You use the PDF417 font number by remapping a window of text. When you specify a PDF417 font number you are prompted for a ‘Maximum line width’ and ‘Maximum line height’. You are expected to specify only one of them. Normally you would probably use a maximum line width and let the height vary with the variable amount of characters to be converted, but a maximum line height has been added to meet requirements of the automotive industry.

Datamatrix barcodes

Datamatrix barcodes can be used for ZPL (Zebra) output from InterForm400. For more information refer to page 310.

MICR E-13B

This font is normally used for cheque printing. Just insert text or remap windows functions in the overlay using font number 3998.

Assigning Font ID’s to Barcode Softfonts

When a barcode softfont has been generated it must be assigned as font ID, which can be used to access the barcode from Remap Window, Tabulator and Text constant commands in the overlay design window. Besides this they can be used in command lines of the type &&TXT.

You can define the soft font, font ID and autodownload in one step by selecting option ‘5. Create barcode soft font’:

Create CODE-39 soft font

FNT403D

Font number . . . .

. . . .

4646

4600-4699

Font height dots . .

. . . .

300

30-1200

With thin line dots

. . . .

4

3-13

Width broad line dots

. . .

10

6-39

Printer type . . . .

. . . .

2

1=PCL4, 2=PCL5

Orientation . . . .

. . . .

000

000, 090

FONT-file member name

. . .

*GEN

*GEN, Name

Auto download . . .

. . . .

Y

Y=Yes, N=No

F3=ExitF4=PromptF12=Cancel

This will create the soft font member CODE39xxx, where ‘xxx’ is a ‘number’ in the sequence ‘AAA’, ‘AAB’, ‘AAC’....’ZZZ’ (when using *GEN for the FONT member name).

If activated the specification of autodownload is added to the first printer group and the output queue *ALLPCL is added to this printer group. If no PCL printer group is found InterForm400® will automatically create the printer group *PCL.

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