mhilger Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Hi all, A question recently came up about which barcodes are supported with our FusionPro VDP products. Sounded like a good idea to put this information in the forum for others looking for the same info. Included Barcode Fonts All products in the FusionPro VDP suite include the following barcode fonts which are installed along with the software: - AdvPNet - the popular "postnet" barcode font for postal discounting - AdvPNETn - a narrow version of postnet - AdvPLNT - the USPS "PLANET" barcode - AdvPLNTn - a narrow version of PLANET - AdvFIM - "Facing Identification Mark". USPS barcode for business reply mail - AdvOCRa - "Optical Character Recognition" - Postal barcode - AdvI25d - Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode for postal - I25HTd - Human readable version of 2 of 5 barcode - Intelligent Mail Barcode - aka IMB, OneCode, 4-state barcode. The new postal barcode for the USPS that will replace postnet - 128 barcode - 3 of 9 barcode - 9 of 3 barcode - 2 of 5 barcode - UPC EAN barcode - PDF417 barcode - a 2-dimensional barcode - DataMatrix - a 2-dimensional barcode Barcode Data Algorithms When working with barcodes, the data that is to be included in the barcode often needs to be processed by an algorithm before it can be typeset with the barcode font. For example, if you want to use the postnet barcode and have the necessary data for that barcode (which is the 5-digit zip code, the 4-digit "zip+4", and the 2-digit "delivery point"), these pieces of data need to be processed by an algorithm to calculate a special "checksum" digit as well as append a leading and trailing control character.... So if you have the postnet barcode data as such: 60606 (ZIP) 1234 (zip+4) 12 (delivery point) The algorithm turns that info this exact string of text: (606061234129) This text is then typeset with the postnet barcode font. For every barcode that we include in FusionPro, we also include the necessary algorithm, if needed, for that barcode. Note that some users do not need these algorithms as they have some other software (like Satori Mailroom Toolkit for CASS address validation) that performs this step. In those cases, the pre-processed barcode data that is provided by a product such as Mailroom Toolkit can be typeset with a barcode font directly (either an included FusionPro barcode font or a 3rd party barcode font). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_12 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Does only the FusionPro Suite support creating algorithms for the barcode or do other FusionPro sets also support barcode algorithm creation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Korn Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Does only the FusionPro Suite support creating algorithms for the barcode or do other FusionPro sets also support barcode algorithm creation? It's everything. By "Suite," Mark was referring to FusionPro Desktop, Direct, and Server, all of which support creation of barcodes in the listed formats, either by using rules ("algorithms") to generate the barcode from some arbitrary data in the job, or by taking some previously-generated barcode data and typesetting it. (FusionPro Expression is not part of this "suite", even though it has FusionPro in its name, as it didn't exist at the time of Mark's post.) In addition to the formats specified in Mark's message, FusionPro 7 and later also generates QR barcodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_12 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 So then you would still need an additional software to CASS/NCOA and get paperwork and tray tags right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Korn Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 So then you would still need an additional software to CASS/NCOA and get paperwork and tray tags right? Yes, you need to have the tray sort done in the data file before composing with FusionPro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_12 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Okay thanks much! It was just a question that arose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blissdirect Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I am interested in creating a QR code. Is there a way to do it in Fusion Pro version 5.8 or would I need to upgrade to 7? Also I am running Adobe Acrobat 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Korn Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I am interested in creating a QR code. Is there a way to do it in Fusion Pro version 5.8 or would I need to upgrade to 7? Also I am running Adobe Acrobat 7. You need FusionPro 7 to generate QR barcodes. FusionPro 7 supports Acrobat 7, 8, 9, and 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manojgeorge Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Hi folks, I have a silly question (hopefully simple too), which fond should I pick for 3 of 9 barcode or 128 barcode? I was looking for some thing like 3 of 9 in the font list, but I don't see any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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