topic Re: printing a Barcode in Application Development and Automation Discussions

printing a Barcode

anupam_srivastava2 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:46:14 GMT

Hi All

Any body have any idea , can we print a Barcode in SAP

If Yes How.

regards

Re: printing a Barcode

Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:48:31 GMT

To print the barcode in smartforms

Import the Barcodes Fonts to SAP thru' SE73.

Create Character formats with Barcode fonts, that you have imported.

Configured the Device type in SAP (Usually done by basis).

and All you need to check is

1. Whether the printer supports Barcode. If it does not support barcode, then you will need to buy a DIMM card or barcode.dll file. You can get a demo file from net.

2. You need to install DIMM Card to your printer. or You need to install Barcode.dll file in SAPLpd directory in the front end PC.

3. You can buy software that you can upload in your SAP print Server that will convert the barcode symbology as an image that will print on a regular laser printer. But option results in less sharper barcodes. This option is really if you need to convert a large quantity of printers (>10) to support barcodes.

For complete information always you can go to SAP Help.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d9/4a94c851ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm

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scripts:

Generally Barcode will be created Basis people. It will be assigned in as a FONT. If you want to call in the sap script / smartform you need to assign it to either the Paragraph format or print program and then in the text it should be called.

check this below link...

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/66/1b45c136639542a83663072a74a21c/content.htm

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report/form

You need a special hardware component for your printer (e.g. Jetmobile BarDIMM).

Or a software called "barcode.dll" if you want to print on any printer without hardware extension in combination with SAPlpd (for printing barcodes with SAPscript).

In SmartForms some barcode types can be printed without any additional hardware or software (OSS 430887).

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script:

You have to use spacila BARCODE printers for that.

To Create a Bar code prefix:

1) Go to T-code - SPAD -> Full Administration -> Click on Device Type -> Double click the device for which you wish to create the print control -> Click on Print Control tab ->Click on change mode -> Click the plus sign to add a row or prefix say SBP99 (Prefix must start with SBP) -> save you changes , it will ask for request -> create request and save

2) Now when you go to SE73 if you enter SBP00 for you device it will add the newly created Prefix

Create a character format C1.Assign a barcode to the character format.Check the check box for the barcode.

The place where you are using the field value use like this

<C1> &itab-field& </C1>.

You will get the field value in the form of barcode.

Which barcode printer are you using ? Can you download this file and see.

http://www.servopack.de/Files/HB/ZPLcommands.pdf.

It will give an idea about barcode commands.

Check this link:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d9/4a94c851ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm

Detailed information about SAP Barcodes

A barcode solution consists of the following:

- a barcode printer

- a barcode reader

- a mobile data collection application/program

A barcode label is a special symbology to represent human readable information such as a material number or batch number

in machine readable format.

There are different symbologies for different applications and different industries. Luckily, you need not worry to much about that as the logistics supply chain has mostly standardized on 3 of 9 and 128 barcode symbologies - which all barcode readers support and which SAP support natively in it's printing protocols.

You can print barcodes from SAP by modifying an existing output form.

Behind every output form is a print program that collects all the data and then pass it to the form. The form contains the layout as well as the font, line and paragraph formats. These forms are designed using SAPScript (a very easy but frustratingly simplistic form format language) or SmartForms that is more of a graphical form design tool.

Barcodes are nothing more than a font definition and is part of the style sheet associated with a particular SAPScript form. The most important aspect is to place a parameter in the line of the form that points to the data element that you want to represent as barcode on the form, i.e. material number. Next you need to set the font for that parameter value to one of the supported barcode symbologies.

Re: printing a Barcode

Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:48:58 GMT

Check this program and REWARD if useful

Only Se71 is used to create a barcode

To Create a Bar code prefix:

2) Now when you go to SE73 if you enter SBP00 for you device it will add the newly created Prefix

Create a character format C1.Assign a barcode to the character format.Check the check box for the barcode.

