[TriLUG] barcode printers on Linux

[Andrew Perrin]

I haven't seen it in prodcution, but it shouldn't be all *that* hard to
do.

The costar/epson labelwriters are much easier to handle than the seiko
lines. You can generate a postscript file using whatever you like (tex,
groff, gnu barcode, etc.), then use pbm2lwxl to send it to the label
writer.

ap

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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Greg Brown wrote:

> I have an fun little project to think about for a couple days.  Too bad
> it doesn't pay any money...
>
> Anyway, here's the requirement:
>
> 1.  printer that prints barcodes onto stickers.  Someone enters the code
>       into the system via a php web page and the linux box sends that
>       barcode to the printer (all the while logging information into a
> MySQL
>       database on the back side.... Gotta love LAMP).
>
> 2.  The format of the barcode is interesting.  The sticker is designed
> to be
>        folded over the lip of a manilla envelope so one on side (the
> outside)
>        the barcode is scannable and readable.  On the inside fold there
> is
>        other general information.  The sticker that is folded exposes
> roughly
>        one inch on either side of the fold.
>
> Has anyone seen a system like this already in production?  I'm
> google'ing
> now but haven't come up with anything.  Sourceforge, of course, has some
> good stuff regarding Linux and barcodes but I haven't dug too deep there
> either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Greg
>
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