I posted this to HP3000-L but was told it did not make it here.  I was
asked to post it here also, so:

The HP replacement for the 293x printers is the P405, manufactured
by     PSi GmbH in Germany and OEMed by HP.  The HP product number is
PSYP405P. I have a included a few of the specifications for this printer
to address the issues of barcodes and multi-part forms.



      The P405 is a 24 needle, serial impact dot matrix printer. It
     represents a high performance, highly reliable printer offering a
     sophisticated paper handling and various other features.  The
basic
     printer model is configured with Serial/ Parallel
interface,             including  Emulation of HP 293X and HP2235
printers.
     It will handle six part stationery in a single pass.

     Media
           The P405 provides the capability to process a wide range
of                   papers an form sets that is:
                 * Fanfold Paper
                 * Cut Sheets
                 * Transparencies
                 * Multipart Forms
                 * Envelopes and Labels

      Following bar-codes are implemented:
                 * Code 39
                 * 2 of 5 industrial
                 * 2 of 5 interleaved
                 * Codabar
                 * EAN 8
                 * EAN 13
                 * Code 93
                 * MSI Mod 10/10
                 * UPC-E
                 * UPC-A
                 * Code 128 (EAN128)
                 * Postnet

     I hope this helps,

     Jon Broz
     HP Cleveland

     "All opinions/comments are mine...not necessarily HP's"