While the 6500 is an IPDS printer, it does not support downloadable fonts.
Instead, it uses
built-in (resident) fonts, called symbol sets. For this reason, you can't use a
barcode font;
the 6500 has no built-in barcode fonts. However, IBM long ago designed a
barcode
architecture into AFP where the printer creates barcodes from simple AFP
commands. You
describe the barcode type, size and position, and the printer prints a barcode
optimized for
readability for the type of printer. This makes barcodes independent of printer
resolution
and of fonts.
You can easily tell the printer to create a barcode such as Postnet using a
PAGEDEF. See
the PPFA User's Guide, S544-5284-09, and look for the PAGEDEF FIELD subcommand.
Here
is an example:
PRINTLINE /* CITY, STATE ZIP */
REPEAT 1;
FIELD START 1 LENGTH 41
FONT NAD
POSITION 0.1 IN NEXT;
FIELD START 33 LENGTH 5
POSITION 4.5 IN NEXT
BARCODE TYPE POSTNET ; /* PRINT POSTNET BARCODE */
You can also create structured fields to generate barcodes.
Howard Turetzky
Advanced Technical Support
InfoPrint Solutions Company
howard.turet...@infoprint.com
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:01:33 -0600, James Derry <jede...@ilstu.edu> wrote:
>I am having trouble printing a Postnet barcode using PSF on a 6500 printer.
>The printer says it supports Postnet and PSF has a font (X0BPBN) in the
>fontlib, but I'm having a difficult time getting everything to mesh. The 6500
>printer has IPDS and we are using the printer as a replacement for the old
>4248 line printers, printing from JES2.
>
>Has anyone been able to do this?
>
>Thanks.
>Jim
>
>
>
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