Printing barcode usig print commands

[Kingkumar]

Hi ,
I have no clue where to start from, thats why seeking help(any code snippet or example would be highly appreciated)
I need to print a label conating all the informatio and a barcode for the alphanumeric value.
The printer i am using is a thermal printer "Star TSP700"

If you could give me pointer or direction that would also be a great help.
thanks.
King

 

[chrissie1]

Depends on what type of barcode you want to use, but if your happy with the standard then do a search for code 39 barcode font there are several out there for free. And you just use it like a normal font and print it with th vb.net print tools.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

If you want to get an answer read this FAQ faq796-2540
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[tonioJ]

try to research for the SDK of star printer. there is a lot the can be found in the web.

 

[DougP]

http://www.star-micronics.co.jp/service/s_print/opos_win32_yyyymmdd.exe.htm

DougP, MCP, A+

 

[pweegar]

Obtain what ever barcode font you want to use. Download it (if possible) then uncompress (if it's a zip file) in to your windows font folder. As mentioned, it works like any other font. I use them all the time here at work.

 

[Kingkumar]

thanks a lot guys.
but i am new to vb.net so dont know how to use the print commmands.
Can anyone of you give a code example.
Say i want to print the follwoing string as barcode
"12345678"
Thanks
regards,
King

 

[pweegar]

Also do a google search for something like: vb net printing. There is lots of stuff out there. A good site is:

http://www.developer.com.

They have a very good example of how to print directly to the printer.

 

[grandzebu]

You can have a look at

http://grandzebu.net/informatique/codbar-en/codbar.htm

There are free fonts and Visual basic programs for 3 of 9 code, 128 code, ean13 code and the 2D pdf417 code.