

An interesting thing to note is if your card contains your social security number, some states put it on and some states don't.


As you can see, you can view the information processed, in raw bytes, or in hex. Then, we program our software to reproduce EXACT replica barcodes. Our software has been built to analyze real barcodes from every state we sell. Many states configure their barcodes just a bit differently. The picture shows the window that I got ( I removed thinks I should probably care about). The long and short of it is that the information on the front of your ID is encoded onto the barcode on the back of your ID. Click decode image, and a window with all your information should pop up. Open swipe toolkit pdf417 barcode reader, available to download in the last step, and load your barcode into it. Edit the barcode so that it is exactly 2000 or less pixels long because that is the maximum the program will allow, and save it.ģ. Most states use the PDF-417 (Portable Data File, with 17 modules each containing 4 bars and spaces, thus 417).

The 2d barcode is the one on the bottom in the picture. Open up the image in Photoshop and cut out the 2d barcode. The resolution should be set so that the 2d barcode is about 2000 pixels long.Ģ. Scan the back of your license / permit using a medium - high resolution. Obviously, if the image on the card doesn't match the image on the screen, the officer will know he's dealing with a forgery and a potentially dangerous situation.1. Once they have the text data from the PDF417 code, it can be linked to a government database via radio and a medium resolution picture of the license holder can be transmitted to the cruiser's laptop computer within a few seconds. By not being distracted with typing, officers can keep an eye on traffic and potential bad guys in the vehicle they've stopped. The purpose of PDF417 codes on licenses is to make it faster and safer for traffic officers to get the information they can do it quickly with a handheld barcode scanner, instead of having to laboriously type it in on the laptop computer with which many police cruisers are now equipped. It just contains text information, mostly what's human-readable on the front and back of the license. SolidSilver, there's not enough space in the PDF417 code to encode the picture, nor is there need to do so.
