RE: Bar Code printing example -- RPG400-L

If you want to try the transparency, look here:
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/slkbase.NSF/00e42b791a3dab7b862565c9004ec1af/3788b4d775308174862565c2007d
473e?OpenDocument

Or

http://tinyurl.com/34g69b

HTH,

Charles

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 9:18 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Bar Code printing example

While AFP would make this easy, I doubt that the Okidata or
Epson support it.

I'd guess both just support ASCII. Do you know for sure that
either one supports a ASCII command sequence to print a barcode?

The problem you're going to hit is that your RPG program
outputs EBCDIC; while the printers understand ASCII. For
basic stuff, the Host-print-transform (HPT) built into OS/400
handles the EBCDIC to ASCII conversion just fine.

The special command sequence to print a barcode will be a problem.

However, there is a way to get HPT to ignore certain strings
in your spool file so that they get sent to the printer
directly. This string would be the ASCII binary values you
need to tell the printer to print the barcode. This
functionality is called transparency. You'll need to look
around online to see how to do it.

Another option, would be to have your RPG program write an
ASCII file directly. I think you'd need to write to the IFS
and them use something else to send the data to the printer.
There's someone on this list that's done that with postscript
files, so hopefully they will jump in or you might look in
the archives.

HTH,
Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces+wiltc=cintas.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces+wiltc=cintas.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On

Behalf Of

Phil Kestenbaum
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 9:04 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Bar Code printing example

Sheri, You want to read about Advanced Function Printing.
Your shop does not use any package like T.L Ashford?

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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rowe, Sheri
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 9:00 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Bar Code printing example

Hi Group,

I am a novice RPG programmer and my boss as asked me to modify our
'picking slip' program to include a bar code (order and order
generation #). We currently print on an OKIDATA Microline 590 line
printer and want to move to an Epson POS printer, model TM T811V.
Additionally, we would like the printer to cut the paper after
printing each pick slip.

I have no experience printing bar codes and don't know

where to start.

The existing program was written in 1992 (yikes) in RPG.

If anyone has a sample program, or can point me to a sample

on the web

I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

Sheri

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