Re: PostNet Bar Code Font in SQR

[Ray Ontko <rayo@ONTKO.COM>]

August,

You should be able to use the PRINT-BAR-CODE (TYPE=10) to do this;
you may not actually need to download a font.  I have done this
and it has worked just fine on both HP and PostScript printers.

One thing to note, however, is that our U.S. Post Office required
that we get some kind of "certification" that our zip+4 codes
were correct, and that we were using authorized postnet bar coding
software.  In our case, it was easier to just buy a $49 product/service
which does this and use SQR to produce the file that we downloaded to
the PC and into this program (which then sends the addresses to
a service bureau and prints out the required certificate and
mailing labels/envelopes).

Hope this helps.

Ray

> I read the archives and did not see any talk about using a postnet bar code
> font in SQR.  I have a bar code font on my computer.  Can I copy this font
> file into SQR font library directory and then access it like a standard font
> by just typing in the number I.E. Font=4?  Is there anything special I will
> need to do to get this done.  Our society has been trying to figure out how
> to print a bar code on our labels for about 6 years and I think I am on to a
> viable method.
>
> August Varady
> Society of Manufacturing Engineers
> List System Coordinator - MIS
> One SME Dr.
> Dearborn, MI 48121
> Phone: (313) 271-1500 Ext. 1415
> EMail: Varaaug@SME.ORG
>
>

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