Just my 2 cents from experience. Many bar code scanners are "tuned" to the type of printer the bar code is printed with. most laser printers can produce a very "tight" bar code, while dot matrix is obviously limited - a bar code is read by reading the white space between the black lines - if a dot matrix is too close, it is not clear enough to discern the white space. in both scenarios, it is a trial and error thing.
Bob C.
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I tried to print bar coded
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Mark
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We are using an OKI ML320Turbo-D dot matrix printer for 4" bar codes out of Rbase 6.5++ (version 1.866) - it works flawlessly.
Steve
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From: John Dew
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - FW: Label Printing with Zebra LP2844
Have just purchased a Zebra label printer and am having difficulty printing standard text labels (not bar codes)
from Rbase 6.5++ (version 1.866)
I have set the printer to "Line Mode"
PRNSETUP 'Zebra LP2844'
OUT PRINTER
LBLPRINT test (test being a form that displays ok on the screen)
OUT SCREEN
The label prints ok but with each label I get the following
JF
q832
q832
q036
0
followed by the correct label text
Is there any simple way of suppressing these Ascii (?) Characters?
Is there another 2" to 4" label printer that I should be looking at that is more compatible with RBase?
Many Thanks
John Dew
Regis Pictures &
Frames Ltd
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