Re: Bar Codes in a Report

In article <E95y5s.Fyq@nonexistent.com>, Jacob Salomon <jake@apparel.net> writes >OK, this has to be the 99th time this month someone has posted a >question about bar codes. I have always ignored these posts and now I >have to post one my self. Oh! The ignonomy of it all! ;-) > >I need for our applications to print shipping labels, possibly in a 4GL >report (though I really don't see how this can be done.) The model of >label printer is "Prodigy-Plus" by a company called Fargo-Datamax. I >have seen some samples of labels desired by different clients in the >same industry. Labels are printed with shaded zones, with text in >assorted sizes and fonts, including a bar-code font, all mixed on one >label. > >I have just been handed the manual and have not yet looked into it, but >I figured I'd start trolling for help in advance. > >Help?! Usually you send esc sequences to the printer. One sequence turns on barcode output, then certain characters get translated into barcode numbers. Another sequence turns off barcode output... -- David Williams