Changing the Size of the Human Readable Information (HRI) on a Bar Code

Answer

This issue can be resolved by changing the BARCODE (Bar Code) DDS keyword to specify *NOHRI, so the HRI is no longer printed with the bar code, then creating another field to print the HRI information as text using the FONT (Font), FNTCHRSET (Font Character Set) or CDEFNT (Coded Font) DDS keyword to specify whatevern font or characters per inch (CPI) that you want to use for the "human readable information".

Specifying a Scalable Font for an IPDS-Capable or PCL-Capable Laser Printer

If using Print Services Facility/400 (PSF/400) to print on an IPDS-capable laser printer or using Host Print Transform (HPT) to print on a PCL-capable laser printer, then you can use the FONT (Font) DDS keyword to print this text field in font 416, which is a scalable Courier Roman Medium font, with a particular point size.

For example, to use font 416 at 18 point, you would specify:

FONT(416 (*POINTSIZE 18))


Specifying a Font for an IPDS-Capable Line Matrix Printer

If using Print Services Facility/400 (PSF/400) to print on an IPDS-capable line matrix printer, then you can use the FONT (Font) DDS keyword to to print this text field using the default font ID for a given font pitch that is supported on your IPDS line printer: