Traditional Bar Code Printing for Smart Forms and SAPscript
With traditional bar code printing, the bar codes are generated at the printer and not in the SAP system. Special hardware, such as SIMM modules, is required to do this. If the bar code is to be formatted or controlled with traditional bar code printing, print controls must be changed in the printer commands. In contrast, the new bar code printing does not require any special software, since the bar codes are sent to the printer as graphics. The bar code can also be simply changed using transaction SE73.
In the case of Smart Forms, you can choose whether you want to use the new type of bar code creation, or the traditional method. With SAPscript, only the traditional procedure works.
For more information about printing bar codes using the traditional procedure, see the following sections:
What hardware and software requirements exist for bar code printing.
Which bar codes SAP has predefined for immediate use
How you test bar code printing.
How you add your own bar code definitions and set up printers that have not been predefined for printing bar codes.
How you adjust bar code print controls to the SAPscript printer driver
How you print bar codes using the transfer program SAPSprint on Microsoft Windows printers.
For additional useful information about printing bar codes, see the following SAP Notes in the SAP Service Marketplace:
SAP Note |
Topic |
|---|---|
45643 |
Bar code control sequences for JetCAPS Bar SIMM |
14561 |
Printing bar codes via SAPSprint / bar code DLL |
5196 |
Printing bar codes with SAP |
