Submission of reports to tax and other inspection authorities is increasingly taking place electronically. For those of their clients who have not yet switched to using a modern data transfer service, 1C developers have created an opportunity that provides printing from 1C with a two-dimensional PDF417 barcode. One such code can encrypt several pages of text, which is why it has become widely used by regulatory authorities.
PDF417: two-dimensional barcode in 1C
Two-dimensional codes are not displayed in the interface of report screens. To view the PDF417 form, you must either print the report or preview the report before printing. Without a special scanner, you won't be able to parse the encrypted information, but you can at least make sure that PDF417 is in place. Otherwise, the inspection authorities will not allow your data to be verified.
Among 1C clients there are many companies that prefer not to update their own configurations and platform. In this regard, they may encounter problems when they start printing from 1C with a PDF417 two-dimensional barcode. The Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation periodically makes changes to the template of this barcode and requires that all counterparties take this into account. If the user has the current version of the 1C program, it will automatically update the PDF417 print template. Otherwise, the user will need to do this.
You can download the latest current PDF417 template on the GNIIVTs website in the Information Support section in the list of form templates. The downloaded archive must be unpacked and prepared to install the new template. To do this, you need to close all regulated reporting interfaces, and then run the “PDF417.msi” file for execution.
If you properly update the platform and configuration, then problems with PDF417 printing can occur only if a special module is not installed or removed. This can be easily fixed in two ways:
- Firstly, when you try to print a declaration or report from PDF417, 1C will offer to install the component. By answering the request affirmatively, you will start the installation process of the print module;
- Secondly, in the regulatory and financial reporting settings form there is an item “To reinstall the machine-readable form printing component, click here.” When pressed, the PDF417 print module registration process will start.
By following simple instructions, you will quickly and easily install the two-dimensional barcode printing module in 1C. Please note the low system requirements for this component. If you do not check that your workplace fully meets the stated requirements, then there may be problems during installation.
The PDF417 format is most often used when sending reports to inspection authorities. In such situations, remember the limitations:
- Printing on both sides of a sheet of paper is not allowed;
- High print quality is required, since a special scanner, not a person, will recognize the ND print from PDF417. Any spots, streaks, defects or blurs can be fatal when checking data;
- The dimensions of the barcode must be unchangeable;
- Reporting must not be stapled or bound.
When sending reports, many companies print two versions so that inspectors can mark one of them as acceptance of the documents. For “your” version, it is not necessary to use PDF417, since it will not be checked by a scanner. It simply guarantees that your data will not be lost at the tax office.
In addition to encrypting data when sent to inspection authorities, PDF417 is also used as an elegant way to encrypt a large amount of information in a small code. Up to 2,710 characters can be encoded into a 2D barcode. You can encode text, numeric, binary, graphic data, prints, EDI, and even transfer configuration files for certain equipment. This began to be used when printing medical records, batches and product articles, various tickets and in other areas.
To date, GNIIVTs has released only a 32-bit version of the barcode printing module. It is for this reason that many 1C users do not switch to the 64-bit version of the platform. Although, using third-party software, you can successfully print a two-dimensional barcode in 1C and on a 64-bit application.
Now almost every organization uses various 1C products. It has its pros and cons and, like any program, various errors appear. For example, when you try to print a document with a two-dimensional barcode, you may receive the error “Printing a form with a two-dimensional barcode pdf417 is supported only in the 32-bit version of the platform.” If this concerns you, then the solution is quite simple: you need to download and install the pdf417 two-dimensional barcode printing module. Let’s talk in more detail about where to get it and how to install it.
Error: “Printing a form with a two-dimensional barcode pdf417 is only supported in the 32-bit version of the platform”
And so you are faced with the following problem: you cannot print a two-dimensional barcode in 1C. This problem occurs when printing a tax return. There are two ways to solve this.
