R/3-Hinweis Nr. 197177
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Nummer 0197177
Version 0008 vom 14.04.2000
Status F?den freigegeben
Gesetzt von Alexander Bolloni am 14.04.2000
Sprache EN
Kurztext Printing 2-D bar codes with SAPscript
Verantwortlich Alexander Bolloni
Komponente BC-SRV-SCR
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Langtext
Symptom
How can 2-D bar codes (for example, PDF417) be printed from
SAPscript-forms?
Additional key words
SAPscript, 2-D bar code, PDF417
Cause and preconditions
There is a need for this information.
Solution
As outlined in Note 5196, SAPscript supports printing bar codes if bar
code functions are supported by the output device being used (for
example, a printer which is able to print bar codes or bar code
software).
The number of characters which are coded in a barcode are limited for
one dimensional bar codes which are supported in SAPscript.Therefore
SAPscript has an upper limit of 70 characters which can be maximally
transferred as data to be output for a bar code.
Because 2-D bar codes such as PDF417 are used to encode substantially
larger datasets (between a few hundred to more than one thousand lines
per bar code), problems occur in SAPscript when you use this "large" bar
code data.
This note serves to demonstrate a practical workaround to avoid this
restriction.
The following products is supported for printing 1-D or 2-D bar codes
from SAPscript to laser printers (Note 5196):
jetmobile Intelligent Bar Code SIMM for hp laser jet printers (Note
121305)
Printing 2-D bar codes with label printers:
Note 135894 gives information on printing labels from SAPscript. The
printer/label programs mentioned in the related notes usually support
printing 2-D bar codes.
General notes on the procedure for 2-D bar codes and SAPscript:
You must consider the following points when you layout a SAPscript form
in which you want to output a PDF417 2-D bar code.
- the bar code string to be output must not contain a line break (this would lead
to an error in the printer access of bar code SIMM).
Therefore, the string must fit into a single line of the current form
window. For this reason, you should select the smallest possible (that
is the narrowest possible) font.
Note: Since most device types do not support fonts smaller than 6 point
copy the device type to Zxxxxxx (Note 3166) and create a printer font
COURIER 020 _ _ 99.99 CPI SF999 SF999
(Note 12462). Use this font as font for the bar code text (print control
SF999 should not contain any print command). Due to the scale interval
of 99.99 cpi (character by inch) you can enter 799 characters as bar
code data in the SAPscript form when the window size is 8 inch until a
line break occurs.
To use the new printer font a system font
COURIER 020 _ _
has to be defined in Transaction SE73. After this, define a character
format with font attributes
COURIER 020
in the SAPscript form.
- the printer command for activating the bar code function of the
printer is either stored completely or partly in a print control called
in the form prior to the bar code string to be output.
- to avoid that the SAPscript printer driver inserts a font command
between the first print control and the bar code string a blank
character (<32>) needs to be output before the print control. This
forces the font switch prior to the font control
The printer command for deactivating the bar code function of the
printer must be called with a print control at the end of the bar code
string to be output.
Example for PDF417 and jetmobile BarSIMM (hp laser jet printer):
/: DEFINE &XDIM& = 2
/: DEFINE &YDIM& = 3
/: DEFINE &MODHEIGHT& = 3
* <32>
/: PRINT-CONTROL SESCP
= (s1p&XDIM&,&YDIM&,&MODHEIGHT&,0s24850T
= &BARCODEFIELD1&&BARCODEFIELD2&
/: PRINT-CONTROL SBS01
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With the code mentioned above the content of the fields BARCODEFIELD1
and BARCODEFIELD2 is output as PDF417 bar code. HPLJ4/HPLJ5/HPLJ4000
must be used as a device type. The character format FS activates in this
case the smallest possible font (without modification point 6) when
using the modification mentioned above (point 2).
In this case, the complete printer command for PDF417,
ESC(s1p2,3,3,0s24850T
may alternatively be stored in a privately defined print control ZPDF4.
In this case, the SAP device type needs to be copied to Zxxxxx and
modified accordingly. The example would then read:
* <32>
/: PRINT-CONTROL ZPDF4
= &BARCODEFIELD1&&BARCODEFIELD2&
/: PRINT-CONTROL SBS01
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You can find the meaning of the individual parameters of the PCL-5
printer commands for PDF417 in the documentation for jetmobile BarSimm.
The contents of the BARCODEFIELD1, BARCODEFIELD2 fields are output as a
PDF417 bar code when you use the aforementioned coding.
A modified copy Zxxxx of HPLJ4/HPLJ5/HPLJ4000 must be used as a device type. In
this case, character format FS activates the smallest possible font
(without modification point 6, otherwise 2).
The print control ZPDF4 must be defined in the copy Zxxxx of the SAP
device type as follows (hexadecimal notation):
Name: V: H: printer command:
ZPDF4 1 X 1B267831365700010402000802000000010400000000
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Weitere Komponenten
BC-CCM-PRN-DVM
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Verweise auf verwandte Hinweise
Nummer Kurztext
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0005196 Drucken von Barcodes mit SAPscript
0135894 Etikettendruck auf Thermo(transfer)druckern
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