Msg: 4295 *Conference*
05-03-93 08:20:39
From: CARROLL LEWIS
To : RICHARD HANSON
Subj: BAR CODING
Dear Rick, HELP!!! I'm sending this to you because I'm not sure that posting this is entirely leagal, since it entails a change to copywrited material. If you own an Epson printer and wish to use the Tandy program #26-3845 to print Bar Codes the following changes seem to ALMOST do the trick. 1. Load the program and EDIT. 2. Using the "F1" key and the string "GOSUB 115" change all occurances of 115 to 114. 3. Tap "F8" 4. Now EDIT 115. When line 115 is on screen "paste" the following in AFTER the existing line. 114 LPRINTCHR$(27);"1";:X3=42+(X*21):IFX3<256THENX1=X3:X2=0 ELSEX1=X3MOD256:X2=INT(X3/256) 115 FORZ=1TO3: LPRINTCHR$(27);"L";CHR$(X1);CHR$(X2):LPRINTK;: FORY=1TOX:LPRINTD(INSTR(A,MID$(G,Y,1)));B(0);:NEXT:LPRINTK:NEXT 116 LPRINTCHR$(27);"2";:LPRINT:LPRINTD;L;:RETURN 5. Now tap "F8" and when "OK" appears tap "F8" again. Now when the program runs it will print bar codes using your Epson. Now for the problem..although the code is printed the MSB pin fires in each dot posistion causing a continous line to be produced three times across the code. I tried escape "=" (EPSON command for MSB=0) but that is apparently ignored when printing "bit image". Any suggestions? _Carroll Lewis_