Re: [Bacula-users] printing barcodes and quantum superloader 3

[Ken G. <kgu...@te...>]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:30:18 +0100 (BST)
Alan Brown <aj...@ms...> wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> 
> > If you print them to 1/2" inch label tape, the barcode printer
> > generated ones should work. If you prefer labels on paper, use a
> > program like barcode and place the labels on the sheet.
> 
> Lest anyone worry that they need to keep typing and pressing print on the 
> labellers...
> 
> My laballer allows me to setup what I need and then just print N more with 
> increasing sequence numbers.
> 
> It's very easy to generate 100 precut labels at a time. The hard part is 
> rigging something to catch the output and keep it in order - surprisingly 
> a small plastic coffee cup works quite well.
> 
> The only gotcha on label printing is to use "narrow" or "no" tape feed 
> (the distance between cuts), else you will end up with labels slightly too 
> long for the tapes. These tend to delaminate over time because they get 
> bent.
> 
> Same applies for DATs, but with 6mm labels - although they are fiddly to 
> stick on...

What model are you using?  I have one, I forget which, but I don't
recall printing barcode labels as being one of it's features.


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