Zebra SAP R/3 User's Manual
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1. All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies After the label is designed graphically in BAR ONE for SAP R 3 it can easily and quickly be uploaded into SAP R 3 via the SAP R 3 Windows client Once uploaded the label can be printed from any other SAP R 3 client anywhere in the world to any Zebra printer without the need to purchase setup or maintain any additional software The printing is done direct from the SAP R 3 server The only requirement is that each server has the Zebra device driver installed The Zebra device driver for SAP R 3 is free and available from the SAP FTP site or directly from Zebra The installation of this driver takes only a few minutes and it need never be maintained or modified Formatting attributes on the label are easily moved changed added or deleted using the BAR ONE for SAP R 3 WYSIWYG label design tool No SAPscript programming is required to make formatting changes Label size font types barcode symbology line spacing justification logos lines boxes circles ellipses and variable data are all specified within the label design A label can easily be modified at any time and re uploaded into SAP R 3 without the need to make any manual modifications in SAPscript Complex labeling applications may require that some SAPscript needs to be written i e filling in of variable fields based on the contents of other fields This SAPscript can be written and stored within v2. ware This significantly reduces costs in a multi site implementation This also provides the fastest possible live implementation Multi national companies could see savings of up to 100 000 or more Zebra s SAP R 3 Knowledge support and training Working directly with SAP and large SAP R 3 end users Zebra has gained invaluable working knowledge of barcode printing within SAP R 3 Zebra has it s own Software Engineers SEs that can help you or your solution provider with implementation and training All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies Page 7 BAR ONE for SAP R 3 For more information on BAR ONE for SAPR 3 visit www zebra com Or please contact Zebra Technologies Corporation 333 Corporate Woods Parkway Vernon Hills IL 60061 3109 Phone 1 847 634 6700 Toll free 1 800 423 0422 Fax 1 847 913 8766 Zebra Technologies Europe UK Zebra House The Valley Centre Gordon Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6EQ UK Phone 44 0 1494 472872 Fax 44 0 1494 450103 Zebra Technologies Europe Germany Birkenwaldstr 38 63179 Obertshausen Germany Phone 49 6104 709912 Fax 49 6104 709922 Zebra Technologies France 50 Rue Marcel Dassault 92100 Boulogne Billancourt France Phone 33 1 55 20 93 93 Fax 33 1 55 20 93 99 All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies Page 8
3. over the external service approach SAP R 3 users can leverage existing SAP print services and eliminate setup and maintenance server at every separate site location This approach can greatly reduce the need to purchase setup and maintain the application for every equipment costs reduce implementation time and improve process throughput To take full advantage of the SAP R 3 upload method Zebra Technologies Corporation with assistance from SAP s development team and global SAP R 3 end users has developed a special version of its BAR ONE label design software The world s fi rst Utilizing BAR ONE for SAP R 3 users can now integrate barcoding dedicated SAP R 3 into any existing SAP R 3 application barcode label design tool for barcode label printers All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies Page 2 BAR ONE for SAP R 3 Plu gan d Print Zebra s BAR ONE for SAP R 3 software provides easy to use label design capabilities that support all of the Zebra printers functionality direct ly fr om SAP and high performance Below are a few of the benefits available from x the combination of Zebra Printers and BAR ONE for SAP R 3 R 3 without having to program e No need to manually write SAPscript All label design and object SAPscript manipulation is done graphically minutes instead of days e All Zebra resident bar code symbologies are supported including UCC EAN 128 PDF417 Da
