[TriLUG] still in search of a (ed.) scriptable layout expert

[Greg Brown]

Well, PITA or not, if it will do the job and be able to replicate that 
job
by accepting input from a script then I'll consider it.

And I don't mean to put my flag in the ground and say "Postscript
or Bust" at all - rather I'll use what will allow me to get the job 
done.

The only requirement is the output is generated via a script with
the input being only the case identification number (and it runs
on Linux as the server will be linux based).

Be it LaTeX, postscript, or something else I haven't thought of,
I still don't know how to make it work so if you do and you want
to make a bit of extra $$ training me, or you just want the good
karma of helping out (I can work with that too :) ), then by all means
let me know.

My knowledge sponge is dry and ready to absorb. :)

Greg

On Friday, Jul 9, 2004, at 17:09 US/Eastern, David Rasch wrote:

> You're going to do best to use a typsetting tool to do the remainder of
> this layout.  I will tell you that LaTeX can do this, but I will
> hesitate to "recommend" it as it's really a PITA.
>
> David
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 05:02:26PM -0400, Greg Brown 
> <gregbrown at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> I've got the barcodes working, now I just have to get the postscript
>> output to match the following example:
>>
>> http://tbcorp.homeip.net/brown.net/greg/barcode/
>>
>> Each letter and number corresponds to a different color.  The entire
>> thing needs to be scripted.  I have all
>> the back-end stuff figured out, now I just need to figure out the
>> postscript side of things.
>>
>> So, all that said are there any postscript experts willing to teach 
>> me?
>>  I will pay $$.  The only caveat is the
>> output needs to look just like this, not a little, not some, but
>> exactly.  The barcode is a PNG image and the
>> other printed text located close to the barcode is queried out of a
>> database.  The order of the characters
>> is determined by the case number (which is the color coded number).  I
>> have the original sheet of test
>> labels which may make things more clear - there are seven labels per
>> page all printed from a standard
>> postscript color laser printer.
>>
>> Any takers?  I need to figure this aspect of the project out so any
>> interested parties please name your
>> price.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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