Re: [SLUG] Asking about printing Barcode in JAVA

[Felix Sheldon]

pesoy misak wrote:

Dear all

I have a problem with printing in JAVA. I have a font
(Code 39) that could convert all the numbers into
barcode (thanks to felix sheldon for the guidance) the
problem is the barcode scanner doesn't want to read
the barcode that I have printed using my bubble jet
printer. Is there a problem when reading a barcode
printed using inkjet printer or may be the paper. Is
there any suggestion?
 

First, make sure you added the start/stop characters: '*1234*'.

If that's OK, try a bigger font size such that the stripes are nicely 
defined. If the stripes are distorted by your inkjet then you will have 
problems scanning.

If you're only using numbers, interleaved 2of5 is a much better bet, it 
only needs to encode 0-9 and a checksum, so you get much bigger stripes 
for a given code length. It'a bit more complicated to use a 2of5 font 
though.

Felix

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