On 11.07.2008 15:05:47 Martin Edge wrote: <snip/> > > Subject: Re: Barcode fonts not displaying correctly when generating PCL > On 11.07.2008 14:21:17 Martin Edge wrote: > > Hey - > > > > AWT - From what I can see (I'm still only new to all of this) looks like > the > > java class that generates these metrics?? > > It's not a single class that does that. AWT is a subsystem of the Java > class library. Part of AWT deals with fonts which are available through > the operating system. Since the PCL renderer uses Java2D for painting > custom fonts, these fonts have to be installed in the OS and Graphics2D > routines are used to paint the fonts to bitmaps which are then put in > the PCL file. PCL supports TrueType directly but this is not implemented > and would be quite difficult to implement as far as I've seen. Did I > mention that PCL is the one printer format I like least? ;-) > > - Fair enough - so there is a good chance it won't be easy for me to solve > this myself :-) > - The people I'm working with may not be fully aware of the capabilities of > their printer hardware, they use commercial high speed Xerox machines - they > have said it _doesn't_ support postscript - but surely this would be > strange?? I thought postscript was the most generic supported by everything > format??
All bigger Xerox machines support PostScript just fine. I'd always prefer PostScript over PCL. > > So - in regards to the 4J what you are saying is the main barcode I'm > > printing is probably reproducible (assuming I can figure out how to use > it) > > - but the postal portion isn't - how far did you get along with it ? > > Maybe 1 - 1.5 days left. I don't have all the details present anymore. > > > With the origin of the fonts for the PCL renderer - is this something that > > could be feasibly developed [this is not a request, more a question of > > feasibility ;)] > > Do you refer to Barcode4J? As I said earlier, fonts are not involed when > when painting barcodes using Barcode4J, at least not for the bars. > > - OK so given it isn't a font - where would I start in learning how to drive > it (knowing nothing about it at this point) to build my appropriate barcode > in the required format [excluding the aust post one of course] http://barcode4j.sourceforge.net/2.0/fop-ext.html If you put a barcode in a simple FO file and generate an intermediate file, you'll see immediately how you'll have to insert that in the intermediate format. HTH > > As for setting up an environment, If the need arose I could easily supply > > the font and a snippet of FO which utilizes it, and a c# program which > will > > generate each format. I'm more than happy to prepare a > you-hit-one-button- > > to-see-what-I-mean test case. > > The original FO file, the intermediate file you produced with your > barcodes plus the barcode font should suffice to reproduce the problem. > > - OK - I'll fiddle on Sunday my time with it anyway - but will send the FO > file etc then as well. (if you don't mind looking of course) Next week the counter start from 0. ;-) I'll look into it as soon as I can make the time. Weather's bad here during the weekend so I might actually get some work done. > > I assume whether we utilize the intermediate format or not will not make > any > > difference, effectively any FO file which utilizes these fonts would have > > the same output even if we went direct.. Don't you think? > > Well, there could be side-effects from using the intermediate format > which we haven't encountered, yet. But ideally not, of course. If you > generate an FO file and > > - ....and.. ? ;) Providing we're on the same page, I guess what I'm saying > is whether I actually create the intermediate file or just bypass it > shouldn't change the outcome. We are. Not sure anymore what I wanted to say there. That's what you get if you start editing your post before sending it. > - In a funny twist I raided google to try and isolate more information about > my issue - found the keywords which looked like it might be the answer - > turned out to be one of my own questions to this forum on a slightly > different topic - I guess I wasn't much help to me haha. > > Cheers > Martin. <snip/> Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
