Re: [IAEP] bar code
David was saying he started with American UPC, but the publishing industry has standardized on EAN-13 with the country field being a value (978 or in future 979) indicating book and called... Bookland (!), the next 9 digits being the classic ISBN-10 number then a final checksum digit. There is also the 5-digit price add-on UPC-5 code for which the value 9 is often used for international titles, indicating no suggested list price. Generating a postscript file for the manual's single barcode shouldn't take more than a few minutes: snip $ barcode -h barcode: Options: -i arg input file (strings to encode), default is stdin -o arg output file, default is stdout -b arg string to encode (use input file if missing) -e arg encoding type (default is best fit for first string) -u arg unit (mm, in, ...) used to decode -g, -t, -p -g arg geometry on the page: [widxhei][+margin+margin] -t arg table geometry: colsxlines[+margin+margin] -m arg internal margin for each item in a table: xm[,ym] -n numeric: avoid printing text along with the bars -c no Checksum character, if the chosen encoding allows it -E print one code as eps file (default: multi-page ps) -P create PCL output instead of postscript -p arg page size (refer to the man page) Known encodings are (synonyms appear on the same line): ean, ean13, ean-13, ean8, ean-8 upc, upc-a, upc-e isbn 39, code39 128c, code128c 128b, code128b 128, code128 128raw i25, interleaved 2 of 5 cbr, codabar msi pls, plessey code93, 93 $ barcode -e ean-13 -b 9782746031197 -u mm -t 3x8+5+2-5-20 -m 10,9 -p 216x279mm -o SugarManual084barcode.ps $ ps2pdf SugarManual084barcode.ps SugarManual084barcode.pdf /snip (I have substituted a barcode from a handy bash cheatcard, of course our own number would need to go in) Actually, the truly rushed can just go to: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland and run the Python script :-) Sean On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Jonas Smedegaard d...@jones.dk wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 06:13:17PM -0500, David Farning wrote: Yes, I believe you are right. Being American, EAN passed over my head without notice. https://commerce.bowker.com/BarCode/faqs.asp Some places are offering to sell bar codes at around $5US apiece:( It does look like some we can easily generate our selves at no cost. EAN13 is a common barcode format, but there are more than one. I was recently involved in packaging of organic sheep meat. EAN 13 was used, and we could produce it ourselves - the important part is to register somewhere centrally to get a unique ID for your company, then you can choose yourself how you organize the rest of the digits in the serial number contained in the barcode. Instead of generating it with a shell script, I would recommend to use Inkscape, it has a nice plugin to handle several different barcode formats, including EAN13. Just make sure to read the documentation for the barcode format used, and double-check that the result size fits the definitions (i.e. it is not stretch or scaled wrongly). - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAknMlF8ACgkQn7DbMsAkQLhtrgCgl2zDvCRwl6UB0jHJ0+ZQK9Cf noMAn0Cj8SvTzz40QzyZvsvEmwoYsEI3 =0VfR -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep SugarManual084barcode.ps Description: PostScript document SugarManual084barcode.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] bar code
its an isbn bar code there are apps to do it an some online : http://www.terryburton.co.uk/barcodewriter/generator/ adam On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 17:37 -0500, David Farning wrote: The next issues is the barcord. Does anyone have information this to get me started? It looks like amazon and the other large distributors require one. Is this a ISBN bar code? or something else? david -- Adam Hyde Founder FLOSS Manuals German mobile : + 49 15 2230 54563 Email : a...@flossmanuals.net irc: irc.freenode.net #flossmanuals Free manuals for free software http://www.flossmanuals.net/about ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] meetup in Europe
On 27.03.2009, at 16:19, Simon Schampijer wrote: Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Dear Sugar people, has been proposed a meetup in Europe during May, with the objectives of having some face-to-face time, reflect on the now past release of 0.84 (and the upcoming 0.86), get to know better the new contributors that joined us recently and have fun in general. As a start, how well works for people to meet in Prague during the weekend of the 16th? Regards, Tomeu One week earlier or one week later would be a bit better for me. But I will make it somehow in any case. One week earlier might work for me. - Bert - ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] meetup in Europe
Simon Schampijer schrieb: Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Dear Sugar people, has been proposed a meetup in Europe during May, with the objectives of having some face-to-face time, reflect on the now past release of 0.84 (and the upcoming 0.86), get to know better the new contributors that joined us recently and have fun in general. As a start, how well works for people to meet in Prague during the weekend of the 16th? Regards, Tomeu One week earlier or one week later would be a bit better for me. But I will make it somehow in any case. One week earlier very likely wouldn't work for me, however the weekends of the 16th and 23rd would both be fine. Have a great weekend everyone, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, olpcnews url: www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] meetup in Europe
