Printing PCL5e Barcodes
I am trying to print barcodes on a Canon iR3245.
I believe the barcodes are part of the printer kit installed on this printer.
The barcode would be a six digit number (ex. 123456).
Could I get the exact PCL commands?
Thank you.
I believe the barcodes are part of the printer kit installed on this printer.
The barcode would be a six digit number (ex. 123456).
Could I get the exact PCL commands?
Thank you.
The simple method is to install the barcode font on your pc. What type of barcode do you wish to use?
Chris B
Chris B
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To DansDadUK:
Your example dealt with a Zebra printer. This is very different from PCL. I don't believe this is specific to the Canon and if it was I wasn't able to find any Canon programming manuals.
To burrcm:
I believe the barcode type is "Code 39 (USD-3 & 3 of 9). We are running a Windows domain on a Windows 2008 Server. I'm hoping I don't have to download anything as the specifications on the Canon state that the barcode fonts should be in the printer. That being said, I have not been able to print a font list from the Canon that includes any barcodes. I have the vendor that sold us the printer checking to see if the barcode fonts are indeed in the printer. But regardless of that I am looking for the specific PCL command that should produce a barcode. Let me know what you can do. Thanks.
Your example dealt with a Zebra printer. This is very different from PCL. I don't believe this is specific to the Canon and if it was I wasn't able to find any Canon programming manuals.
To burrcm:
I believe the barcode type is "Code 39 (USD-3 & 3 of 9). We are running a Windows domain on a Windows 2008 Server. I'm hoping I don't have to download anything as the specifications on the Canon state that the barcode fonts should be in the printer. That being said, I have not been able to print a font list from the Canon that includes any barcodes. I have the vendor that sold us the printer checking to see if the barcode fonts are indeed in the printer. But regardless of that I am looking for the specific PCL command that should produce a barcode. Let me know what you can do. Thanks.
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A full free code 39 which will permit the b/code to be used in any application (regardless of printer).
http://www.bizfonts.com/free/
Chris B
http://www.bizfonts.com/free/
Chris B
>> ... regardless of printer
Provided that you are using a printer driver which will generate the appropriate target printer sequences (including any encapsulated font download).
But the wording ("Could I get the exact PCL commands?") in the originator's post implied perhaps that he/she is not using a standard printer driver (i.e. his/her application may be directly generating the print stream, so would need to emulate how these standard drivers generate the required print data).
Regardless of whether or not a suitable printer driver is in use, this will only work (without additional add-on functions) for a very simple barcode symbology (like Code 39 Standard) which only requires the addition of Start and Stop characters.
But for anything more complicated (like Code 128, or EAN-013, or DataMatrix), the application would have to include (perhaps via an add-on library) the intelligence to perform the required data transformation.
This is required for Windows application display purposes, as well as eventual print output (I forgot to mention this point when I outlined how Word, etc. interfaced with the printer driver to generate the output print stream).
Provided that you are using a printer driver which will generate the appropriate target printer sequences (including any encapsulated font download).
But the wording ("Could I get the exact PCL commands?") in the originator's post implied perhaps that he/she is not using a standard printer driver (i.e. his/her application may be directly generating the print stream, so would need to emulate how these standard drivers generate the required print data).
Regardless of whether or not a suitable printer driver is in use, this will only work (without additional add-on functions) for a very simple barcode symbology (like Code 39 Standard) which only requires the addition of Start and Stop characters.
But for anything more complicated (like Code 128, or EAN-013, or DataMatrix), the application would have to include (perhaps via an add-on library) the intelligence to perform the required data transformation.
This is required for Windows application display purposes, as well as eventual print output (I forgot to mention this point when I outlined how Word, etc. interfaced with the printer driver to generate the output print stream).
It may be that the Canon has extra (proprietary) intelligence built-in to perform the necessary data transformations & checksum calculations needed with most barcodes; this may require you to supply non-standard (proprietary) PCL escape sequences.
If so, the User Guide (or Programming Guide) manual may tell you how (I've no knowledge of Canon devices myself).