IDautomation MSI/Plessey Font Pack
MSI Plessey Barcode Fonts
Platforms: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 Size: 746 K Cost: $590
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Publisher: IDAutomation.com, Inc. 
Descriptions
IDautomation MSI/Plessey Font Pack:
 MSI Plessey Bar Code Fonts
Aka: MSI Code or Pulse Width Modulated Barcode
- Easily print MSI Plessey bar codes as a font
- Contains 8 different MSI font versions in 6 font
formats
- Compatible with Microsoft® Windows®, Pocket PC,
Macintosh, UNIX, Linux and others
- TrueType, OpenType, PCL laserjet soft fonts and
PostScript font versions are included
- Font tools, macros & plug-ins are provided for
easy integration into your application
- Custom BDF, FON, AFP, Xerox Metacode, XES and FNT fonts can also be
created with the Developer's License and one year of support.
Implementing barcode solutions with our fonts provides a high
level of scalability with operating system, application and printer
independence. Learn more about
the quality of our fonts.
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MSI / Plessey Barcode Symbology Information
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 The MSI Plessey barcode was designed in the 1970s
by the Plessey Company in England and has been used primarily in libraries and
retail applications.
- The symbology of the MSI Plessey character set
consists of bar code symbols representing the numbers 0-9, the start character
and the stop character. In the MSI Plessey font, the parentheses are used for
start and stop characters.
- Printing the MSI Plessey barcode requires the calculation of a check
digit which makes it a difficult font to use for non-programmers or users
that do not implement our font
automation tools. If you
are not a programmer and you need an easy to use numeric barcode, consider our
Codabar Barcode Font which does not require checksums to be calculated.
If your application supports ActiveX in Windows, we also sell easy to use
"drag and drop" Linear
ActiveX Controls that support MSI Plessey as well as other barcode
types and they automatically calculate the checksum.
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MSI Plessey Barcode
Font Advantage Package Features
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Details of the MSI Plessey Font
Advantage Package are as follows:
- Tools Provided - to help users integrate barcode fonts into their applications, we provide font
automation tools with our fonts that include MS
Office Macros for Word, Excel and Access, Visual
Basic, FoxPro, ANSI C
and JAVA Source Code, ActiveX
DLLs for development platforms that support Microsoft's ActiveX / COM technology,
Crystal
Reports User Function Libraries (UFLs) and a check
digit calculation application with Visual Basic source code as a free
download for programmers and technical users. The DLLs, macros, UFLs and code
provided automatically format the start, stop and check characters to the
barcode font.
- Versions Provided - The MSI Plessey barcode fonts are scaleable and should be printed at the correct font size to suit your application and scanning equipment.
The MSI font is designed to be printed from 6 to 18 points.
Four (4) versions of the MSI Plessey barcode fonts are provided to support different width and height requirements.
Fonts beginning with IDAutomationHMSI are "human readable" versions. The
last characters in the MSI Plessey barcode font name determines the height of
the barcode with the shortest being IDAutomationMSIXS and the tallest being
IDAutomationMSIL. To determine which MSI Plessey barcode font to use, first
print out the IDAutomationMSIXS barcode font at various font sizes to
determine which size is the smallest that will work with your scanning
equipment. Then, choose the tallest version that will fit in your scanning
area.
- Multiple Formats Provided - when you purchase a license for this font, you will receive all versions
in a single ZIP file. The manual is supplied in a file named
"readme" in the ZIP file. The following fonts are included:
- TrueType fonts are supplied in PC and Macintosh format. The TrueType TTF
fonts are compatible with Macintosh OS X and all versions of Microsoft
Windows, including Pocket PC. Macintosh formatted MTT TrueType fonts
are compatible with Macintosh System 7.1 and above.
- OpenType OTF fonts with PostScript outlines are
provided. These are compatible with Windows, Macintosh OS X and other
systems supporting the OpenType format.
- PostScript Type 1 fonts are supplied in binary,
ASCII and Macintosh Classic MacBinary versions.
- Also included in this package are PCL laserjet soft
fonts in 8, 10, 12 and 14 points.
- With the purchase of a Developer License and 1 year of support and
upgrade protection, we can convert fonts from this package to PCL 4,
Xerox Metacode, XES, FNT, BDF, FON and AFP. More about this is
provided here. The Developer License also grants
you the right to convert our fonts to other formats as necessary including
TrueDoc and OpenType.
