>>>i want to print barcode on a "Epson Dot Matrix Printer" in "Foxpro for DOS"
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>>>warm regards,
>>>mk.
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>>Unless you are able to buy a barcode font module for this printer, I suggest that you drop this idea before you spend too much time on something which is as good as impossible. Buy a barcode printer instead.
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>Actually I've done that in 1995, and I still have the app which was using those barcodes we printed, but the code used wasn't part of the app so I don't have it. I think the printer was an LX 300 or something that did have a barcode printing capability, so it was only a matter of picking the proper escape sequence.
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>A lot would depend on the printer in case - there's no general solution. Some printers used to have downloadable fonts, which can be stuffed into them. It'd require creating a binary string including the proper escape sequence saying "watch out, font coming", then the font itself, then the string to print with the sequence to select that font embedded before the actual part that needs to be printed as barcode, then another one to select standard font.
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>Not for the faint of heart.

You more or less confirm my words. I don't say it's impossible, but a true pain, UNLESS you can obtain barcode fonts for the specific printer. But given the low prices for "real" barcode printers, and knowing how hard it is to get a barcode reader to accept the barcodes a DMP produces, I would skip the DMP project.