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Posted by James E Hicks III on 10/20/14 11:17
Emil wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Sorry if this is off topic. I'm making a php site where one can order
> a kit and now I would like to mark the kits with bar codes generated
> by the php script. I would also need some kind of bar code hardware
> reader and some way for a computer to read the result from the bar
> code reader, guess php might not work here so I might create some java
> application or whatever.
>
> I've never done anything like this before, do you know of any good
> starting points? I don't know anything about bar codes.
>
> Regards Emil
>
I've written an entire Warehouse Management System using PHP that
utilizes barcoding extensively. We use zebra printers and various
barcode reading wands (usually USB connected) with wedges. Most of these
wands allow you to set a postfix code to send after it sends the wanded
data. I just set this to <CR><LF> and that allows for easy wanding into
webpages that are specially designed to accept this type of input.
The Zebra printers use a language called ZPL. We created our basic label
templates using ZPL and use PHP to fill out the template and send it on
to the cups server (which handles sending the data to the Zebra printer).
Good Luck, this will be a fun project!
James Hicks
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