lasantha@%b56vxg (Lasantha) (03/22/91)
Hello Net,
We have a requirement for an application running on a VAX/VMS system to
generate labels that have VERY large characters and some BARCODES as
well. This would be printed on A4 size paper. Eg:
"LARGE LABEL TEXT"
"MORE LARGE TEXT"
"BARCODE"
"SOME MORE TEXT"
The text of course has some variable data.
We are considering doing this using postscript as it seems to give the
maximum flexibility. However I would rather not have to write barcode
generation as well in postscript.
Q: Are there any product(s) that would allows us to do this.
An indication of prices would be very useful.
I guess what we are after is some package that generates postscript
to draw the appropriate barcode for a given set of numbers.
Thanks very much. Please reply to the net as I cant get direct mail.
Regards,
Lasantha Jayasinghe
System Manager, Kodak Australasia.
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Lasantha Jayasinghe, No E-Mail Address
System Manager, MSD, Kodak (Australasia) Pty, Ltd.
* Disclaimer: Kodak does'nt know that I work for them *
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard Seymour) (03/23/91)
(the request was for mixed large text and barcodes on a VAX) another approach: try a Printronix dot-matrix printer (us$7000.) they are full 600-line-per-minute impact printers capable of high-resolution (well, 72x60 dpi) ribbon-based printing. they do LARGE TEXT and BARCODES fairly well... they are not inherently PostScript, just heavy-duty reliable printers... --dick
phys59@jetson.uh.edu (03/25/91)
In article <00945F52.7DECB940@b56vxg>, lasantha@%b56vxg (Lasantha) writes: > Hello Net, > > We have a requirement for an application running on a VAX/VMS system to > generate labels that have VERY large characters and some BARCODES as > well. This would be printed on A4 size paper. Eg: > > "LARGE LABEL TEXT" > "MORE LARGE TEXT" > "BARCODE" > "SOME MORE TEXT" > > The text of course has some variable data. > > We are considering doing this using postscript as it seems to give the > maximum flexibility. However I would rather not have to write barcode > generation as well in postscript. > > Q: Are there any product(s) that would allows us to do this. > > An indication of prices would be very useful. > > I guess what we are after is some package that generates postscript > to draw the appropriate barcode for a given set of numbers. > > Thanks very much. Please reply to the net as I cant get direct mail. > > Regards, > Lasantha Jayasinghe > System Manager, Kodak Australasia. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Lasantha Jayasinghe, No E-Mail Address > System Manager, MSD, Kodak (Australasia) Pty, Ltd. > > * Disclaimer: Kodak does'nt know that I work for them * > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A question: What code is needed? What is going to be encoded? UPC, Code-39, 2 of 5, or something else? If it's UPC or C39, I might have some routines around here to do that, or I could write them, for a fair price. If you can't get E-mail, though, delivery might be very tricky. 2 of 5 code would require that I find the specs for it, and I'd definitely have to write something. If no other solution turns up, I'd be happy to write it. (Barcode is one of my hobbies - yes, I'm strange - and so is PostScript.) Ronald Parker phys59@jetson.uh.edu Watch this space for a humorous .sig. Delivery Real Soon Now
philip@beeblebrox.dle.dg.com (Philip Gladstone) (03/27/91)
Barcodes:
Much to my suprise, the PBMplus package enables you to
generate some barcodes -- check out 'pbmupc'. It only generates a
specific sort of UPC code (in particular it can't generate the sort
used in the UK), but it might help.
pbmupc 0 72890 00011 | pgmtops | lp -dps
prints out bar codes on my system. I realise that for a VMS system,
some munging of the command line is required. In order to make the
characters bigger, you can use the scale option of pgmtops, or use an
enlarging photocopier on the output.
Philip
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