whoops, I responded to the wrong post earlier.
this was used 20 years ago to send a barcode to a dot matric printer, 
the printer that you have is probably not dot matrix so this will probably not work
the trick is to find programming documentation for the printer - it's not as easy as it used to be
 
ESC * z20c<HP2933>Z
 
ESC = an esc seq
note the upper/lower case
this will send a barcode containing the string:  HP2933 starting in column 20 (I believe it defaults to code 3 of 9)
 


>>> Tony Summers <[log in to unmask]> 7/10/2007 1:53 PM >>>
A colleague might send you his code if he's feeling generous.  I've
blind copied him in the reply. 

-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Paul Gobes
Sent: 09 July 2007 23:21
To: [log in to unmask] 
Subject: [HP3000-L] 2-d barcodes (PDF417)

Hi,

I'd like to generate 2-barcodes from my cobol program on a HP3000.

Is this even possible?

Do I need to buy some 'encoder' package first  or is it as simple as
1-barcodes?

I'd assume this would only work to printers that knew how to print  the
PDF417 barcodes.

thanks
/paul

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