Excessively wide 3 of 9 barcodes in Adobe forms

I am using Adobe form to create some labels. At runtime the barcodes in the label become too wide and dont print within the 4 inch by 6 inch label. I am using 3 of 9 bar codes. Is there some setting for having a fixed length for bar code etc. Currently even from a small value like "K1" the barcode printed is almost 1 1/2 inch wide.
I am new to barcodes and dont know much about them, except that they are scanned with a scanner to get value. Also I dont have the option to choose any other barcode format besides 3 of 9 as this is our company standard. I have already read some threads where they mentioned about changing some width settings but did not understand it properly where exactly to change settings etc
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Edited by: Thomas Zloch on Jan 15, 2011 9:59 PM

yes... the binding is fine.... the barccode is visible for the height 22mm onwards...
but its not visible if i am reducing the height below 22mm...
My req is :
The barcode should be printed after every 15 line items
and the barcode value is the 15 line items itself!!
Length of each line item is 98 char, and for 15 line items is 1470 char....
now the barcode contains 1470 char.... which is printing if i keep the height 22mm and above .... and i hv kept the width as 187mm.
But when i reduce its height of the barcode below 22mm the barcode is not printing....

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