4. L Zebra s Plug and Print Initiative Barcode Label Printing from SAP R 3 BAR ONE For SAP R 3 Application White paper February 7 2000 Rev F BAR ONE for SAP R 3 BAR ONE for SAP R 3 Exp and the sco pe SAP R 3 helps organizations manage comprehensive financial manufacturing human resources sales and distribution functions that of SAP R 3 modules are essential to their operations The capability to leverage the data by integrating hi g h integrity provided by SAP R 3 modules can now be realized by qua l ity barcode directly integrating barcode labeling into many common business Bienes processes label printing While dynamic documents and reports are the predominant printed output from SAP R 3 modules customers also want to output high quality barcode labels with graphics directly within SAP R 3 for applications such as manufacturing shipping item tracking and stock control Such labels require the use of specialty barcode label printers Today customers who wish to integrate barcode label printers within SAP R 3 are presented with the option to either upload the printer programming language into a SAPscript layout upload method or use label design software in combination with an external service middle ware typically on an NT or Unix server SAP documentation located on SAPnet describes how label printers can be driven direct from SAP R 3 Eliminate multi site In choosing the upload method
5. arcode label printing and specialty barcode label printers due to the following e SAPWin device type has no support for barcode label printer features such as barcodes cutter flash memory print speeds and darkness etc e SAPWin device type and barcode label Windows printer drivers may send the entire label down as a graphic and need to do this for every label with variable data slow printing and lots of network traffic e SAPscript barcodes are not supported with the SAPwin device type unless you source a 3 party barcode DLL These barcodes are downloaded as bitmap objects via Windows drivers This can reduce performance and barcode accuracy it s also expensive e SAPWin does not support printing directly from the server to the printer SAPlIpd must be used BAR ONE for SAP R 3 is a graphical barcode label design tool that generates SAPscript for use with Zebra printers This means the user BAR ONE for SAP RBisa grap hical does not need to manually program SAPscript to design or print labels SAP has built Zebra device types for SAP R 3 These drivers are SAP SCT ip t g enerator optimized for use with BAR ONE for SAP R 3 All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies Page 4 BAR ONE for SAP R 3 Printing is done direct from the SAP R 3 server No SAPscript programming is required Complex labeling applications are also supported BAR ONE for SAP R 3 is a proven solution
6. ariable fields directly in BAR ONE for SAP R 3 This allows for label designs to be easily modified multiple times and avoid the need to manually modify or re write SAPscript BAR ONE for SAP R 3 is already installed in some of the world s largest SAP R 3 sites One example of this is a chemical company printing HAZchem labels that has 150 locations worldwide Page 5 BAR ONE for SAP R 3 How it Works Design labels with Step 1 Design the label graphically using BAR ONE for SAP R 3 Place fixed or variable objects on the label including text barcodes the easy to use logos lines boxes circles etc Zebra P rof essional Step 2 Press the SAP R 3 icon and use the Smart Printer Wizard to barcode labelin g help decide if you wish to download logos and fonts from SAP R 3 or store them on flash memory inside the printer When completed this S ofi tware will save the label design in a format that can be uploaded into SAP R 3 SAPscript Internal Text Format Smart Printer ee ee ae E zigi Je e eles bimNool ve Bs aago Wizard stores fonts and logos in SAP R 3 or the printer s i The Word heia crsate 0 SAPCA fie ha oota aol the E err conmeands sequred to part ther labai bors SAP ASS Yina can zicea Hur labels cbect forest bagar and T TF in the SAPO Be CF doerioaded then to DOTRI printe Neno pas pt tls nose berate br F gen gthedae send cry the renresn veruble dala bon SAP R S non vol
7. atile gt DiS e NA a F Include otici in the SAP y capt Tie memory barengi agend eesti aa my ld Liver _ wea Pie Peek Putri w A Step 3 Upload the ITF file generated by BAR ONE for SAP R 3 using the SAP R 3 Windows Client This is uploaded into the standard editor and then pasted into a Form Window Upload the BAR ONE generated ITF file directly into SAP R 3 7 ax nA mat Page Paste Replace Upload x BO a C Rich Text Format RIF O ASCII W Transfer x Import ITF File x ITF file S CCCSAP ABAP data Zebra barone sap HMLXXE itf E W Transfer X DCE 2 650 uctl21 OVA 17 25 PAstart E Microso PowerPoint Pe fwindow MAIN E Change Standard tex Os All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies Page 6 BAR ONE for SAP R 3 The Benefits Zebra BAR ONE for SAP R 3 provides an easy fast way to print complex bar coded labels on demand from SAP R 3 Users can count Easy and inexpensive to on complete data integrity as label data is generated directly from SAP implement and main tai n Labels are easier to design and maintain because no modifications are required to be manually made to the SAPscript generated by BAR ONE for SAP R 3 Labels can be printed on just about any native platform directly from the server or via SAPIpd while still maintaining the features and performance found in PC based labeling
