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Former Member

‎08-09-2005 6:15 AM

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Hi,

Can anybody help me, how to start with bar code printing . what is prerequisite for that.

any help is appreciated.

rgds,

Praveen

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former_member221770
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‎08-09-2005 6:43 AM

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Hi Praveen,

First of all, you must make sure that your printers have the necessary devices to allow barcode printing (sometimes they need some special drivers, while other times they need additional hardware).

Now SAP treats barcodes as fonts, and you can see the barcods available via transaction SE73. If you select the "Printer Barcodes" you will see all the device types as defined in SAP. DOuble click on your device type and you will see a list of all the barcode fonts that you can immediately use.

In order to print a value as a barcodein your SAPscript or SmartForm, make sure you use the appropriate barcode font.

This should get you started on the right track. Let us know when you need more information.

Cheers,

Pat.

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former_member221770
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‎08-09-2005 6:43 AM

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Hi Praveen,

First of all, you must make sure that your printers have the necessary devices to allow barcode printing (sometimes they need some special drivers, while other times they need additional hardware).

Now SAP treats barcodes as fonts, and you can see the barcods available via transaction SE73. If you select the "Printer Barcodes" you will see all the device types as defined in SAP. DOuble click on your device type and you will see a list of all the barcode fonts that you can immediately use.

In order to print a value as a barcodein your SAPscript or SmartForm, make sure you use the appropriate barcode font.

This should get you started on the right track. Let us know when you need more information.

Cheers,

Pat.

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Former Member

‎08-09-2005 6:51 AM

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Hi,

Also, u can create a barcode:

Check Transaction SE73.Click on System Bar Code Change.There are various types of barcodes already defined by SAP so you can use them or create one of your own. Say we use the BC_EANH. It has the following attributes.

BC_EANH EAN 128, n.txt,h=13mm 01 40 9,00 CM 1,30 CM 000

height width etc.

Now go to the script. Create a Character format and in the barcode put this name.

in the script <c1>&Barcode_number</>. and your barcode will be seen in the printview.

Also check out Transaction so10 and see script SAPSCRIPT-BARCODETEST.

Give a print on the dot matric printer which u have. If it doesnt print, check the printer type and other settings.

I had found this info once in one of the threads posted here!!!

Best Regards,

Anjali

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Former Member

‎08-09-2005 7:23 AM

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Hi Praveen,

There are two ways to go about it -

1. Hardware Solution - You can use a special SIMM (or DIMM not sure) module to be able to print barcodes directly from SAP.

2. Software Solution - You can use a special Barcode DLL to print the barcode on any inkjet or laserjet printer.

Look at the following thread for more details -

Cheers,

Sanjeev

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‎08-09-2005 8:06 PM

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Hi patrik,anjali,sanjeev

appreciate your help. now I am able to move forward with this info.

rgds,

Praveen