Install module
First you need to download the pdf417 two-dimensional barcode printing module from the site below. Also on the site you will find instructions for installing the latest version of the module and several previous ones.
Download module pdf417 - https://www.gnivc.ru/software/software_ul_fl/pdf417/
After you have downloaded the module, launch it and click Next.
After which the installation process will begin.
When the installation is complete, click close.
In principle, no additional settings are required, we restart 1C and try to print a document with a two-dimensional barcode. Everything should work, but if not, write in the comments.
Printing without 2D barcode
If you don’t want to install the module or don’t know how to do it, or are simply afraid that something might go wrong, you can simply print the document without a two-dimensional barcode. To do this, right-click on the desired document, select Print and click on Form without barcode pdf417.
These two methods can solve the problem of printing a two-dimensional barcode from 1C. In some cases the module does not help. I will write about this in the next article.
Good day!
Recently I encountered an error in 1C that occurred on an accountant’s computer.
When you try to print declarations with a two-dimensional barcode in the 1C 8.3 program, a warning appears: “To generate a machine-readable form, you must install an auxiliary component in the system” and a suggestion to install Printing ND with PDF417. When you try to install this module, a window pops up with a message stating that the component is already installed and offering to restore it. After attempting to restore, the error “Generation of the machine-readable form was interrupted: an auxiliary component is not installed in the system” appears.
To summarize, it turns out that all the components necessary for work were installed on the computer, but the 1C program did not see it and constantly suggested reinstalling it.
When studying information about this process, I found out that in order to print documents with a two-dimensional barcode from 1C, it is necessary that the following software components be installed on the computer:
- The font installed on the system.
- 2D barcode printing library module (PDF417). Download from the GNIVC website.
- Operating system Windows x32-x64. I have not yet heard about launching this component under Linux.
- Client (platform) version 1C x32.
Solution
To solve the problem, I started checking whether everything meets the requirements stated above.
I downloaded and installed the eang000.ttf font on each system, thereby closing point number one, but this did not give any result.
I tried to reinstall the library module for printing a two-dimensional barcode (PDF417) using the 1C program, and also manually removed the component, downloaded it from the site and installed it. Zero effect. Point two is closed.
We had Windows 7 x32 and x64 on board, therefore point number three was also fulfilled, in addition, as a result of the check, it turned out that everything worked without problems on a computer with the Windows x32 version. This is what led me to solving the problem with the error when generating a machine-readable form.
When checking the version of the 1C client, it turned out that the x64 Windows operating system and the 1C client were installed on the problem computers.
For some reason the component does not work with the x64 version of 1c.
After reinstalling the 1c platform on x32, printing with a two-dimensional barcode was restored.
Conclusion
I had to spend about 2 hours searching for this solution, but thanks to this article, the problem can be solved in five minutes. I hope that this article will be able to save someone’s time when eliminating errors with the generation of a machine-readable form.
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Answer:
Organizational reporting can be provided both electronically and in paper form. Machine-readable reporting forms with a two-dimensional bar code PDF417 are recommended by the Federal Tax Service of Russia and have been used for reporting since 2015. To generate a machine-readable form, do the following:
- Menu: Reports – Regulated reports.
- "Create" button (Fig. 1).
- Select the type of report (for example, “Accounting statements (since 2011)”), specify the required period and click the “Create” button.
- "Fill" button.
- Click the "Print" button and set the switch to "Forms in the form of a machine-readable form with a two-dimensional PDF417 barcode" (Fig. 2).
- "Show form" button. If the unified printing module developed by the Federal Tax Service is not installed on the computer, then its installation program is launched first. Click the "Next" button and wait until the module installation is completed (Fig. 3).
- After the installation of the module is completed, a reporting form is displayed on the screen. To print all report sheets, click the printer icon in the upper left corner with a checkmark to print. The current sheet is displayed by the printer icon without a check mark. The current page number is displayed in the "Page" field, and the total number of report pages is displayed next to it (Fig. 4).