Barcode Printing Linux FP 6.0

[Bob Rasmussen]

Hi David,

STICKING TO A LASER PRINTER:

In *some* circumstances you can print a barcode by selecting a font using 
e.g. PCL-5 control sequences. This requires:

1) A printer with the necessary font built in, on an addin cartridge, or 
downloaded;

2) A barcode symbology that doesn't require check digits or other 
calculation;

3) a 1-Dimension (1D) symbology (like UPCA), not a 2D one (like QRcode).

4) You must have instructions for the particular font.

Outside of meeting these reqirements, you require some kind of software 
shim.*

STEPPING AWAY FROM LASER PRINTERS

Some industrial label printers, especially, have their own control 
language (such as ZPL for Zebra printers) and a bunch of barcode types 
they can print. You'd have to code the whole page in ZPL, e.g., in 
filePro.

* Our Print Wizard or AnzioWin product can serve as this shim. But I'd 
discourage you from investing in a solution using either of these products 
as support for them is riding off into the retirement sunset.

On Thu, 24 Nov 2022, David Duff via Filepro-list wrote:

> Guys and Gals,
>
> I'm looking for a way to print barcodes using a laser printer.
> Mainly UPC but other barcodes would also be nice.
>
> Basically, I want to print scanable Pick Tickets, etc.
>
> I have found some printers that use a USB stick but I wouldn't want to
> use that in a warehouse printer.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Duff
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Regards,
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