There are three basic types of printers: laser, dot matrix, and thermal transfer. Laser printers either have fonts installed on the printer (cartridge, SIMM, or DIMM) or the codes will be sent by BarCode It. Dot matrix printers use either 1" or 2" labels. The thermal printers sold and supported by RTA are the Ovation or the C.Itoh and Citizen S4 models.

LAZ IS 3 COLUMN FORM, LZ2 IS 2 COLUMN FORM
DEVICE assumes the following entries in the configuration file (cblconfi, csconfi, or cblconfig):
PRINTER-PSPOOLER
PRINTER2-PSPOOLER-DIRECT# WINDOWS DIRECT
PRINTER2-DLPT1# MS-Dos
PRINTER2-plp -dprintername -s# UNIX
Code 3 of 9 example (1234567890ABCDEFGHI)
234567890ABCDEFGH
Code 93 example (1234567890ABCDEFGHI)
(1234567890ABCDEFGHIAD)
Notice that Code 93 is shorter (more compressed) than Code 3 of 9. If your part number is 20 characters or larger you must use Code 93. If you plan to utilize Code 93, it will be necessary to re-initialize your tricoder by following the few steps shown on the next page. If you prefer, you can send your tricoder to RTA and we will re-initialize the tricoder for you; the only charge is the return shipping cost. If you choose to have RTA re-initialize the tricoder, please contact technical support.