The place where you are using the field value use like this

<C1> &itab-field& </C1>.

You will get the field value in the form of barcode.

Which barcode printer are you using ? Can you download this file and see.

http://www.servopack.de/Files/HB/ZPLcommands.pdf.

It will give an idea about barcode commands.

Check this link:

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/questions-about-bar-code-printing-in-sap.htm

Check this link:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/d9/4a94c851ea11d189570000e829fbbd/content.htm

Hope this link ll be useful..

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/66/1b45c136639542a83663072a74a21c/content.htm

Detailed information about SAP Barcodes

A barcode solution consists of the following:

- a barcode printer

- a barcode reader

- a mobile data collection application/program

A barcode label is a special symbology to represent human readable information such as a material number or batch number

in machine readable format.

You can print barcodes from SAP by modifying an existing output form.

Check this link

Reward all helpfull answers

Regards

Pavan

Re: printing a Barcode

Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:49:37 GMT

Hi,

check this link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/68/4a0d5b74110d44b1b88d9b6aa1315b/content.htm

You create a bar code or change a bar code in the font maintenance transaction (transaction SE73). To do this, proceed as follows:

¡ Start transaction SE73, and choose System Bar Codes ® Change.

¡ If you create a bar code, the system asks whether you want to use the new bar code technology or traditional system bar codes. Choose New.

You can enter a name and a description for the bar code. Note that the name must begin with a Z to avoid conflict between your bar codes and the standard bar codes.

¡ You are asked which bar code symbology and which bar code alignment is to be used, both when creating and when changing bar codes. For information about what you should specify for the requested parameters, see the SAP Note 645158 in the SAP Service Marketplace. This SAP Note is always kept up-to-date.

2. If you have created a new bar code, you must now add this to a Smart Style as a character format.

3. You can now select text in Smart Forms and choose the corresponding style with the bar code as the character format for this text.

Hope it helps.

Re: printing a Barcode

Former Member — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:49:51 GMT

hi,

why not? we can do anything in SAP.

u can create bar code in script.

but better try it in smartforms.

just assign BAR CODE in SE73.

THEN create smartstyles and smartforms.

Barcode is nothing. it is a different character format.

Thanks,

Senthil kumar

Re: printing a Barcode

kiran_k8 — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:51:40 GMT

AJ,

Very well you can print a barcode in a smartform as well as in script.All you have to do is create a character format and select barcode.In the text editor of the window after assigning parapgraph format give the syntax as <C1>.

C1 is the character format that you had created for the barcode.

If it is a smartform you have to use smartstyles.For more info just check SE73

K.Kiran.

Re: printing a Barcode

Former Member — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:51:28 GMT

Thanks to all for your cooperation,

But I created system barcode through SE73, and add it to sapscript caharacter format. When we <C1>50219209</>. But BARCode is not printing as test in SE73 (Print test Option).

Syed Tayab Shah

Re: printing a Barcode

anupam_srivastava2 — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:13:13 GMT

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Re: printing a Barcode

Former Member — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:22:57 GMT

 Thanks to all for your cooperation, 
But I created system barcode through SE73, and add it to sapscript caharacter format. When we <C1>50219209. But BARCode is not printing as test in SE73 (Print test Option).

The issue you have is that printing a barcode from SAPScript requires the printer to include the DIMM card or fonts to generate the barcode from the printer commands (ie the driver that send the printer the information). However, SAP Smartforms generate the barcode and send it to the printer as an image so any laser printer can print them.

If this requirement is only on one printer it may be cheaper for you to just buy the DIMM / SIMM card from the printer manufacturer. However, if you want this to work on many printers smartforms are the best option for most common barcode symbologies.

Code39

Code128

Interleaved 2of5

PDF417

Code93

For more details on barcode printing.

see sap note 645158

Re: printing a Barcode

Former Member — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:12:55 GMT

Can I print a barcode from SAP to a desktop printer?

I have WASP 305 barcode printer.

Thank you,

Raneetha