RE: IPDS printer required for printing a barcode?

Mark, I'm not sure of the impact. It'd be more obvious on documents with many pages, I think, because common resources are downloaded to an IPDS printer, IIRC. But they need to sent with each page to a non-IPDS printer. There may be more in one of the Printing Redbooks.

The barcode sample has 13 different ones in various orientations. The AFP sampler also has lots of other stuff that you're probably doing now.

HTH

Vern

At 10:37 AM 2/5/2003 -0600, you wrote:

Interesting;

How bad is the performance, I have not tried/nor researched HPT -
most of the barcode we do here has many on one page, along with
graphics, boxes, fonts and the total pages per day average around 15,000 -

Just wondering if we decide to get another printer, would it pay, or
be too slow to even bother with HPT.

Mark

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You don't need emulation cards if you use Host Print Transform - that
provides the emulation. But HPT always has the performance limitation.

At 09:45 AM 2/5/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Barcode requires IPDS (type/emulation) - and compile the prtf that way;
>my personal preference is to go AFPDS, even more "graphics" are available,
>but either way -
>
>As for hardware, any printer that is capable of IPDS emulation will work,
>we are running barcodes on HP and Lexmark here.
>
>The HP has a "blue box" ipds emulation, I do not recall how the lexmarks
>are set up, but they are straight IP, no twin-ax lines.
>
>You can also; depending on your HP model, get a card for emulation, or even
>a special chip that goes on the logic board.
>
>HTH
>
>Mark