How to configure a Barcode Printer?

How to configure a Barcode Printer?

Barcode Printer
Barcode Printer is a peripheral device used for printing barcode labels or tags which can be attached or printed directly on physical objects.
Barcode printers are generally used to labels retail items with unique ID(s).

The Barcode Printer that are commonly used are:
 Both types of barcode printer are supported by RPOS 6. The usability and limitations of both types are mentioned below

Thermal Printer
Direct Thermal Printer - Most widely used technology for barcoding.
  • Benefits of Direct Thermal
    • Sharp print quality with good scannability
    • Good for application with short shelf life, for example - Shipping Label and Receipts
    • Simple to operate and less expensive to maintain, as it does not have ink, toner or ribbon to monitor or replace
    • Batch or single label printing is available with less waste
    • More durable then dot matrix and laser printer
  • Limitation of Direct Thermal
    • Sensitive to environmental condition such as heat and light
    • Paper remains chemically coated after printing something requiring a coating adhere to the paper to protect from UV light exposure, chemical and abrasions.
Thermal Printer - Uses the same technology as of Direct Thermal printer, but replace chemically coated paper with a non-sensitized face stock and a inked ribbon.
  • Benefits of Thermal Transfer
    • Crisp, high-definition text, graphics and barcode for maximum readability 
    • Produce long life scannability
    • Produce batch or single print labels with less wastage of raw material
    • Maintenance cost is less as compare to dot matrix, inkjet and laser
    • High durability
  • Limitation of Thermal Printer
    • Supply costs comparatively higher than Direct Thermal
    • Ribbon can be wasteful if minute need to be printed from it
Laser Printer
Laser printer works similar to a photo copier.
  • Benefits of Laser Printer
    • High quality text and graphics are printed on paper documents
    • Density and resolution are relatively high
    • Scannable barcode is produced for any wavelength when it is read with an infrared scanner
  • Limitation of Laser Printer
    • Not well suited for industrial environment
    • Wasteful in small operation
    • Label adhesives should be strong to resist the heat and pressure of the fuser
    • Less Durability - water resistant non chemical resistant labels are not formed.
    • High Expensive - Cost of toner is higher as it requires five time more toner than normal text.
Step for Barcode Printer
  1. Click Tools > Configuration Manager > Device Settings.
  2. The Device Configuration screen is displayed, click Peripheral Settings.



  3. Click Barcode Printer.
  4. The Peripheral Settings [Barcode Printer] screen is displayed.



  5. In the Barcode printer enable field, press SPACE BAR to select.
    Note:     On selecting the Barcode scanning enable, the barcode scanner gets enabled.
  6. Based on the device manager, the changes in configuration are made for the options mentioned below
    • Connect Using
    • Bit Per Second
    • Data Bits
    • Parity
    • Stop Bits
    Note: For more detail on the values of the above mentioned point, see Hyper Terminal Configuration
  7. In the Bar Code Printing(Validate Rate) field, press SPACE BAR to select.
    Note: On enabling Bar Code Printing(Validate Rate), it validates the rate before generating the barcode printout.
  8. In the Use DD/MM/YY format for expiry field, press SPACE BAR to select.
    Note:
    • On enabling the Use DD/MM/YY format for expiry, the expiry date is displayed in date, month and year format.
    • The default format is MM/YY, that is month followed by year only.
  9. In the Use DD/MM/YY format for packing field, press SPACE BAR to select.
    Note:
    • On enabling the Use DD/MM/YY format for packing, the packing date is displayed in date, month and year format.
    • The default format is MM/YY, that is month followed by year only.
  10. In the Bar Code with Selling field, press SPACE BAR to select.
    Note: On enabling the Bar Code with Selling, the selling price gets loaded based on items selling price with different rates.
  11. In the Product Width Code field, enter the digit that you are using for the code field of different items.
    For example: If your product item Code is 00326, then enter 5 in the     Product Width Code field.
  12. In the Selling Price Width field, enter the digit that you want to be allocated for the selling price in the barcode printout.
    For example: If your product maximum cost is 9999, then enter 4 in the     Selling Price Width field.
  13. In the Leading Zero Width field, enter the width of the barcode printout field.
    Note: The     Leading Zero Width is entered based on the QTY field in PRN. To get more detail on the PRN, click Barcode Data Mapping
  14. In the Barcode Item Length field, enter the length of the barcode.
    Note: RPOS 6 supports upto 20 characters.
  15. In the Barcode Width field, enter the digit for the length of the bar that is printed in the barcode printout.
    Note:
    • If the length of the bar code print out is not scanned, increase the barcode width.
    • The default barcode width is 1.
  16. In the Default Qty on the Billing field, enter the default quantity that you want to get printed in the barcode printout.
  17. In the Show Currency Symbol field, press SPACE BAR to select.
    Note: On enabling the Show Currency Symbol, the currency symbol is displayed in the barcode printout.
  18. In the Remove Currency Decimal field, press SPACE BAR to select.
    Note:     On enabling the Remove Currency Decimal, the decimal value of the currency is not displayed in the barcode printout.
  19. In the Printer Name field, press F2. A Name list of printer is displayed, select the printer.
    Note: The default printer name is None.
  20. Click Save.



  21. A message Do you want to save current changes? is displayed. Click Yes.
  22. A confirmation message is displayed. Click OK.
  23. Click Exit to close the application.



  24. A message Do you want to exit from this screen? is displayed. Click Yes.

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