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 > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html