8. l the contents of a field based on SAPscript IF ELSEIF R 3 conditioning or wish to use SAPscript INCLUDE commands This is done directly within BAR ONE for SAP It does not require any further editing within SAP R 3 and allows for simple future label design modifications e Maximum control and performance of all Zebra printer features All product and brand names are trademarks of their respective companies Page 3 BAR ONE for SAP R 3 How It Works Excluding middle ware and BAR ONE for SAP R 3 forms would traditionally be designed by manually writing SAPscript commands All SAP printer drivers are built fo r SAPscript then requires that you have a proprietary SAP R 3 printer driver loaded for your target device This approach does not work for forms printing on barcode label printing due to the following mainstr HSC OM office e SAP R 3 has drivers for mainstream office printers but not printers barcode label printers e SAP R 3 drivers are designed for forms amp report printing not barcode labels e SAPscript barcode commands are complex support few symbologies and have basically been built as fonts They also provide poor support for rotation check digits narrow bar width ratio and are not supported by any specialty barcode label printer other than via emulation such as PCL etc SAP R 3 also supports printing with Windows drivers via the SAPWin device type and SAPIpd This approach does not work for b
9. software The SAPscript composer can save processing time because the layout set is simpler Downloading the labels only once and storing them on the printer reduces the amount of data transferred across the network and speeds up printing Fast first label out can be achieved by storing label formats graphics and TrueType fonts in printer based non volatile memory Zebra printers support PC cards and flash memory The major features and benefits that customers will see when they use BAR ONE for SAP R 3 are listed below Feature Benefit Easy to use WYSIWYG bar code label design tool No SAPscript programming required to implement SAPscript is all generated automatically minutes rather than days to design labels BAR ONE for SAP R 3 is optimized for Zebra Printers Provides full functionality and maximum performance with Zebra printers including maximum print speed word wrapping text justification serialization and variable graphics Non programmers can modify labels Easy and inexpensive to maintain Print directly from any SAP R 3 Server No need to use PCs or SAPIpd as print servers This reduces cost and improves print speed Take advantage of existing SAP R 3 print services and SAPscript No new learning curve giving faster implementation This significantly reduces cost Thousands of Print directly from SAP R 3 No need to purchase implement setup or maintain middle
10. tamatrix and Maxicode Resident barcodes provide maximum performance and accuracy e All Zebra resident fonts including Windows TrueType fonts TrueType fonts can be used for variable data including serial numbers with no degradation to label throughput Support is also included for seven optional Zebra resident scaleable fonts CG Triumvirate and CG Triumvirate Condensed family e Dynamic text formatting of SAP R 3 variable data including automatic word wrapping left right and center justification at any orientation for all fonts e Any barcode text or graphic field can be linked to any SAP R 3 database field or system variable i e amp tablename fieldname amp or amp SY UNAME amp via a simple point and click selection e Variable graphic images i e logos symbols etc can be printed depending on the contents of a SAP R 3 variable field e Smart printer wizards make it easy to store graphics fonts and formats on printer based PC cards and flash memory This provides zero download time for fast first label out and reduces network traffic to a minimum e BAR ONE for SAP R 3 automatically generates SAPscript for Zebra printers in SAP R 3 Internal Text Format ITF No manual modific ations modifications need to be made to these commands needed before No manual e All variable fields including graphics support advanced uploadin g into SAP SAPscript programming This is required if you wish to contro
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