ScanReady feature guide

What each content type encodes, how a code is drawn, and the rules ScanReady follows when it builds, updates and checks codes.

Content types

How a QR code is built

ScanReady picks the most compact mode for the content (numeric, alphanumeric or UTF-8 bytes), the smallest version from 1 to 40 that fits at your error correction level, and the mask with the lowest standard penalty score. The preview shows the result: version, modules across, level, mode, mask, the size of the content and the px per module.

On the canvas the code is a frame named "QR: " plus a short summary of the content, holding a vector named Modules (all data modules merged into one path) and a vector named Corner markers. The frame's fill is the background, or nothing when Transparent background is on.

Style options

A note under the preview flags colors that may not scan: contrast below 4:1, a light code on a dark background, or a light foreground on a transparent background.

Logo cutout

Turn on Logo cutout and set its size with the slider (10 to 45 percent of the width). ScanReady clears a centered square of modules and adds an empty frame named Logo area at that spot, so you can drop your logo into it. Error correction switches to H while the cutout is on. When the cutout removes more than 20 percent of the modules, a warning asks you to make it smaller. Test the finished code with a phone before you print.

Edit in place

Every code stores its content and options on its frame. Select the frame or any layer inside it and the plugin's first line names it. Edit selected fills the form with the stored values; Update selected redraws the code from the form in the same place, in the same parent and at the same width. This works inside main components. Inside an instance Figma does not allow changing the shapes, so ScanReady explains that you need to update the main component or detach the instance.

Barcodes

The bars are one merged vector named Bars, with the standard quiet zones included in the frame: 10 modules each side for Code 128 and ITF-14, 11 and 7 for EAN-13, 9 for UPC-A. Module width sets the narrowest bar in px and Bar height the bar length. The text uses Inter Regular; turn off Text under the bars to leave it out.

Batch from a list (Pro)

In the Batch tab, choose what to make, then paste one value per line or a CSV, or click Load CSV file. Commas, semicolons and tabs are detected, and quoted cells work. Tick First row is a header to map columns by name: each content field gets a column, and Label under each code can be a column, a content summary or nothing. Rows that would not encode are counted and skipped with the reason.

Create grid draws up to 1000 codes in a frame named "ScanReady batch", in the number of columns and gap you choose, each with its label underneath. The codes use the style from the QR code or Barcode tab, and every one can still be edited in place.

Write into frames (Pro)

Select frames that each contain a layer named qr, for example a placeholder in a badge or a table card. Write into selected frames replaces each qr layer with a code from the list, sized to fit inside it and centered, keeping the name qr so you can run it again. Rows match frames by position (rows top to bottom, then left to right), or by a column whose value equals the frame name. When the qr layer is already a ScanReady code it is updated in place.

Swap a URL (Pro)

Type the text to find and its replacement. Find codes counts the ScanReady codes on the current page whose content contains it. Swap in all replaces it in every field of those codes and redraws each one in place with its own style and size.

Print preflight (Pro)

Enter the printed width in mm and the print resolution, then click Check. ScanReady reports:

• Module size in mm, against 0.33 mm for QR codes, and the GS1 minimums for barcodes (0.25 mm Code 128, 0.264 mm EAN-13 and UPC-A, 0.495 mm ITF-14).
• Printer dots per module, with a note when it is below 3 or not a whole number.
• Screen pixels per module at the current size, against 4 px for QR codes and 2 px for barcodes.
• The quiet zone in modules and mm.

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