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Re^2: the proper way of barcode rendering/printing

by AlexTape (Monk)
on Sep 12, 2011 at 11:25 UTC ( [id://925450]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: the proper way of barcode rendering/printing
in thread the proper way of barcode rendering/printing

at frist i appreciate that notepad.exe is not able to print graphix.
so there is no perl module that can create a barcode as plaintext? why it is not possible to print a html::barcode barcode to a regular printer? it´s based on "table" - is there an option to force that printing?

$perlig =~ s/pec/cep/g if 'errors expected';

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Re^3: the proper way of barcode rendering/printing
by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 12, 2011 at 11:43 UTC

    The best HTML renderers are arguably web browsers. Find out how to render and print an HTML page on your operating system if you insist on using the HTML representation of a barcode.

    Most likely, both, Internet Explorer and Firefox can be started from the command line to automatically print an HTML file without further interaction.

Re^3: the proper way of barcode rendering/printing
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 12, 2011 at 11:36 UTC

    so there is no perl module that can create a barcode as plaintext?

    Barcodes are not plaintext

    why it is not possible to print a html::barcode barcode to a regular printer?

    Not printing backgrounds is an ink saving feature of browsers , learn to work yours ;)

      Barcodes are not plaintext
      but they can be. i´m sure that i can send a plaintext as a chain of command to the printer. and the printer makes out of it a barcode. but i´m not sure how this commandline should look like.

      4sure => haven´t thought about the background ink saving feature. sounds good to me ;-) probably i´m able to disable it :-D

      $perlig =~ s/pec/cep/g if 'errors expected';

        i´m sure that i can send a plaintext as a chain of command to the printer. and the printer makes out of it a barcode.

        You are talking about postscript. Perhaps you can create a Postscript page that has the drawing commands to have the barcode, and send it to your printer?

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