) (2008), ISO/IEC 24723:2010, ISO/IEC 24724:2011, ISO/IEC 20830:2021, ISO/IEC 16390:2007, ISO/IEC 16023:2000, ISO/IEC 24728:2006, ISO/IEC 15438:2015, ISO/IEC 18004:2024, ISO/IEC 23941:2022, AIM ITS/04-023 (2022) (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2025 Robin Stuart. GNU GPL 3.0 . (AUTHORS) Robin Stuart Version 2.16.0 December 2025 ZINT(1)