* Ron Snyder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20010423 15:50] thus spake:
> For those of you with tape changers and barcode readers: are any of you
> using any software to generate your own custom barcodes? It seems like it
> might be a bit nicer (for locating/moving tapes around) if the barcode label
> could match what the tape label has.
>
> I've only tried two pieces of software so far (BarCode Maker 3.0) and
> something called "barcode 97 for windows 3.1". They both create barcodes
> OK, but for some reason my Qualstar tape library won't read them. (Maybe
> I'm doing something wrong, though-- I'm printing them out on regular paper,
> and then taping them to a test tape to see if the bar code reader can scan
> it.
>
> Ideas?
Use LaTeX with the barcodes stuff (find it on ctan):
I'va attached one example that works with my barcode
reader on a ADIC library with DLT tape drive.
YMMV,
jf
>
> -ron
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mybarcode4.tex
