Label Prniting

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are working on Label Printing Program.

We have created the print file in .itf format using BARONE software.

I have uploaded the same to SAP R/3 with transaction SO10 to standard text.

I have copied the same printcode & pasted it to SAP Script MAIN WINDOW.

I have created a new printer with ZLB_ZEB driver, which I hv used for getting print preview.

But I am getting only the Print Code which was pasted in SAP Script, in the Preview.

Can you tell me wat can be the problem

Thanks

Sandeep

[Former Member]

This could be all you get to see in a preview - it might not be supported with SapScript.

I suppose you are sending the code to a Zebra printer.

The Zebra wil translate the code to the Barcode-label you designed with bar-one.

Possibly there is no preview-support in SapScript when dealing with bar one / Zebra?

However Smartforms does seem to support of the preview of barcodes.

Anyway does the label come out right?

[Former Member]

Hi

I hope you have to use special printers for printing the Labels and Barcodes

see the doc related barcode printing which applies to labels.

To Create a Bar code prefix:

1) Go to T-code - SPAD -> Full Administration -> Click on Device Type -> Double click the device for which you wish to create the print control -> Click on Print Control tab ->Click on change mode -> Click the plus sign to add a row or prefix say SBP99 (Prefix must start with SBP) -> save you changes , it will ask for request -> create request and save

2) Now when you go to SE73 if you enter SBP00 for you device it will add the newly created Prefix

Create a character format C1.Assign a barcode to the character format.Check the check box for the barcode.

The place where you are using the field value use like this

<C1> &itab-field& </C1>.

You will get the field value in the form of barcode.

Which barcode printer are you using ? Can you download this file and see.

http://www.servopack.de/Files/HB/ZPLcommands.pdf.

It will give an idea about barcode commands.

Check this link:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d9/4a94c851ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm

Detailed information about SAP Barcodes

A barcode solution consists of the following:

- a barcode printer

- a barcode reader

- a mobile data collection application/program

A barcode label is a special symbology to represent human readable information such as a material number or batch number

in machine readable format.

There are different symbologies for different applications and different industries. Luckily, you need not worry to much about that as the logistics supply chain has mostly standardized on 3 of 9 and 128 barcode symbologies - which all barcode readers support and which SAP support natively in it's printing protocols.

You can print barcodes from SAP by modifying an existing output form.

Behind every output form is a print program that collects all the data and then pass it to the form. The form contains the layout as well as the font, line and paragraph formats. These forms are designed using SAPScript (a very easy but frustratingly simplistic form format language) or SmartForms that is more of a graphical form design tool.

Barcodes are nothing more than a font definition and is part of the style sheet associated with a particular SAPScript form. The most important aspect is to place a parameter in the line of the form that points to the data element that you want to represent as barcode on the form, i.e. material number. Next you need to set the font for that parameter value to one of the supported barcode symbologies.

Reward points if useful

Regards

Anji

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

When we are printing a label containing Barcodes in INTERMEC printer , in the print preview we can only see the Code.

But when you take a printout of the same in the printer, we will get the correct printout.

Try once.

Regards,

Daniel

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have to do Label printing with Intermec EasyCoder 4420.I have designed the layout in Labelshop and downloaded the label definition in the ITF file n den imported that file in SapScript nad created a driver program for printing.But when i take the printout , the layout is fine but the values are not getting populated in the Print output.

I debugged the SapScript and found that the values r cuming in the internal table but that values are not cuming in the print output(debugged the LabelShop perview).There is some problem in mapping between SAP and LabelShop. Could u plz provide me any solution.