Re: Barr Code software

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 jgreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> We are starting to look at barr code packages.  Any suggestions on packages
> or any to stay away from.
>

Heh.. that would be for coding Roseanne Barr?  (sorry, I couldn't resist.
I'm weak)

Our company (also in the Grocery industry) uses the Barcode400 software
from T.L. Ashford & Associates.  You can find them online here:
http://www.barcode400.com

We use Datamax label printers and Symbol PTC-960SL scanners.

If you just want to whip off the occasional barcode using your laser
printer, you can use the BARCODE DDS keyword in conjunction with Host
Print Transform.   The downside to this is that you need to write a new
printer file for each new label (which often involves programming) and
Host Print Transform is rather slow

If you bought an AFP interface to your HP printer, you could speed up the
process, but then you have to buy the AFP licensed program from IBM, and
you still have to do the printer file programming...  works very well, I'm
told, if you go that route.

Since we have thousands of different labels, we've found it makes more
sense to buy the Barcode400 software package, and printers designed
specifically for labels -- it's a good product, and keeps up with our
production lines, printing thousands of labels per hour.

Hope that helps...