Nevermind. Re: [TriLUG] barcode printers on Linux

[Greg Brown]

Nevermind.

But I might need someone who can write a device driver for the
printer that is already in place.

Might.

We'll see.

Greg

On Thursday, Jul 1, 2004, at 10:50 US/Eastern, Greg Brown wrote:

> I have an fun little project to think about for a couple days.  Too bad
> it doesn't pay any money...
>
> Anyway, here's the requirement:
>
> 1.  printer that prints barcodes onto stickers.  Someone enters the 
> code
>      into the system via a php web page and the linux box sends that
>      barcode to the printer (all the while logging information into a 
> MySQL
>      database on the back side.... Gotta love LAMP).
>
> 2.  The format of the barcode is interesting.  The sticker is designed 
> to be
>       folded over the lip of a manilla envelope so one on side (the 
> outside)
>       the barcode is scannable and readable.  On the inside fold there 
> is
>       other general information.  The sticker that is folded exposes 
> roughly
>       one inch on either side of the fold.
>
> Has anyone seen a system like this already in production?  I'm 
> google'ing
> now but haven't come up with anything.  Sourceforge, of course, has 
> some
> good stuff regarding Linux and barcodes but I haven't dug too deep 
> there
> either.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Greg
>
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