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Innovative Business Systems, Inc.
Copyright © 2000, 2006 [Innovative
Business Systems, Inc.]
All rights reserved\
Revised: March 01, 2006
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T.L. ASHFORD
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You can print
labels using your existing iSeries/AS400 database without
programming!
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tell Barcode400 what file you want to use, then start
designing your label.
• Make the label look exactly the way you want without
programming. As you design the label, simply select a database
field you want to use from a list of fields and drag it into
position on your label. You can print the data field as a bar code,
text string or even a graphic. Enhance the readability of the data
by using rotation, reverse image,and enlarged characters.
• Once the label is designed, it is immediately ready for
printing; prompt screens are automatically generated allowing you
to randomly access and print labels from your iSeries/AS400
database file. Or, if you wish, batch mode can be used to
automatically read the file and print labels...without
programming
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Barcode400 is as
flexible as you want it to be. All processing
is done directly on the iSeries/AS400 making it easy to integrate
with your existing iSeries/AS400 applications and print labels
without middleware software.
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Integration
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Inside your RPG,
COBOL, or CLP program you simply make a program call to Barcode400,
passing a few parameters. The CALL dynamically merges iSeries/AS400
variable data into a previously designed label format and prints it!
is necessary. The label format can be changed by a non-programming
personnel, without changing or recompiling your application program. |
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All data,
programs and label formats are centrally located on the AS/400.
Proven/Reliable Hardware & Software - The superior security
of the iSeries/AS400 is used to maintain the integrity of the
labeling system. This software is so versatile that multiple users
connected to a midrange computer can design and print labels at the
same time.
Safe and
Secure - The entire labeling system (data, formats,
programs) can be backed up as part of the routine iSeries/AS400
backup/restore procedure. No separate procedure to be written.
Revisions and Compliance - All label formats are centrally
located and available to all users. This eliminates the headache of
maintaining the same label format on multiple Personal Computers.
Risk of using old or revised label templates is eliminated.
Central
Management - Integrity and security can be enhanced with
one person in charge of maintaining label formats, even if your
company has remote sites! For example, a programmer or
non-programmer at the corporate office in New York can design
formats for its manufacturing and distribution centers in Tennessee
and California. Label formats and graphics become available to all
users the instant they are saved.
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With over
20 years experience, we know how to get you connected and
printing from the AS/400. ;
T.L. Ashford
will assist you in setting up and connecting your printer to
the iSeries/AS400 via:
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External
Twinax |
Dumb
Terminals (green screen) |
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Built in
Twinax |
ASCII
Controllers |
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Token
Ring |
PC's
Parallel or Serial Ports |
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Ethernet |
Print
Servers (i.e.. HP Direct..) |
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TCP/IP |
Thin
Client |
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Troy
Etherwind Wireless Print Server |
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Our
technical support lab maintains an extensive inventory of
hardware to help solve connection problems. Your scenario can
be quickly and easily duplicated in our lab to insure a fast
resolution to communication problems.
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What is label
Compliance? Literally, it means meeting or complying with the
labeling guidelines set down by a customer. The customer, whether it is a
retail firm, shipper, or manufacturer, has created its own labeling
specifications to fulfill its transportation and logistical needs. It is
up to the supplier to meet those guidelines. Failure to do so could
result in return of product, fees, or contract termination.
Organizations like
the UCC (Uniform Code Council), the AIAG (Automotive Industry Action
Group) and HIBCC (Health Industry Business Communications Council) have
developed specific industry labeling standards. Their guidelines minimize
problems between trading partners by creating a basic structure all
suppliers and customers can agree upon. The guidelines are implemented on
a volunteer basis.
 More
than 300 different bar code symbologies exist today, but less than 20
have popular applications. Different uses demand different
symbologies, sometimes determined by the industry using the code,
sometimes by the application, sometimes by the product size. The bar
code symbol is a pattern of bars and spaces following specific
standards, that when read by a scanner, interpret the bars and spaces
into characters and numbers. Sometimes the characters and numbers
have specific meanings, but more and more often, they are similar to
our car license plates, that when called up in a computer, provide a
range of information, depending on the application, the industry and
the code. Today there are linear or one-dimensional codes,
two-dimensional (2D) codes, and two new symbology families from the
Uniform Code Council: the Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) and the
Composite Code. One-dimensional codes contain the same information
throughout the height of the code, making them vertically redundant.
This allows some acceptance of voids and specks in the printing
process. Two-dimensional codes can be used as license plates or to
carry large amounts of data. They come in several flavors, including
stacked and matrix. The former is a series of one-dimensional codes
horizontally stacked on each other. Matrix codes, meanwhile, have
black spots (often square or rectangular-shaped) in different
positions within a matrix. The position of that spot or element is
what encodes the data. The scalable matrix code usually offers higher
data densities than the stacked code. The new UCC symbology families
stack or combine different codes, including linear and 2D codes, into
one symbol
Wireless Printing Option
Barcode400's RF option is available to users who require wireless
printing. Just imagine the convenience of being able to print labels
on demand, accessing data real time from your AS.400,
while walking through the warehouse with a wireless printer. Now you
can using Barcode400 with the RF option!
No intermediate
PC required.
Shown Above is the
Zebra® PT400™
Portable Printer
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