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- Thunder!Bar is a TSR which watches everything you send to the printer.
- When it sees a "^", followed by a stream consisting entirely of some
- combination of the following 43 valid characters:
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- 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ$%+-./
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- followed in turn by another "^", it replaces that entire stream by a
- Code 39 Bar Code.
- (The SPACE is considered a valid character.)
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- If there are fewer than four characters between the two "^" (trigger)
- characters; or if there is an invalid character; or if more than 50 valid
- characters follow the Trigger without there being a second Trigger,
- the stream will not be converted. This will be considered an inadvertent
- similarity, perhaps part of a control string or a font download, and
- all characters will be sent to the printer without any change whatever.
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- Look at the file TESTTB.TXT to see what will be sent to the printer by the
- test file TESTTB.BAT. You will see what is sent, and can compare that to
- what actually prints.
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- Version 0.1 is a preliminary test version, so it does not include a way
- to configure it for any printer except the HP LaserJet at this time.
- Also, it currently prints only a 1/6" high bar code of a fixed width.
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- If you want to print a taller bar code, simply set your printer to
- 6 lines per inch and print the same bar code on successive lines.
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- If you want to print a wider bar code, you gotta wait for Version 1.0.
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- 10/29/93: Version 0.2 now supports Dot Matrix printers!
- Prints bar codes 1/8" tall.... you can print taller ones by
- setting your printer to 8 Lines per Inch and printing the
- same Bar Code on successive lines.
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