QR code test sheet
One page with your code at several sizes. Print it, scan it from where the customer stands, and choose the size before you print the whole run.
Print one page, and scan every size
Your own code at several sizes on a sheet of A4, to choose the size before you print the whole run.
- Make your code on the home page, with its final content and design, or open its page in your account.
- Download “Test sheet (PDF)” under the download buttons, and print it on A4 at actual size (100%), not “fit to page”.
- Scan each size from where the customer will stand, with more than one phone. Choose the smallest one that scanned on the first try, then go one size up to be safe.
What is on the sheet
Your own code, with its design, colours and logo, drawn as it appears in a PDF file, at these sizes:
20 mm30 mm50 mm100 mm
Each has its width written under it, so that you know which size you are scanning.
Why a printed sheet
A code on a screen is always bright and sharp. On paper, the ink, the paper and its gloss, and the light in the shop all play a part, and you only find out by trying. The size calculator gives you a number to start from, and the sheet confirms it.
Questions about the test sheet
Is an office printer enough?
For a first try, yes. For a large run or a special material, glossy stickers or packaging for example, ask the printer for a proof on the material itself.
My code is kept in my account. How do I test its size?
Open the code's page in your account, press “Download”, then “Test sheet (PDF)”: the same page of every size, for the code as it is saved.
Every size was read. Which do I choose?
The smallest is enough if the customer scans from close by, as with a code on a table. If it will be scanned from afar, try from that distance, not from arm's length.