Re: IPDS printer required for printing a barcode?

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I print barcodes on "standard HP4000N network printers. No special software
or hardware.
The device type of the spool file is *AFPDS.
In the dds of the printer file (external print file and native rpg iii or
iv) you can use
the keyword "barcode"
an imcomplete list of barcode types: msi, upca, upce, upc2, upc5, ean8,
ean13,
ean2, ean5, codeabar, code128, code3of9, interl2of5, indust2of5, matrix2of5,
postnet
check the dds manual for all the parms for size and position.
this is not hard to do...
jim franz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffry Kennedy" <jkennedy@certcoinc.com>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: IPDS printer required for printing a barcode?


> No, you can print bar-code without IPDS. There are printers (like
Printronix &
> IBM versions) that print bar-code and they aren't IPDS. You need an
application
> that generates Bar-code, the bar-code printers actually draw the
characters and
> bar-code pattern.
>
> Our bar-code printers are set up as remotes to the iSeries.
>
> "Prowak, Dave" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > If I want to print a barcode, am I limited to only using an IPDS
printer?
> >
> > Also, can I print a barcode on a HP printer, or am I limited to using
IBM?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
> >
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