On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:42:07PM -0500, Jason Hollinden wrote:
> When you tape them, are you covering over the barcode as well? I'm not
> sure about all barcodes, but the one on my ADIC will not read one that
> has tape over it.
No, actually I'm making a loop of tape and sticking it on the back side
of my "label".
> You may want to check the docs with your reader, which "should" give the
> requirements for barcodes it needs.
I had, and it does. And I believe I'm within their specs, but I'm still
getting no joy.
-ron
>
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Ron Snyder wrote:
>
> > 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?
> >
> > -ron
>
>
> --
> Jason Hollinden
>
> SMG Systems Admin
