Can Practical Automation Printers print barcodes?
The Practical Automation FGL Emulation ticket printers (ITX2000/3000) have built in commands with internal barcode encoding support, which forms barcodes from commands sent to these printers. The barcodes can be made in any size and rotation. It should be noted that barcodes may not be readable when constructed with a minimum feature size that is too small. Most barcode specifications require a minimum of 0.0075″ for the minimum feature size (the smallest line or space element). For a 203 DPI printer this requires a minimum of two dots and for a 300 DPI printer a minimum of three dots. The Practical Automation raster paper printers (ATX23/24/38 ; ITK23/24/38) and raster ticket printers (ITX2000G/ITX300G) can also print barcodes, however, the barcode’s information must be created, in the Windows GDI (Graphics Data Interface), and then passed through the Windows printer driver, to the printer, for that barcode to be printed as graphical information. The encoding of the barcode is done by
