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Forms and Bar Code Card 3.3 User's Guide July 2017 www.lexmark.com
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Contents Contents Introduction................................................................................................... Overview.................................................................
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Contents Mismatched fonts in Forms Composer and on printed forms...............................................................22 Check Forms Composer and printer settings................................
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Introduction Introduction Overview Lexmark™ Forms and Bar Code Card lets you print a variety of standard forms and bar codes. Using an algorithm, Forms and Bar Code Card can generate bar codes in eith...
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Introduction Lexmark MS812, MS811, MS810, MS817n, MS817dn, MS818dn Lexmark MX310 Lexmark MX410, MX417de Lexmark MX510, MX517de Lexmark MX610, MX617de Lexmark MX710, MX717de, MX718de Lexmark MX810
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Supported fonts and bar codes Supported fonts and bar codes Supported bar codes Availability on Forms and Bar Code Card PCL and PS bar codes Forms merge bar codes One‑dimensional bar codes Australian ...
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Supported fonts and bar codes Availability on Forms and Bar Code Card PCL and PS bar codes Forms merge bar codes EAN/JAN‑13 with 2‑digit supplemental EAN/JAN‑13 with 5‑digit supplemental EAN 128 Frenc...
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Supported fonts and bar codes Availability on Forms and Bar Code Card PCL and PS bar codes Forms merge bar codes UPC‑A with 5‑digit supplemental UPC‑E with 2‑digit supplemental UPC‑E with 5‑digit supp...
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Supported fonts and bar codes Availability on Forms and Bar Code Card PCL and PS bar codes Forms merge bar codes EAN/JAN‑13 with 5‑digit supplemental RSS‑14 Expanded RSS‑14 Limited RSS‑14 RSS‑14 Stack...
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Supported fonts and bar codes Availability on Forms and Bar Code Card PCL and PS bar codes Forms merge bar codes UPC tall PCL only UPC tall narrow PCL only UPC tall thin PCL only UPC half PCL only UPC...
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SAP support SAP support When used in PCL 5 emulation mode, SAP ERP software has built‑in support for many of the functions provided by Forms and Bar Code Card. SAP systems support the following device...
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SAP support Click Change. Double‑click Printer Initialization, and then remove the number sign (#) from the beginning of each needed line. Click Save > Save.
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Using the Visual Bar Code Designer Using the Visual Bar Code Designer The Visual Bar Code Designer is a separate application that lets the user select the bar code symbology and enter data to be encod...
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Using the Visual Bar Code Designer For additional information, click the Visual Bar Code Designer Help menu, or see the Forms and Bar Code Card Technical Reference Manual.
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Creating and managing forms Creating and managing forms Forms overview Electronic‑forms solutions integrate both electronic and hard‑copy documents, and let you create custom forms to create a dynamic...
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Creating and managing forms The Data pane of Forms Composer allows mapping variable data that comes from the host system. You can set the paper size and input text before downloading the form to the p...
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Creating and managing forms Menu item Description Data Filter If a data filter is enabled, then the incoming forms job is run Global Filter through that filter before being processed by the Forms and ...
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Creating and managing forms Menu item Description Local Port Timeout This allows users to select a timeout value for forms jobs that 1–100 come in on any of the local ports (serial, USB, or parallel)....
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Creating and managing forms Storing forms on the printer To store forms on the printer, an optional flash memory or printer hard disk must be installed. When it is installed, use Forms Manager to inte...
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Creating and managing forms Font limitations Windows fonts often contain more characters than the installed printer fonts. As a result, the printer may not print all the characters on a form. This is ...
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Troubleshooting Troubleshooting The printer does not respond after installation Make sure the option card is installed correctly Turn the printer off, and then reinstall the option card. For more info...
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Troubleshooting Mismatched fonts in Forms Composer and on printed forms Try one or more of the following: Check Forms Composer and printer settings Forms Composer, the printer, or both may not be conf...
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Troubleshooting Change the fonts in Forms Composer Fonts used on the computer that hosts Forms Composer may not match those used by the Forms and Bar Code Card. Use fonts in Forms Composer that match ...
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Troubleshooting Use a different program to view PDFs Merged output and preview output should match exactly. If boxes appear instead of characters in PDFs, switching to a different PDF viewer (such as ...
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Troubleshooting Cannot generate bar codes using PCL emulation printer drivers The option card does not support bar code printing with PCL XL or HPGL/2 emulation printer drivers. Only printing with PCL...
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Notices Notices Edition notice July 2017 The following paragraph does not apply to any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., PROVIDES THIS PUBLICA...
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Notices Arial The Monotype Corporation plc CG Times Based on Times New Roman under license from The Monotype Corporation plc, is a product of Agfa Corporation ITC Bookman International Typeface Corpor...
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Index Index forms notices 26, 27 identifying version 19 bar code printing from a flash drive 19 composite 6 storing 19 font‑based 6 overview 4 Forms and Bar Code Card generating data 13 identifying fo...
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Index Visual Bar Code Designer generating bar code data 13 installing 13 supported operating systems 13