Hi Thierry,

As always your solutions work perfectly!

Thank you very much!

Thierry Faidherbe wrote:

Manel,

Have a try with my barcode generator :

Install windows font then open xls.

Cheers

TH

Kind regards - Bien cordialement - Vriendelijke groeten,

Thierry FAIDHERBE
Backup/Storage & System Management

LE FOREM - Administration Centrale
Département des Systèmes d'Information

Boulevard Tirou, 104  Tel: + 32 (0)71/206730

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-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Manel Rodero
Sent: jeudi 17 décembre 2009 17:48
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] LTO4 Labels : Purchase or Home-made ?

Hello,

With our old SDLT-320 library (a Qualstar one) we used to print our labels using a program called "Batch Barcode Maker". These home-made labels worked perfectly.

Now, we've changed our library to LTO-4 (a Quantum Scalar i500) and the commercials said to us that we must purchase the labels because its quality is better for the reader.

In the Quantum User's Guide we can read (p. 361) the following:

Quantum-supplied barcode labels provide the best results. Barcode labels
from other sources can be used, but they must meet the following
requirements:
- ANSI MH10.8M-1983 Standard
- Number of digits: 5 to 16 (default for LTO is 6+2)
- Background reflection: greater than 25 percent
- Print contrast: greater than 75 percent
- Ratio: greater than 2.2
- Module: minimum .254 mm (10 mil)
- Print tolerance: ± 57 mm
Additional Requirements:
- Length of the rest zones: 5.25 mm ± 0.25 mm
- No black marks should be present in the intermediate spaces or rest
zones
- No white areas should be present on the bars

So, if we print our labels in adhesive paper, do we will have any problem with the library? Are some of you using custom labels? Can we use all the chars in Code 39? (for example, can we have a tape labeled like "HIS050"?).

I'm asking this because the labels aren't cheap :-( ... and I would like to know what are you doing with the labels for your LTO4 tapes.

Thank you very much.

--

       Manel Rodero Blánquez
o o o  IT Systems Manager
o o o  Laboratori de Càlcul
o o o  Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona
U P C  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech

       E-mail : manel AT fib.upc DOT edu
       Tel.   : +34 93 401 0847
       Web    : http://www.fib.upc.edu/

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