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 Expand the scope of SAP R/3 modules by integrating high quality barcode label printing SAP R/3 helps organizations manage comprehensive financial, manufacturing, human resources, sales and distribution functions that are essential to their operations. The capability to leverage the data integrity provided by SAP R/3 modules can now be realized by directly integrating barcode labeling into many common business processes.
BAR-ONE for SAP R/3 Plug and Print directly from SAP R/3 without having to program SAPscript Zebra’s BAR-ONE for SAP R/3 software provides easy-to-use label design capabilities that support all of the Zebra printers’functionality and high performance. Below are a few of the benefits available from the combination of Zebra Printers and BAR-ONE for SAP R/3: • No need to manually write SAPscript.
BAR-ONE for SAP R/3 How It Works All SAP printer drivers are built for forms printing on mainstream office printers Excluding middle-ware and BAR-ONE for SAP R/3, forms would traditionally be designed by manually writing SAPscript commands. SAPscript then requires that you have a proprietary SAP R/3 printer driver loaded for your target device. This approach does not work for barcode label printing due to the following: • SAP R/3 has drivers for mainstream office printers but not barcode label printers.
BAR-ONE for SAP R/3 Printing is done direct from the SAP R/3 server 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.
BAR-ONE for SAP R/3 How it Works Design labels with the easy-to-use Zebra professional barcode labeling software Step 1 – Design the label graphically using BAR-ONE for SAP R/3. Place fixed or variable objects on the label including text, barcodes, logos, lines, boxes, circles etc. Step 2 – Press the SAP R/3 icon and use the Smart Printer Wizard to help decide if you wish to download logos and fonts from SAP R/3 or store them on flash memory inside the printer.
BAR-ONE for SAP R/3 The Benefits Easy and inexpensive to implement and maintain 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 on complete data integrity as label data is generated directly from SAP R/3. Labels are easier to design and maintain because no modifications are required to be manually made to the SAPscript generated by BARONE for SAP R/3.
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.
