# Barcode length extending beyond report's width

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** reporting, ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [April 29, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293 "2026-04-29T04:53:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sanjanakrishnamurthy)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293/1 "2026-04-29T04:53:56Z")

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Hi,

I have a label (50x100mm) here. How do i fit the barcode within the report sheet? Tried to trial and error with the width and height of the barcode component but it always ends up cut off or it extends beyond the margins...

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/2/72ef5b16555b7a7128f5787f24d3661cd2b08cb3.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/0/a005de638f6ee975e0280916c9ff4aabb3fa15bd.png)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293/2 "2026-04-29T05:21:38Z")

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Reduce the size of the barcode component font.

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**Author:** ![sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sanjanakrishnamurthy)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293/3 "2026-04-29T05:37:12Z")

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Tried that. Font size is at 1...Still doesn't work

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**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293/4 "2026-04-29T13:22:48Z")

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Try setting Scale Y to .95 or so.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293/5 "2026-04-29T20:47:30Z")

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Note that there are laws-of-physics ramifications here. You may get the report to appear to work by increasing the DPI in the report properties, but if your printer can't actually use that DPI you're going to end up with an unusable smear instead of a barcode.

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**Author:** ![sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sanjanakrishnamurthy)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/barcode-length-extending-beyond-reports-width/115293/6 "2026-04-30T04:29:08Z")

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Changing the Scale X helped...thanks!