Any time in May will be fine with me. I will also be there a either a week earlier or later just to visit and site see. I look forward to meeting you all. david On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Christoph Derndorfer e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at wrote: Simon Schampijer schrieb: Tomeu Vizoso wrote: Dear Sugar people, has been proposed a meetup in Europe during May, with the objectives of having some face-to-face time, reflect on the now past release of 0.84 (and the upcoming 0.86), get to know better the new contributors that joined us recently and have fun in general. As a start, how well works for people to meet in Prague during the weekend of the 16th? Regards, Tomeu One week earlier or one week later would be a bit better for me. But I will make it somehow in any case. One week earlier very likely wouldn't work for me, however the weekends of the 16th and 23rd would both be fine. Have a great weekend everyone, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, olpcnews url: www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [FM Discuss] ISBN Numbers Summary.
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 2:32 PM, C. Scott Ananian csc...@cscott.net wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:04 AM, adam hyde a...@flossmanuals.net wrote: On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 17:17 -0400, C. Scott Ananian wrote: On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:38 PM, David Farning dfarn...@sugarlabs.org wrote: I am still looking into that issue. An a related issue there is a question in the publish on demand industry of how to define a 'new edition' which requires a new ISBN. If the content changes, it's a new edition and should have a new ISBN. I asked this to Lulu and they said it should work like that but in reality it doesnt matter. You can continually update content and keep the same ISBN The best explanation I could find online (in a relatively brief search) was: http://www.nlsa.ac.za/NLSA/services/for%20publishers%20and%20authors/publishing-information/isbn-editions-impressions-and-reprints Basically, the ISBN is a service to your customers: it indicates a unique version with important changes. When you list at amazon, etc, books with identical ISBNs are assumed to be identical, and will be stockpiled/warehoused as such. If you have a customer who is going to be upset that they received Sugar 0.84 manual when they thought they ordered Sugar 0.84.1 manual, then you should use different ISBNs for the two versions. If all you did was fix a minor typo on page 43, and people aren't really going to care one way or the other, go ahead and use the same ISBN. If the typo you fixed was the inadvertent inclusion of a four-letter word, and some children in Birmingham are going to be very upset if they receive a version which swears at them, then you should use a new ISBN for the new (safe for children) edition. To repeat my suggestion: correlate manual releases with software releases and treat them the same. You can do minor bug fix releases between major releases, but (unless you use a new ISBN) you have no way of guaranteeing that your customers will get the bug-fixed version when they order. So proof-read that text! --scott Yep, Both Scott and Adam are correct in this case. Lulu lets you update continuously with the same ISBN. For clarity, we should use a new ISBN whenever we release a new edition. david Thanks for the help. This has been somewhat confusing because much of the 'information' on ISBNs, self publishing, and print on demand has been generously provided by people and organizations trying to sell something. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] how to start your own.. Laptop Lending Library! [Austin, UK, Australia, etc]
What a thrill a dozen Laptop Lending Library proposals are suddenly now in the works: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries Time to kick your own local community in the pants?? Great suggestions to start your very own little library: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program_criteria Serious about spurring creative kid-oriented learning-content innovations in your country? Just email your thoughtful proposal for free XO Laptops into: contributors @ laptop.org Brought to you by the astonishing volunteers behind... http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program Thanks for opening the eyes of our next generation!!! Martin Dengler wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 04:22:45PM -0500, Yama Ploskonka wrote: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Austin I just applied to set up and run an XO lending library in Austin [...] Anyway, I'd appreciate your feedback Same here for OLPC UK: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/Repair_Centre#Laptop_Library_addendum_to_the_proposal Martin ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
