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Optical Character Recognition and Bar Code Applications
You can use the printer for optical character recognition (OCR) and bar
code applications.
Because of variations in OCR readers and bar-code scanners, be sure that
you test the printer OCR and bar code output with the actual readers and scanners
that you use in your processing environment. Testing Forms and Applications has more information
related to testing OCR and bar code output.
For more information about OCR and bar-code printing, refer to:
- Forms Design Reference for Continuous Forms Advanced Function Printers, G544-3921
- About Type: IBM's Technical Reference for 240-Pel Digitized Type, S544-3516
- Bar Code Fonts User's Guide, S544-3190
- Bar Code Object Content Architecture Reference, S544-3766.
See your IBM marketing representative to obtain these publications.
All of the printers support OCR-A and OCR-B fonts.
IBM supports three methods for processing bar codes:
- Bar Code Object Content Architecture (BCOCA), which is IBM's strategic
method
- Document Composition Facility (Program 5748-xx9)
- Bar Codes and Optical Character Recognition Fonts (Program 5688-021).
BCOCA Support
All of the PSFs process BCOCA objects once the objects are generated. IBM
supplies the following BCOCA generators:
- Advanced Function Printing Utilities/400 (57xxAF1)
- OS/400 Data Description Specification (DDS)
- Page Printer Formatting Aid (PPFA) (5688-190)
- Advanced Print Utility for AS/400
- Advanced Function Printing Toolbox
Other platforms require non-IBM generators to produce BCOCA objects.
BCOCA supports the following bar code types:
Table 7. Bar-Code Type and Modifier Combinations for AFCCU Printers
| Bar Code Type |
Modifier |
| X'01': 3-of-9 Code |
X'01' and X'02' |
| X'02': MSI |
X'01' through X'09' |
| X'03': UPC/CGPC, Version A |
X'00' |
| X'05': UPC/CGPC, Version E |
X'00' |
| X'06': UPC, 2-Character Supplemental |
X'00' |
| X'07': UPC, 5-Character Supplemental |
X'00' |
| X'08': EAN 8 (includes JAN short) |
X'00' |
| X'09': EAN 13 (includes JAN standard) |
X'00' |
| X'0A': 2-of-5 Industrial |
X'01' and X'02' |
| X'0B': 2-of-5 Matrix |
X'01' and X'02' |
| X'0C': Interleaved 2-of-5 |
X'01' and X'02' |
| X'0D': Codabar |
X'01' and X'02' |
| X'11': Code 128 |
X'02' |
| X'16': EAN, 2 Digit Add-on |
X'00' |
| X'17': EAN, 5 Digit Add-on |
X'00' |
| X'18': Postnet |
X'00' through X'03' |
| X'1A': RM4SCC |
X'00' |
| X'1B': Japan Postal Bar Code |
X'00' and X'01' |
Document Composition Facility (Program 5748-XX9)
- Codabar
- Code 3 of 9
- Industrial 2 of 5
- Matrix 2 of 5
- Interleaved 2 of 5
- MSI
- European article numbers (EAN) 8 and 13, which include Japanese article
number (JAN) Short and Standard
- Universal product codes (UPC) A and E, which include Canadian grocery
product code (CGPC)
Bar Codes and Optical Character Recognition Fonts (Program 5688-021)
- Code 39
- Industrial 2 of 5
- Matrix 2 of 5
- Interleaved 2 of 5
- MSI
- European article numbers (EAN) 8 and 13, which include Japanese article
number (JAN) Short and Standard
- Universal product codes (UPC) A and E, which include Canadian grocery
product code (CGPC)