How to print barcode labels using barcode4j?
Kunal Sapru
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posted 6 years ago
Currently I’m using Barcode4J open source library for barcode generation. This library has some functions through which I was able to create jpeg image of the barcode, but for printing the barcode I need a .prn file to send to the thermal printer. I know the command to do this and we can use that in our java application. But I couldn’t find any function to create a .prn file using barcode4j library.
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Kunal Sapru
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posted 6 years ago
Found the solution !
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posted 6 years ago
Can you share this with us? Would be useful for others
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Kunal Sapru
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Posts: 9
posted 6 years ago
Hello,
Barcode4J is very useful in generating barcode and creating images in various formats.....
Now for printing the barcode labels I was trying to print jpeg images to the thermal printer...
There was a mistake in my process....
There is no need to print image on the barcode labels....
since the resolution of my thermal printer is 203 dpi...the images will not come properly...
Now, I used the Software CD that came with my thermal printer to create a customized label with Header, footer and the barcode...
Then I crated the PRN file by checking 'print to file' option....
After that I used the PRN file as a template and wrote code for creating prn file using my java application....
I created a separate class for this purpose . In this I used a StringBuilder variable and stored the contents of the PRN file...and used String variables for label and text fields....
Then I used the command COPY /B <prn-file path> <printer network path> to print the labels...
This command was working fine from command prompt....
But I was having problems in executing the same command with RunTime.getRunTime.exec() method...
Error:
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "COPY": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
Then Rob Prime helped me out and suggested the following command....
cmd /c COPY /b <prn-file-path> <printer-network-path>
I tried it and everything is now working
Cheers !
Kunal
Barcode4J is very useful in generating barcode and creating images in various formats.....
Now for printing the barcode labels I was trying to print jpeg images to the thermal printer...
There was a mistake in my process....
There is no need to print image on the barcode labels....
since the resolution of my thermal printer is 203 dpi...the images will not come properly...
Now, I used the Software CD that came with my thermal printer to create a customized label with Header, footer and the barcode...
Then I crated the PRN file by checking 'print to file' option....
After that I used the PRN file as a template and wrote code for creating prn file using my java application....
I created a separate class for this purpose . In this I used a StringBuilder variable and stored the contents of the PRN file...and used String variables for label and text fields....
Then I used the command COPY /B <prn-file path> <printer network path> to print the labels...
This command was working fine from command prompt....
But I was having problems in executing the same command with RunTime.getRunTime.exec() method...
Error:
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "COPY": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
Then Rob Prime helped me out and suggested the following command....
cmd /c COPY /b <prn-file-path> <printer-network-path>
I tried it and everything is now working
Cheers !
Kunal
SCJP 5, SCWCD 5
posted 6 years ago
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing
Cheers, Martijn - Blog,
Twitter, PCGen, Ikasan, My The Well-Grounded Java Developer book!,
My start-up.
