3 of 9 barcode

[david.young]

I am running Fusion Pro v6.2PIA on a Mac OSX 10.4

Using the built in 3 of 9 barcode rule.

My input data looks like this

BBEA3-WQMBU-HKPK7-PUEMT-IAF7B

Printed some samples, barcode looks fine.

My customer scans the barcode and the data shows like this

!BBEA3/WQMBU/HKPK7/PUEMT/IAF7B!

What do I need to do to get rid of the "!". or is this something they need to fix in their scanner?

Thanks

David

[step]

The exclamation points (!) are the start and stop symbols used in 3 of 9 barcodes. But if you're sure you want to remove them:

Create a new text rule (with "treat returned strings as tagged text" checked):

return Rule("3 of 9 Barcode Rule").replace(/!/g,'');

And insert that rule into your text frame instead of the "3 of 9 Barcode Rule."

[david.young]

Thanks Step,

I've made some files for test prints, all I can do is see what happens with the customer scanning the barcode.

I realize those are the stop start characters just kind of funny I've never run into this before and I have done bunches of these for this same client, smaller number of characters tho, and several others.

Thanks again.

[step]

kind of funny I've never run into this before and I have done bunches of these for this same client

 

That pretty accurately describes every printer/client relationship.

"Wait, those have been there the last 10 times they've printed this for us? Well, that's completely unacceptable all of a sudden."

[david.young]

Which is exactly why I'm trying to retire.

This stuff is getting real old

[david.young]

Step,

I had to post so I could regale to you how this ended up.

It seems all the other barcode projects I've done for this client worked well because no one ever scanned them. The barcodes were just for show to make it look official.

After much disscussion we finally ended up using a QR code. All they're readers can scan it and the client is happy, for now.

Gotta love this stuff

[Dan Korn]

I had to post so I could regale to you how this ended up.

It seems all the other barcode projects I've done for this client worked well because no one ever scanned them. The barcodes were just for show to make it look official.

After much disscussion we finally ended up using a QR code. All they're readers can scan it and the client is happy, for now.

Gotta love this stuff

LOL! I'm going to use that story when talking about print customers.

[msteinberger]

I am having a similar issue where my 3 of 9 barcode is scanning differently than the input data.

 

Input data reads: C714094A-2EDB-4136-A514-D4FC86909D02

Scanned barcode reads: C714094A/M2EDB/M4136/MA514/MD4FC86909D02

 

How do I replace the /M with the hyphen that is in the data?

[Dan Korn]

I am having a similar issue where my 3 of 9 barcode is scanning differently than the input data.

 

Input data reads: C714094A-2EDB-4136-A514-D4FC86909D02

Scanned barcode reads: C714094A/M2EDB/M4136/MA514/MD4FC86909D02

 

How do I replace the /M with the hyphen that is in the data?

That's a limitation of the 3 of 9 barcode. It only supports letters and numbers. I would try a format that supports more characters, such as 9 of 3, or 128.