Bookstore Manager Software
Technical Support: Barcodes Won't Print

Miscellaneous Printers

Click here to set up a Baster Barcode Printer (parallel) - (serial)

Dot Matrix Printer

Be sure that SYS | CONFIG FILE | Misc. Configurations line 501 (2070 in Vs. 6) is set to IVBC.

Be sure that SYS | CONFIG FILE | Misc. Configurations line 405 (7032 in Vs.6) is set to E.

Laser Printer

The barcode program prints Code 3of9 barcodes on an HP LaserJet^® compatible printer. You need to use Avery 5260 labels, or labels with that same layout. These come 30 to a page, each one measuring 1" x 2 5/8".

Go into SYS | CONFIG FILE | Misc. Configurations
- if you are Vs. 5.x page down to the 500’s.
- if you are Vs.6.x type 2070 and press enter.

• If you have a UNIX system, change 501 (2070 in Vs. 6) to BARCODE.
• If you have a DOS or Windows 3.1 based system, change 501 (2070 in Vs. 6) to BARCODE.EXE.
• If you have Windows 95 change and the RUN386 runtime 501 (2070 in Vs. 6) to
  START /W BARCODE.PIF
• If you have Windows 95 and the WRUN32 runtime change 501 (2070 in Vs. 6) to
  BCODE32.EXE.
  With BCODE32.EXE you do not need the BARCODE-OUT line discussed below, but you will need to run the REGOCX.BAT program once on each computer you want to print labels. If you do not you will get the error message "Class Not Registered"

Next, go into SYS | ENVIRONMENT and page down until you see a line that begins with BARCODE-OUT. If you have a DOS or Windows based system, you should see a line that looks like
(the character between the 4 and 5 is a zero):
BARCODE-OUT     4     0      5     LPT2

If you have a UNIX based system, you should see a line that looks like
(the character between the 4 and 5 is a zero):
BARCODE-OUT     4     0      5     -P lp -s -dReport

The first number is the printer type. Most printers work best if you use 4. If you have difficulties with this setting, call BSMGR to try other settings.

The second number is an offset value from the top. If your labels are printing too high, you can use any whole number from 0 to 19. As the number increases, the printing will begin further from the top.

The third number is an offset value from left to right. Zero should print on the left side of the label, 5 in the middle, and 9 on the right side. This option is provided so you can have pre-printed labels with your store logo on one side or the other and be able to move the barcode to accommodate the logo.

The last setting is the printer name. In a DOS based system, it is normally set to LPT2.
In Windows 95 it can be set to the path (\\USER00\@PRINTER) except on the computer that the printer is actually attached to. In that case you would set it to LPT1 in the AUTOEXEC.BAT
(SET BARCODE_OUT=LPT1)

If you need to specify a spooler name, you can do that here. In a Unix system, you can either put the device name or the name of the print spooler (spooler is shown in the example above).