Practical software tools that put barcodes to work



PCL Barcode Font Kits
PCL Fonts provide an efficient and economical way to print barcodes using any laser printer. Our PCL Font Kits provide a selection of precise bit-mapped fonts that are ideal for use with production applications that directly generate PCL code to print large volumes of documents. These kits offer a number of important benefits:
Compatible With All Laser Printers: The Font Kits conform to the PCL-5 standard, which is supported by all laser printers and many inkjet printers.

Cost Effective: These bit-mapped fonts are economical, costing less than half of a comparable add-in hardware module for a single printer. Since the fonts will work with any laser printer, you can choose your next laser printer based on cost and performance instead of limiting your choices to models with available barcode hardware modules.

Operating System Independent: Font files can be stored on any host system, independent of the OS, and downloaded to the printer as needed. Depending on the capabilities of the printer, the fonts can be stored permanently in the printer's flash memory or hard disk. These fonts work with Windows Server, Unix, Linux, Unisys, and other enterprise operating systems.

Efficient Use of Resources: Each PCL font file is only about 4K in size, downloads in a flash, and consumes very little printer memory. The PCL trigger sequences embedded in the printer data stream add only about 12 to 20 bytes per barcode. The printer can render the font-based barcode without any processing delay, an important consideration for high-volume operations where maximizing printer productivity is critical.

Precise Barcodes for Rapid Scanning: These bit-mapped fonts produce barcodes that are accurate to the printer dot and can be scanned accurately and consistently, even at high densities. Much more accurate than TrueType and other scaleable fonts.

Easy to Integrate: Adding barcodes to documents simply requires inserting command strings (PCL escape sequences) and formatted data strings into the printer data. The User Manual includes detailed instructions, helpful information, functions, and sample code to assist programmers in creating the command strings and formatting the data.

Supports Popular Barcode Symbologies: Kits are available for the most popular types of barcodes:

Includes Wide Variety of Sizes: Each kit supports a specific type of barcode and includes variety of sizes. Selecting the font with exactly the characteristics you need takes only a moment; the font file can be stored permanently on the production system and downloaded to the printer as needed.

Downloads
Test Page: The quickest way to verify that our PCL barcode font kits will work on your system is to download this test page and copy it directly to your printer. The result should be a printed page with scannable barcodes: Download PCL Test Page
Manual: The manual is an excellent source of information about using the Font Kits and about barcodes in general: Download PCL Font Kit Manual.
Demo Fonts: To try out the fonts on your system, download a demonstration font. The demo fonts have limited character sets (A to E, 0 to 4), enough to verify that the fonts will work on your system:
Demonstration PCL-5 Font Kits (all symbologies)
Demonstration Code39 PCL-5 Font Kit
Demonstration Code128 PCL-5 Font Kit
Demonstration Postal PCL-5 Font Kit
Demonstration Interleaved 2 of 5 PCL-5 Font Kit
Demonstration Retail PCL-5 Font Kit
FontLoader: Use this free Windows utility to view font information, font-specific escape sequences, download fonts to printers, print test barcodes, and generate Windows/MS-DOS/Unix/Linux scripts to automate font downloading: Download FontLoader Utility
Ordering
Before you order, please test the demonstration fonts on your system. If you have any questions or need technical help, please contact us at info@mecsw-usa.com. When you are ready to order, just click the Add to Cart button for the products you want and check out securely through PayPal. We will email your font kit and license.
Code 39 PCL-5 Font Kit, single printer license
Item #145101... $85 (USD)
Code 128 PCL-5 Font Kit, single printer license
Item #145111... $85 (USD)
Retail (UPC and EAN) PCL-5 Font Kit, single printer license
Item #145141... $85 (USD)
Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF) PCL-5 Font Kit, single printer license
Item #145131... $85 (USD)
U.S. Postal (Postnet and Planet Code) PCL-5 Font Kit, single printer license
Item #145121... $85 (USD)

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