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Barcode fonts not scanning

Asked by RichNH in Operating Systems Miscellaneous, Microsoft Office Suite

Tags: microsoft office

I have a problem scanning barcodes.  Some background: I have a product with which the barcodes work fine, it is Wasp Inventory Control.  But I had a problem with some of the fonts on a printed document.  The company sent me a new bar code font file which I installed and when I print documents off using this font file the bar codes are scanning fine with the scanner.  Because of this I know exactly which font file I'm using successfully in Wasp IC.  The file itself is Code 39 Extended.

HOWEVER, if I use that font in any other programs, Notepad, Excel, Word.  I cannot scan the barcode that is printed.  It doesn't even "look like" the bar code that is printed on my Wasp documents (well it *looks* like it but the bars don't match up quite the same if you know what I mean).

I'm at a loss as to why this is.  I thought a TTF file was a TTF file and is treated the same no matter which program uses it but all the bar codes I've tried don't work as far as being scanned in.  I'm trying to use Code 39 Extended which should be simple enough, but so far, no go.

The scanners I'm using are 1) Symbol LS4278 & 2) Motorola MC9090-G.  Neither of them work on the bar code fonts I select in any of the above named programs but they work fine with the bar codes I'm printing using the Wasp software.

Is there something I'm missing regarding this whole bar code thing?

Any ideas?

Rich
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