- You may also get more information on what
font
types are provided.
- For
the most up to date installation procedures for
other operating systems, please visit our
Technical
Support Site.
Eight different versions of the MSI Plessey barcode fonts are provided to
support human readable versions and different height requirements. Fonts with
the letter "H" in the font name are "human
readable" versions. The last characters in the MSI Plessey barcode font name
determines the height of the barcode, with the shortest being "XS" and the
tallest being "L". Because each single font can be printed at various
point sizes, there are several combinations of heights and widths that can be
produced. (click
here to view font names prior to July, 2003)
| Font name of purchased version |
Font name of eval version* |
Font height at 12 points* |
| MSI Plessey Fonts with no
text below the barcode: |
| IDAutomationMSIXS |
IDAutomationSMSIXS |
1/4" (.25") or .6 cm |
| IDAutomationMSIS |
IDAutomationSMSIS |
1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
| IDAutomationMSIM |
IDAutomationSMSIM |
1" or 2.5 cm |
| IDAutomationMSIL |
IDAutomationSMSIL |
1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
| MSI Plessey Fonts
with text below the barcode: |
| IDAutomationHMSIXS |
IDAutomationSHMSIXS |
1/4" (.25") or .6 cm |
| IDAutomationHMSIS |
IDAutomationSHMSIS |
1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
| IDAutomationHMSIM |
IDAutomationSHMSIM |
1" or 2.5 cm |
| IDAutomationHMSIL |
IDAutomationSHMSIL |
1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
| * Measurements are approximate and were measured
when printed at 12 points which should work for most scanners. Measurements
for Human Readable fonts do not include the text below. At 12 points, the X
dimension is about 8 mils.
To print at a different height, find the font that has the height closest
to what you need and use this formula to find the point size you need to
print the font at to get that height:
12 * (height you want) / (height at 12 points) =
(point size converted to integer)
For example, if you are using IDAutomationMSIS and you want it to be about .75"
tall, you need to print it at 18 points because:
12 * .75 / .5 =
18<
/p > |
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To Order the MSI Plessey Font Advantage Package
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NOTE: After you order the MSI Plessey Font Advantage Package
license, you
will receive our fully functional MSI Plessey barcode font set with rights to
use our macros, tools and source code. Before you order,
we suggest that you download
the evaluation version of the barcode font to make sure it will work with
your application. You
may also wish to do the following:
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We offer secure online ordering by credit card and
immediate delivery via download after your order is approved.
If ordering by PO, phone or another method, please
follow
these procedures.
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Make sure your product is properly licensed. Software audits are
performed internationally by several organizations.
Pricing and Licensing:
The following is a summary of licensing and pricing, refer to the
License Agreement for
details about the license.
- The Small Company Developer License costs $295.
With this license, the rights of the Developer License are
granted to all organizations with a gross annual revenue or funding of less
than 2 million U.S. Dollars (or equivalent amount in a foreign currency) if
that company purchases either three (3) Single User Licenses for the same font product
or the Small Company Developer License and sends us a signed Small Company Agreement
which is
located at http://www.idautomation.com/sca/.
- The Developer License
costs $590 and allows one developer royalty-free
distribution of the Software internally (in the same organization) and
externally (outside the organization bundled with an application) up to 10,000
user licenses, provided you adhere to the
Developer License
distribution terms. When distributing the fonts outside your organization,
you may not resell, rent, lease or distribute the fonts alone, they must be
distributed as a component of an application and bundled with an application
or with the application's installation files. For details, review the
distribution terms.
If you have more than one developer that will be developing applications using
the fonts, you will need to purchase a Developer License for each additional
developer.
- The 5 Developer License
costs $1180 and grants the rights of the Developer
License for up to 5 developers and 20,000 user licenses. This license is also
granted if two Developer Licenses are purchased.
- The Unlimited Developer License
costs $1770 and grants the rights of the Developer
License for an unlimited number of developers and an unlimited number of user
licenses. This license is also granted if three Developer Licenses are purchased.
- The Single User License costs $99 and allows use of the Software for one effective user in your
organization. The number of effective users for software licensing is
determined by the method defined below that returns the greatest number.
