Hi Andreas , Yes I did give barcode4j a try but it gives barcode as an image which is then placed onto pdf and then when printed might lose the graphics after so much re-rendering.
I was trying to figure out a way if I achieve the same without adding barcode as an image. Thanks, Shivangi -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Lehmkühler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 9 January 2017 10:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Regarding Barcode Font > Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> hat am 9. Januar 2017 um 08:11 > geschrieben: > > > Am 09.01.2017 um 08:02 schrieb Shivangi Singal: > > Thank you Tilman for the options. > > > > Where I can find more info about implementing barcode as vector graphics .. > > any documentation supporting that ? > > For that (which would be a lot of work!) you'd need to get the > specification for the barcode type that you want to do. For "3 of 9", > start here: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_39 and then click on the links at > the bottom. > > then you just draw filled rectangles at the correct position in the > correct size. See the ShowColorBoxes.java example on how to draw a > filled rectangle. > > Or have a look at this: > https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/gnu-barcode-plus-pdf/ > barcode4j might help as well http://barcode4j.sourceforge.net/index.html BR Andreas > Tilman > > > > > Thanks, > > Shivangi > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tilman Hausherr [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, 9 January 2017 5:32 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Regarding Barcode Font > > > > Am 09.01.2017 um 03:18 schrieb Shivangi Singal: > >> Hello , > >> > >> We have a project requirement where we need to display a label which > >> consists of some text and a barcode . We don't want to display barcode as > >> an buffered image but generate barcode may be using barcode font . I am > >> not able to find any references in the examples as to if PDFBox has any > >> way to add barcodes in pdf without being a image . I would really > >> appreciate your help in the same . > > Then get a barcode font. You can draw that one like any text. Usually this > > is done like this: *12345* , the "*" is for the beginning and end. Be > > careful to leave enough space before and after the barcode. > > > > Don't forget to embed the font. (See the embeddedfonts.java example) > > > > A completely different alternative would be to draw the barcode as vector > > graphics. There's no example for this yet AFAIK. > > > > Tilman > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
