Re: Oracle and Barcode Printing

noodles_at_aol.com (Noodles) kirjoitteli seuraavaa:

>I'm working on a project where the customer needs to print out a barcode
>corresponding to a data value in a column. I've heard Zebra barcode printers
>are nice but they seem VERY pricey. Plus I'm not sure how Oracle would talk to
>a a printer except maybe through some external library call within a Pro*C
>program (?). Can anybody point me in the right direction ?

Same problem here, but I solved it by installing barcode font in windows, then constructing proper string and printing it with laser printer and right barcode font with rest of the report. Works fine.

I think there are bar code fonts for X also.

HTH. Tuomas
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