- The number of users contributing to the data that
is printed with the Software. For example, 100 users entering or editing
data on a host where only 1 program prints barcodes to 1 printer, would
require 100 user licenses. According to the multi-user licensing below, this would require
4 Single User Licenses to be purchased.
- The number of users that have the Software installed on
their CPU.
- The number of printers that are being printed to with
the Software. For example, 1 user printing to 5 printers would require 5
licenses. Per the multi-user licensing below, only 2 Single User Licenses would need to
be purchased.
- Multi-User Licenses are obtained by ordering
multiple single user licenses of the same product. The effective number of
licensed users is determined by the following:
1 Single User License = 1 licensed user
2 Single User Licenses = 5 licensed users
3 Single User Licenses = 25 licensed users
4 Single User Licenses = 100 licensed users
5 Single User Licenses = 500 licensed users
6 Single User Licenses = Developer License Granted for 10,000 licensed users
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The Complete
Barcode, MICR and OCR Font License allows you to order all of
our fonts in one package for a reasonable price. Single user versions are
available as well as multi-user and developer licenses. View the link above for
pricing on this license.
- We offer free technical support and product upgrades for a
period of 90 days from the date of purchase on all software products.
Technical support and product upgrades may be provided beyond 90 days if the
Extended
Support and Upgrade Protection option is purchased when you order.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please
contact us.
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To help users integrate barcodes into their applications, we provide font
automation tools such as MS
Office Macros for Word, Excel and Access, Visual
Basic, ANSI C and JAVA Source Code, ActiveX
DLLs for development platforms that support Microsoft's ActiveX / COM
technology, Crystal
Reports User Function Libraries (UFLs) and a check
digit calculation application with Visual Basic source code as a free
download for programmers and technical users. The DLLs, macros, UFLs and code
provided automatically format the start, stop and check characters to the
barcode font.
To print the MSI barcode symbols for the number 173946 you would need to type
or print (1739465) . In this example, the check digit is 5. This is how we
calculated the MSI Plessey Code check digit manually:
- The number to be encoded is 173946. Starting
from the right side of the number (the units position), collect all of the odd
position digits (i.e. digit 1, digit 3, digit 5, etc.) and create a new number
leaving the digits in their left to right order. Our new number would be
796.
- Multiply the new number by 2. (796 x 2 = 1592)
- Add the digits of the product created in Step
2. (1 + 5 + 9 + 2 = 17)
- Starting from the right side of the number (the units
position), collect all of the even position digits (i.e. digit 2, digit 4,
digit 6, etc.) and create a new number leaving the digits in their left to
right order. Our new number would be 134.
- Add the digits of the number created in Step 4. (1 +
3 + 4 = 8)
- Add the sums obtained in step 3 and 5. (17 + 8
= 25)
- Determine the smallest number, when added to the result of Step 6 (25),
that will produce a multiple of 10. This value is the remainder obtained
when dividing the result of Step 6 (25) by 10. 25 divided by 10 = 2
with a remainder of 5. The check digit is 5.
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Font names used prior to July, 2003
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The
last character in the MSI Plessey barcode font name determines the height of the
barcode with the shortest being "A" and the tallest being "D".
| Font name of purchased version |
Font name of eval version* |
Font height at 12 points* |
| MSI Plessey Fonts with no
text below the barcode: |
| ADVMSIA |
SMSIA |
1/4" (.25") or .6 cm |
| ADVMSIB |
SMSIB |
1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
| ADVMSIC |
SMSIC |
1" or 2.5 cm |
| ADVMSID |
SMSID |
1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
| MSI Plessey Fonts
with text below the barcode: |
| MSIHRA |
SMSIHRA |
1/4" (.25") or .6 cm |
| MSIHRB |
SMSIHRB |
1/2" (.5") or 1.2 cm |
| MSIHRC |
SMSIHRC |
1" or 2.5 cm |
| MSIHRD |
SMSIHRD |
1 1/4" (1.25") or 3.1 cm |
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BizFonts are registered trademarks of IDAutomation.com, Inc. All
other trademarks
mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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Over 70% of Fortune 100 companies
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MSI Plessey barcode fonts allow you to print MSI Plessey bar codes from computers supporting TrueType or PostScript fonts such as Windows, Macintosh or UNIX.
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