The barcode is printed on the physical label on the tape. It is read by a laser and stored in the changer memory. I have no idea if the changer can print barcode labels but there is software that can. I buy my tapes AIT-2 with barcodes labels already on them so that is another option.
On 16 Aug 2002, Jason Greenberg wrote: - Then how do you set the barcode? Is it a physical label? If my libary - reads bar codes, will it also print them? - - On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 16:25, Stephen Carville wrote: - > On 15 Aug 2002, Jason Greenberg wrote: - > - > - What's the difference between labels and barcodes? Why, when I label - > - tapes, does the VolumeTag="" not show up for that tape? - > - > To amanda, a label is the information in the fist part of a tape. It - > identifies what backup set the tape belongs to, when it was last used, - > etc. Labels have nothing to do with the 'Volume Tag" which are from - > the barcodes. - > - > -- - > -- Stephen Carville - > UNIX and Network Administrator - > DPSI (formerly Ace USA Flood Services) - > 310-342-3602 - > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - > - > - -- -- Stephen Carville UNIX and Network Administrator DPSI (formerly Ace USA Flood Services) 310-342-3602 [EMAIL PROTECTED]