Adding Logo in a Barcode Label

There is a Barcode Label layout "38mm x 28mm LOGO" that prints a company logo on the upper left side of the label. This only works with Zebra 2844/2824 printers (EPL 2 compatible). If the customer wants their company logo added to the system for use with this layout. For this we have to get a logo from customer ( preferably soft copy not hard copy/ better if we don't have to scan), then we will customize the logo in our format and store it in the company directory.

Instruction to design bitmap image in the GIMP

1. Open logo in the GIMP and design bmp image

2. Resolution is fixed to 150x72 (pixels)

3. Set Bitmap Size:

select image-> Scale Image select units->pixels set Width->150 set Height->72

4. The image needs to be converted to black and white

select image->mode->indexed select Colormap->Use black and white (1-bit) palette

try different Color dithering methods. Usually None works just fine. 5. Save the image as xbm file

6. There is a C program in /u/ccdev/overlay/LABEL/logo.c. You need to edit a copy of /u/ccdev/overlay/LABEL/creative.h and replace the last part with data from your xbm file. Compile the program and pipe its output to a file

logo > label_logo

7. Now copy this file to $CCDIR/<company>/overlay/label_logo

8. To test print

Run stlrep and choose the LOGO layout

Things that can go wrong

If you cannot compile the program, ask the programmers for help.