[MT-L] QR Codes

[Chamberlain, David]

A quick question to try and see if anyone has been successful in outputting QR type barcodes (the ones that the smart phones read) from any NPR Report output?  I believe there are some third-party products that offer much more options when it comes to barcodes, but am wondering if this has been tackled directly from the NPR code to the PCL compliant laser printers. It seems to me that it should be do-able, but a quick search of the Meditech-L archives brought back zilch.  Searching google for QR Codes via PCL code has been promising but would prefer to start off in a previously travelled direction rather than figure out a path from scratch.

 

Regards,

 

 

David Chamberlain, MLT ART
Sr. Applications Consultant, Information Technology, Lakeridge Health
Tel: 905-576-8711 ext. 3347| Fax: 905-721-4810| Pager: 905-435-5944
dchamberlain@lakeridgehealth.on.ca

Connect with us:   

www.lakeridgehealth.on.ca

Excellence – every moment, every day

 

 

---

Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.

[David McNally]

Hello,

 

Yes it can be done directly from NPR if you are a Magic site.  Can’t be done directly in C/S that I know of unless you can use Prescribe Commands but never tried it (keep reading below).  MT blocks all but basic PCL commands from going through the PPII print driver in C/S.  Prescribe commands may work as it looks more like regular text so it might be able to pass through for C/S.

 

There are another ways of doing it by merging the print job from MT with an overlay on an external server.

FormFast has the ability to do that.

 

We use laser printers to print various 2D bar codes from NPR in Magic.   We use Kyocera printers with the PCL Bar Code Flash installed in the printer, then in the NPR reports, you can send the PCL or Prescribe (Prescribe is a Language that Kyocera embeds into their version of PCL and the printer understands both) commands.

 

HP has a similar product you can add into their printers as well via a compact flash chip.

 

David McNally
Sr. Programmer

Southcoast Hospitals

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain health information protected by law. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by return email, delete this email, and destroy any copies. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Southcoast. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Southcoast accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail.

[Still, Charles]

You can do it with the Zebra small desktop printers by embedding the ZPL code and having the printer setup w/o a driver on any platform.  I’ve uploaded wristband examples to Meditech’s npr repository.  I’ve only been able to do this to Laser Printers with 3^rd party software in the middle (like Access eForms.)

 

Charles J. Still, MBA

Information Services Team

Southwestern Vermont Health Care

100 Hospital Drive

Bennington, VT 05201

phone: 802.447.5411 fax 802.447.5495

email: Charle...@svhealthcare.org

website: www.svhealthcare.org

 

---

DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this electronic message is
legally privileged and confidential under applicable law and is intended
for a particular addressee(s). If it is not clear that you are the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this transmittal
in error; any review, copying or distribution or dissemination is strictly
prohibited. If you suspect that you have received this transmittal in
error, please notify Southwestern VT Health Care Corporation
immediately by return email reply to (help...@phin.org), and
immediately delete the transmittal and any attachments without making
any copy or distribution. Thank you.

[David McNally]

Here are links with more info for you.  If you are C/S, you might be able to borrow a Kyocera printer from a printer vender that uses the demo version of the Bar Code Flash to test before you buy it like we did.  The Prescribe command looks something like this:

!R!UNIT D;BARC 102,10,13,14,2,4,11;<Base Data>EXIT;

Which should be able to pass through the PPII in C/S so I think it would work.

In PCL it would be something like
<Esc>(s12,15h2v24861TDaten

Where <esc> is %Z.esc in MAGIC or D(27)

It’s funny, but that is not actually a valid font change format (which is what the PCL command is – a font change) in PCL, but with the Bar Code Flash chip understands it.

http://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.eu/index/document_solutions/output_management/pcl_barcode_flash.html

Browsing the HP website, it appears that there are similar products for some HP Laser Printers, so it should be possible to do 2-D Bar codes to lasers from a Magic NPR report and possibly (if the C/S print manager allows the commands thru) from a C/S NPR report.

http://www.hp.com/sbso/product/printing/laserjetfonts/hp-barcode-datasheet.pdf

Yes, as Charles states, I have been able to use ZPL (Zebra), EPL (Eltron), DPL (Datamax), and CPL (Citizen) printer languages on to send them to various label and wristband printers as well.

David McNally
Sr. Programmer
Southcoast Hospitals

 

 

From: meditech-...@mtusers.com [mailto:meditech-...@mtusers.com] On Behalf Of Chamberlain, David
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 3:59 PM
To: medit...@mtusers.com
Subject: [MT-L] QR Codes

 

A quick question to try and see if anyone has been successful in outputting QR type barcodes (the ones that the smart phones read) from any NPR Report output?  I believe there are some third-party products that offer much more options when it comes to barcodes, but am wondering if this has been tackled directly from the NPR code to the PCL compliant laser printers. It seems to me that it should be do-able, but a quick search of the Meditech-L archives brought back zilch.  Searching google for QR Codes via PCL code has been promising but would prefer to start off in a previously travelled direction rather than figure out a path from scratch.

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain health information protected by law. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by return email, delete this email, and destroy any copies. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Southcoast. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Southcoast accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail.