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Re: [LUG] 2D barcode printing daemon



On Tuesday 25 February 2003 13:08, you wrote:

> I think you are describing a specific application, although I
> guess a markup language might be general enough...

> I would have thought the natural thing would be to incorporate
> it into a printer driver, or print queue as a filter, rather
> than create a specific daemon. Or embed a graphic at the right
> place in the original document before printing.

It is to unify several existing systems, feeding into on 
existing and possibly some later systems.

> Any markup would probably want to place the barcode carefully
> on the printed paper, so why not fiddle at the Postscript
> driver level for that.

Definitely needs to be 2 dimensional.

Postscript seems sensible...

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