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Re: Bar Codes on HP3000
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john pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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john pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:25:29 +1000
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Bit I forgot in other mail was that we also have a mix of printers doing
invoices etc, and we have a config file for each site's printers:

Ldev NO: 123  Type: Y (where 0=vanilla impact, 1=HP impact, Y=Laser type)

Difficult to make print program non-specific to printer if you want to do
anything other than plain text, or you invent a meta language for the upper
levels and massage into specific printer codes down lower.

jp

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Steve
Sent: Thursday, 23 June 2005 2:39 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Bar Codes on HP3000

Unfortunately, we don't know what the printer will be. More than likely it
will a laser printer or an impact printer. We would prefer the program not
to be printer specific if possible. Any samples would be helpful in guiding
us to the best approach.

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Tom Brandt
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:22 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Bar Codes on HP3000

At 12:19 PM 6/22/2005, Steve wrote:
>Hi all, we want to know if anyone has a sample Cobol bar code program
>or an interface that will allows us to print a bar code on a label. It
>needs to be in Cobol or a program that can be readily converted. One of
>our biggest clients is asking for this and we have no idea if it can be
done.

Steve,
This can be done, but you need to determine first what kind of printer you
will be using to print the bar code. Once you know that, you next to figure
what sort of data the printer requires. Once you know that, you can start
with your programming. I've written several COBOL programs to drive both
thermal transfer and LaserJet printers, but I had to know what kind of
printer the program was driving, and what the printer was expecting.

--
Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/

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