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Upgrading Smart Forms for Bar Coding
Support Packs
SAP’s Smart Forms design tool now supports native bar code design and industrial
bar code printing. These features can be enjoyed by users of mySAP™ Business Suite
4.6c onwards. Support Packs are available direct from SAP AG for enabling this
technology. For more information on this upgrade, please refer to SAPnet notes 750002
and 750772.
Smart Forms Bar Code Rendering Library (BRL)
The Bar Code Rendering Library allows SAP to render (draw) bar codes for print
preview and output purposes. SAP AG has licensed this BRL from Zebra, which allows
Smart Forms to generate bar code output, as bitmap graphics, on PDF documents and
PCL
®
-, PostScript
®
-, and Prescribe-compatible printers. SAPWin is also supported via
SAPlpd although not recommended for mission-critical printing.
Note: Bar codes are downloaded as bitmap graphics to all of the above “page” printers.
The only true bar code “label” printer language supported in Smart Forms is the Zebra
Programming Language (ZPL II). Bar codes are NOT downloaded to ZPL II printers as
graphics, they are sent as ZPL II commands—providing greater performance and bar
code validation!
Smart Forms Industrial Bar Code Printer Support (ZPL II)
SAP AG has, for the first time, added “true” support for native bar code printers in
mySAP Business Suite. This printer support, along with the BRL, now allows SAP users
to easily implement industrial mission-critical bar code label printing without the
additional cost of middleware. Bar coding support is added in the form of the Zebra
Programming language (ZPL II). Refer to www.zebra.com for more information on bar
code label printers.
SAPscript Users
SAPscript users may also continue to use Zebra’s BAR-ONE
®
for mySAP™ Business
Suite. Refer to www.zebra.com/sap for more information.
SAP GUI Print Preview
SAP NetWeaver™ 04 is required for SAP GUI WYSIWYG Print Preview. All other
versions will simply represent bar codes with a series of thin vertical lines.