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The Ghost

2006-02-27, 6:58 pm

I need to print some mailing labels and include an image of a barcode
on the label. I'd like some suggestions on modules to use, I've
never used perl to print anything before. (Creating a PDF or
something in the right way would be fine too).

Thanks!
usenet@DavidFilmer.com

2006-02-27, 6:58 pm

The Ghost wrote:
> I need to print some mailing labels and include an image of a barcode
> on the label. I'd like some suggestions on modules to use,


Did you bother to type "barcode" into search.cpan.org before posting
your question?

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http://DavidFilmer.com

Chas Owens

2006-02-27, 6:58 pm

On 2/27/06, The Ghost <ghost@madisonip.com> wrote:
> I need to print some mailing labels and include an image of a barcode
> on the label. I'd like some suggestions on modules to use, I've
> never used perl to print anything before. (Creating a PDF or
> something in the right way would be fine too).
>
> Thanks!


Try searching on http://search.cpan.org. I found one module that may
be of partial help to you GD::Barcode. It can create images of
barcodes. You would still need to generate the postscript or pdf
file. PDFLib is a module that may be able to help you there, good
luck.
The Ghost

2006-02-27, 6:58 pm

I looked around on CPAN. I'm already using GD::Barcode to create the
barcode, I'm more concerned about the formatting to get the labels
printed correctly. I'll look at PDFLib some more.

Thanks!

Ryan

On Feb 27, 2006, at 2:46 PM, Chas Owens wrote:

> On 2/27/06, The Ghost <ghost@madisonip.com> wrote:
>
> Try searching on http://search.cpan.org. I found one module that may
> be of partial help to you GD::Barcode. It can create images of
> barcodes. You would still need to generate the postscript or pdf
> file. PDFLib is a module that may be able to help you there, good
> luck.

Chas Owens

2006-02-27, 6:58 pm

On 2/27/06, The Ghost <ghost@madisonip.com> wrote:
> I looked around on CPAN. I'm already using GD::Barcode to create the
> barcode, I'm more concerned about the formatting to get the labels
> printed correctly. I'll look at PDFLib some more.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ryan

snip

If the barcode is supposed to be the USPS barcode for the address then
PostScript::MailLabel seems to have all of the bases covered.
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