Re: Bar Codes in a Report

Jacob Salomon wrote: > > 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?! Dear Jacob First of all I asume You are working with Windows XXX-clients. The easiest and most simple way of printing barcodes (in a C/S environment) is to use a standard report tool in combination with True Type-fonts (or similar) for the barcode standards You intend to use. All You need now is a label printer with a windows printer driver. Such a printer could be rather expensive if you need small labels or extra high quality but there are several manufacturers. One is UBI (http://www.ubi.se/). If You rather would like to print barcodes an standard document then use any available printer. With this setup You can print barcode labels from Word, Excel,... No control codes, no hardware dependencies and no problems ( ???? ;-) ). Regards /Nils Paulsson