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From: phys59@jetson.uh.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Postscript BARCODE generator for VAX
Message-ID: <8889.27ecde9a@jetson.uh.edu>
Date: 24 Mar 91 23:15:06 GMT
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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
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