Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Warren R. Baltimore II
I have what I hope is a simple issue. I am designing an asset tracking system. We will be utilizing ITSM 7.6.04. I have chosen barcode printers. We will be using the Zebra P4T Mobile solution to print our barcodes. The problem I am having (never having done this before) is figuring out the

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread John Sundberg
Warren, I don't know anything about the printing. But - I would not do a 3 letter prefix 4 letter suffix. I would go pure random or possibly using a GUID ??? Otherwise - you will have a constant flow of unforeseen problems. ***Except - they are foreseeable :) Say two owning groups merge --

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Tommy Morris
Subject: Re: Barcode Printing ** Warren, I don't know anything about the printing. But - I would not do a 3 letter prefix 4 letter suffix. I would go pure random or possibly using a GUID ??? Otherwise - you will have a constant flow of unforeseen problems. ***Except - they are foreseeable :) Say

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
When I have done Barcode Printing in the past all I have had to do is use a Barcode Font for that field in my report. Fred From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Warren R. Baltimore II Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:48 AM To: arslist

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Warren R. Baltimore II
We're you generating the barcode via a Crystal Report? On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Grooms, Frederick W frederick.w.gro...@xo.com wrote: ** When I have done Barcode Printing in the past all I have had to do is use a Barcode Font for that field in my report. ** ** Fred

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Roberts, Chas
Warren, you can simply use a freeware 3of9 TTF, that has worked for me... Chas From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Warren R. Baltimore II Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:48 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Barcode Printing ** I have

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:25 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Barcode Printing ** We're you generating the barcode via a Crystal Report? On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Grooms, Frederick W frederick.w.gro...@xo.commailto:frederick.w.gro...@xo.com wrote: ** When I have done Barcode

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Sanford, Claire
: Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:14 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Barcode Printing ** Warren, I don't know anything about the printing. But - I would not do a 3 letter prefix 4 letter suffix. I would go pure random or possibly using a GUID ??? Otherwise - you will have a constant flow

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Joe Martin D'Souza
1200 ASCII characters, which is still a lot compared to an ordinary bar code.. Joe From: Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:28 AM Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Barcode Printing ** Yes. I typically use a free Code 3 of 9 font

Re: Barcode Printing

2012-05-31 Thread Grooms, Frederick W
: Barcode Printing **   I have toyed around with the idea of using a QR Code instead of a bar code, so it can contain a little more information about the item right up front and not just a serial number that is used to lookup that information.. I  haven’t done much research into that possibility