diff --git a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCode.kt b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCode.kt
index 69830a7..d8963ec 100644
--- a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCode.kt
+++ b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCode.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import com.soywiz.korim.bitmap.Bitmap32
 
 
 open class EpcQrCode(
-  bitmap: Bitmap32,
+  open val bitmap: Bitmap32,
+  open val bytes: ByteArray,
   heightAndWidth: Int
 ) {
 
@@ -15,12 +16,6 @@ open class EpcQrCode(
   }
 
 
-  open var bitmap: Bitmap32 = bitmap
-    protected set
-
-  open val bytes: ByteArray
-    get() = bitmap.extractBytes()
-
   open val height: Int = heightAndWidth
 
   open val width: Int = heightAndWidth
diff --git a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeConfig.kt b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeConfig.kt
index bebbecd..bb2609e 100644
--- a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeConfig.kt
+++ b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeConfig.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ open class EpcQrCodeConfig(
 
     open val qrCodeHeightAndWidth: Int = EpcQrCode.DefaultHeightAndWidth,
 
-    open val encoding: EpcQrCodeCharacterSet = EpcQrCodeCharacterSet.UTF_8
+    open val encoding: EpcQrCodeCharacterSet = EpcQrCodeCharacterSet.UTF_8,
+
+    open val imageFormat: ImageFormat = ImageFormat.PNG
 
 ) {
 
diff --git a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGenerator.kt b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGenerator.kt
index f8e9424..ed6cd0c 100644
--- a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGenerator.kt
+++ b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGenerator.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package net.codinux.banking.epcqrcode
 
+import com.soywiz.korim.bitmap.Bitmap32
+import com.soywiz.korim.format.BMP
+import com.soywiz.korim.format.PNG
+import com.soywiz.korim.format.TGA
 import com.soywiz.korim.qr.QR
 import com.soywiz.korim.qr.QRErrorCorrectLevel
 
@@ -16,7 +20,19 @@ open class EpcQrCodeGenerator {
         val qrCodeBitmap = qrCode.msg(epcQrCodeContent)
             .scaled(heightAndWidth, heightAndWidth, true)
 
-        return EpcQrCode(qrCodeBitmap, heightAndWidth)
+        val qrCodeBytes = convertToFormat(qrCodeBitmap, config.imageFormat)
+
+        return EpcQrCode(qrCodeBitmap, qrCodeBytes, heightAndWidth)
+    }
+
+    private fun convertToFormat(qrCodeBitmap: Bitmap32, format: ImageFormat): ByteArray {
+        val imageFormat = when (format) {
+            ImageFormat.PNG -> PNG
+            ImageFormat.TGA -> TGA
+            ImageFormat.BMP -> BMP
+        }
+
+        return imageFormat.encode(qrCodeBitmap)
     }
 
     open fun generate(param: EpcQrCodeConfig): EpcQrCodeValues {
diff --git a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/ImageFormat.kt b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/ImageFormat.kt
index c59672e..9f0578d 100644
--- a/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/ImageFormat.kt
+++ b/EpcQrCode/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/codinux/banking/epcqrcode/ImageFormat.kt
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package net.codinux.banking.epcqrcode
 
 enum class ImageFormat {
 
-//    BMP, // .bmp is not supported on Android
+    // TODO: implement support for JPEG and SVG
 
-    JPEG,
+    PNG,
 
-    PNG
+    BMP, // .bmp is not supported on Android
+
+    TGA
 
 }
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diff --git a/EpcQrCode/src/commonTest/kotlin/net.codinux.banking.epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGeneratorTest.kt b/EpcQrCode/src/commonTest/kotlin/net.codinux.banking.epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGeneratorTest.kt
index fd687f2..e2ca8a1 100644
--- a/EpcQrCode/src/commonTest/kotlin/net.codinux.banking.epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGeneratorTest.kt
+++ b/EpcQrCode/src/commonTest/kotlin/net.codinux.banking.epcqrcode/EpcQrCodeGeneratorTest.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.codinux.banking.epcqrcode
 
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class EpcQrCodeGeneratorTest {
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class EpcQrCodeGeneratorTest {
 
   @Test
   fun basicDataOnly() {
-    val config = EpcQrCodeConfig(ReceiverName, ReceiverIban)
+    val config = basicDataConfig()
 
     val result = underTest.generateAsString(config)
 
@@ -32,4 +33,28 @@ class EpcQrCodeGeneratorTest {
 
     """.trimIndent())
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun png() {
+    val result = underTest.generateEpcQrCode(basicDataConfig(ImageFormat.PNG))
+
+    // don't know why, in JavaScript it's 1000643, on all other platforms 10592 bytes
+    assertTrue(listOf(10592, 1000643).contains(result.bytes.size))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun bmp() {
+    val result = underTest.generateEpcQrCode(basicDataConfig(ImageFormat.BMP))
+
+    assertEquals(1000054, result.bytes.size)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun tga() {
+    val result = underTest.generateEpcQrCode(basicDataConfig(ImageFormat.TGA))
+
+    assertEquals(1000018, result.bytes.size)
+  }
+
+  private fun basicDataConfig(imageFormat: ImageFormat = ImageFormat.PNG) = EpcQrCodeConfig(ReceiverName, ReceiverIban, imageFormat = imageFormat)
 }
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