Q:
Topic thread:
Printer Systems (PRINT - NA/ATS)
PSF/AIX
I need to print Barcode EAN UCC 128 Set C. Boulder sent me a
document about it, I understood it, but I'm having some errors, for
example, my data ASCII is: 012345.
01 is Position 1
23 is Position 2
45 is Position 3
Then I multiply these values for your position,
Start C = 105
01 x 1 = 01
23 x 2 = 46
45 x 3 = 135
I add these values 105+01+46+135=287
Check Digit is 81
So I have: 8921374D718A (Hexadecimal Code)
89 is START C
21 is 01 in SubSet C
37 is 23 in SubSet C
4D is 45 in SubSet C
71 is 81 in SubSet C (Check Digit)
8A is STOP
Again I printed this stream with Barcode CODE 128 (8921374D718A), but
I'm having some errors on the printer. (Invalid Characters). I don't
understand why.
My Environment is: RS/6000 AIX 4.2.1, PSF/6000 V2.1 and InfoPrint 4000
Printer. PTFs on the RS/6000: UQ20896, UQ18457, U447344, U458721,
U457551, U453812, U459171.
Thanks for your help..
A:
How are you specifying to use the barcode? There are two ways for an
InfoPrint 4000 - either (1) through calling a font or (2) through coding
a pagedef using the BARCODE subcommand of the FIELD command that the
the printer will resolve into BCOCA. Which are you using?
If you are using the first option (a font), what font are you using?
Please provide the names of the coded font (X0???), the character set
(C0???), and the codepage (T1???). Also, are you using an ACIF input
record exit to convert the ASCII into EBCDIC (for example, apka2e or
asciinpe) before printing?
If you're using the second option (BCOCA), please provide the source
for the pagedef (or at least that section of the pagedef).
Also, please ALWAYS provide all error messages including both the
error number and the complete error text. I do appreciate your
including the PTF levelsą
Returning to you for additional information.
Q:
1. I'm using Barcode command in field command.
2. I'm using /usr/lpp/psf/bin/apka2e
3. Pagedef EANU
Width 8.5
Height 11
Replace Yes;
PageFormat PF1;
PrintLine Channel 1 Position 0 0;
Field Start 1 Length 5 Position 1 1 Barcode CODE128 Type 17
Hri On Ssasterisk Off ModWidth 12 Height 0.5;
EndSubPage;
4. Errors:
0420-478 The printer reported a character that was not defined in the
code page.
0420-429 PSF received IPDS exception X'0821..00' action code X'01'
from the printer.
0420-098 The error occurred while printing page 1 of copy 1 of this
print job.
0420-254 The printer an error that caused PSF to stop processing the
page.
Thanks in advance..
A:
I've been doing some testing here, and have successfully printed
Code128 with a pagedef and bcoca to a 3130. I don't have the
documentation that Boulder sent you, but I don't understand why you
did all the calculations that you did to come up with those hex values
(which are not valid in the codepage used for the HRI) or for the
check digit (since PPFA can do that for you).
What book did Boulder send you? If it is the Bar Code Fonts User's
Guide (S544-3190-02), then it doesn't apply to what you are doing.
My data file consisted of the following:
---------------------------------------------------------------
This is a test of Code 128 BCOCA in pagedef.
012345
012345
---------------------------------------------------------------
My pagedef looks like this:
---------------------------------------------------------------
PAGEDEF C128
REPLACE YES;
FONT FONT01 GT10;
FONT FONT02 GT15;
PAGEFORMAT PAGE1
WIDTH 2040 PELS 2640 PELS DIRECTION ACROSS;
/* Two line testcase identifier */
PRINTLINE POSITION 720 PELS 100 PELS FONT FONT01;
PRINTLINE POSITION 720 PELS 124 PELS FONT FONT01;
/* One line of text followed by Code 128 barcode */
PRINTLINE POSITION 60 PELS 200 PELS FONT FONT01;
PRINTLINE POSITION 60 PELS 300 PELS FONT FONT01;
FIELD START 1 LENGTH 6
BARCODE CODE128 TYPE 17 MOD 2 HRI BELOW
SSAST OFF HEIGHT 0.5 MODWIDTH 12 ;
---------------------------------------------------------------
The MOD 2 should tell PPFA to calculate the check digit for you,
rather than you having to calculate it yourself.
I got printout that looks okay to me, though I have no way to figure
out if it calculated the right check digit or not. It does look like
it automatically includes the START and STOP characters.
I've talked with our PPFA expert, she agrees with my sample pagedef.
If you're using PPFA and BCOCA, you should not be calculating values
for START, STOP or CHECK; PPFA will handle that all for you -- you will
have to code "MOD 2" for it to calculate the check digit for Code128.
The hex values you were passing in were not valid; please see the PPFA
User's Guide (S544-5284-01), Figure 75, page 223, for a list of the
valid hex characters for Code128 barcodes.
Please reopen if you have additional questions.
(2/1999)
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