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Printing barcodes in a production environment?

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to solve a particular
problem. A client wants to print barcode labels from their (web/php
based application). The barcode labels are very small, so I'm guessing
that doing a screendump via a standard inkjet isn't going to work
(i.e. might need somehow to print to a barcode printer!)

Any ideas where to start?

Thanks in advance.
Jul 17 '05
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Murray Elliot wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to solve a particular
problem. A client wants to print barcode labels from their (web/php
based application). The barcode labels are very small, so I'm guessing
that doing a screendump via a standard inkjet isn't going to work
(i.e. might need somehow to print to a barcode printer!)

Any ideas where to start?

Thanks in advance.


barcodes are actually fonts. This means that a barcode label is actually
very close to any other output. For low-end work you can print to laser
printers. Of course if the workstation does not have the font...

I google'd "barcode fonts windows" and out they came.

When you start to go high-end there are thermal barcode printers that have
built-in abilities.

--
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec )ure(Dat)a(.com )
Jul 17 '05 #11
I do it by printing it to a gif and then working out spacing it for whatever
the printer it will normally print off of has set for top and left margins.

I used to do this with checks and the funky micr font on the bottom that has
to be exactly x/32 of an inch from the bottom of each check. Then, someone
several states away, clicks the link and prints the check page - 3 on a page
in one big gif. Is only two colors so still downloads quickly.

PHP graphics routines will let you do true-type fonts in *nix. Isn't PHP
great?

John

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Murray Elliot wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to solve a particular
problem. A client wants to print barcode labels from their (web/php
based application). The barcode labels are very small, so I'm guessing
that doing a screendump via a standard inkjet isn't going to work
(i.e. might need somehow to print to a barcode printer!)

Any ideas where to start?

Thanks in advance.


barcodes are actually fonts. This means that a barcode label is actually
very close to any other output. For low-end work you can print to laser
printers. Of course if the workstation does not have the font...

I google'd "barcode fonts windows" and out they came.

When you start to go high-end there are thermal barcode printers that have
built-in abilities.

--
Kenneth Downs
Secure Data Software, Inc.
(Ken)nneth@(Sec )ure(Dat)a(.com )

Jul 17 '05 #12

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