RE: 2D DataMatrix Barcode Error

[Wim_Vandepoel@xxxxxxx]

Thanks for the reply Dan,

Here is what I can find about code pages and CCSID's...

- the printer default code page is Int. Set 5 500
- the job's default code page is 37
- the printer file has *DEVD as character identifier
- the device character identifier is *SYSVAL

According to the manual, the system extracts the ccsid of the job that 
generates the spool file and translates EBCDIC data to code page 500.
The printer then translates the data from code page 500 to the appropriate 
ASCII code page.

Did I miss something?

FWIW, I get the same errors on V5R4.
Wim



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RE: 2D DataMatrix Barcode Error






The message is that the printer refused to print the barcode. Most
likely due to a character that the barcode doesn't support. Datamatrix
promises to print any ASCII character. So somewhere the EBCDIC to ASCII
is not producing a valid ASCII character representation. IPDS is usually
a EBCDIC stream to the printer, but that depends on how your printer
definition is configured. In that case, printer should be doing whatever
character translation is necessary to produce the barcode. The printer
firmware is rasterizing the bitmap for the barcode and should know its
own EBDCIC to ASCII translation.

Examine the CCSID of your print file and see if that matches the CCSID
the printer expects. I'm guessing you are someplace where everything is
not 37. 

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Subject: 2D DataMatrix Barcode Error

Hi All,

I am trying to print a 2D Datamatrix Barcode with an IPDS printer
(infoprint 1552).
The data to print consists of address pieces seperated by a pipe.

If I only use upper case or lower case, numbers and spaces, the barcode
prints out fine.

If I combine upper and lower, or if I use a pipe or other characters
like comma, dot, slash, ampersand...
I get the following error:

Message ID . . . . . . :   PQT3665, Bar Code Specification Check 
exception.
Message ID . . . . . . :   PQT3630, Sense data X'040C0100 DE000001 
00000000 D6810000 00000000 00000001' was received


Here is the DDS code:

A            GLS8902      127A 
A                                      BARCODE(DATAMATRIX 1  + 
A                                      (*DATAMATRIX 36 36)) 
A                                      POSITION(3.3 0.6) 

We are at v5r3.

Any idea why I can not print those characters?
Could it be a translation error?

Best Regards
Wim
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