diff --git a/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes.lpk b/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes.lpk
index 68d9b02bf..2d731422e 100644
--- a/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes.lpk
+++ b/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes.lpk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       </SearchPaths>
     </CompilerOptions>
     <Description Value="Provides barcode 1D and 2D generation based in the 'C' zint library."/>
-    <Version Major="1" Release="3"/>
+    <Version Major="1" Release="4"/>
     <Files Count="1">
       <Item1>
         <Filename Value="..\src\ubarcodes.pas"/>
diff --git a/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes_runtimeonly.lpk b/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes_runtimeonly.lpk
index c788e935f..569b9dd97 100644
--- a/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes_runtimeonly.lpk
+++ b/components/lazbarcodes/packages/lazbarcodes_runtimeonly.lpk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Change to BSD-license is done for backend and therefore for ZINT shared library
 the frontends and Qt4-backend the GPL is still valid. Since BSD-license is GPL-compatible
 this gives the possibility to include ZINT library in own products or link against it from
 own software."/>
-    <Version Major="1" Release="3"/>
+    <Version Major="1" Release="4"/>
     <Files Count="9">
       <Item1>
         <Filename Value="..\src\zint.pp"/>
diff --git a/components/lazbarcodes/src/ubarcodes.pas b/components/lazbarcodes/src/ubarcodes.pas
index 9cd8cec1f..4a1237722 100644
--- a/components/lazbarcodes/src/ubarcodes.pas
+++ b/components/lazbarcodes/src/ubarcodes.pas
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ public
   procedure CopyToClipboard(AWidth: Integer = -1; AHeight: Integer = -1);
   procedure PaintOnCanvas(const aTargetCanvas: TCanvas; const aRect: TRect);
   procedure Generate; virtual; abstract;
+  procedure SaveToFile(const AFileName: String;
+    AClass: TFPImageBitmapClass = nil;
+    AWidth: Integer = -1; AHeight: Integer = -1);
 published
   property StrictSize: Boolean read GetStrictSize write SetStrictSize;
   property BackgroundColor: TColor read GetBackgroundColor write SetBackgroundColor default clWhite;
@@ -307,7 +310,8 @@ begin
   FBackgroundColor:=clWhite;
   FForegroundColor:=clBlack;
   FStrictSize:=true;
-  SetInitialBounds(0,0,88,88);
+  Width := 88;
+  Height := 88;
 end;
 
 destructor TLazBarcodeCustomBase.Destroy;
@@ -395,6 +399,29 @@ begin
   end;
 end;
 
+procedure TLazBarcodeCustomBase.SaveToFile(const AFileName: String;
+  AClass: TFPImageBitmapClass = nil;
+  AWidth: Integer = -1; AHeight: Integer = -1);
+var
+  bmp: TFPImageBitmap;
+begin
+  if AClass = nil then
+    bmp := TBitmap.Create
+  else
+    bmp := AClass.Create;
+  if AWidth = -1 then AWidth := Width;
+  if AHeight = -1 then AHeight := Height;
+  try
+    bmp.SetSize(AWidth, AHeight);
+    bmp.Canvas.Brush.Color := clWhite;
+    bmp.Canvas.FillRect(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height);
+    PaintOnCanvas(bmp.Canvas, Rect(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height));
+    bmp.SaveToFile(AFileName);
+  finally
+    bmp.Free;
+  end;
+end;
+
 function TLazBarcodeCustomText.GetText: UTF8String;
 begin
   Result:=FText;