Free download - code 39 and extended code 39 true type fonts http://www.squaregear.net/fonts/
A range of free/low-cost/demo barcodes and tools: http://www.tec-it.co.at/
Glabels is a general purpose label/business card generation tool. It runs under Linux and can print barcodes. It is designed to work with various laser/ink-jet peel-off label and business card sheets that you'll find at most office supply stores. gLabels is free software and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See http://glabels.sourceforge.net/
A good KDE3-based tool for creating and printing barcodes (includes management capability for different sites/customers): http://kbarcode.sourceforge.net
Using gifs for code 39 barcodes http://www.4GuysFromRolla.com/webtech/080700-1.shtml
If a user has the code 39 true type font installed on their workstation, then the web page can call that font using embedded .css font family… or using font face tag.
There is a free (GPL) program called barcode that seems to work well: http://www.gnu.org/directory/barcode.html
barcode generates encapsulated postscript by default. It would be relatively easy to write a little lout or TeX code that included the barcodes to make a page of labels, or barcode will make the page for you. barcode generates all kinds of codes including code 39 and ISBN barcodes. Packages are available for (at least) Debian.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 10:29:32PM +1300, Waylon Robertson said: > I have come to know that there are many different barcode formats. > Code 39 is one that has been suggested to us - and the securtary > wants to register with the National Library of New Zealand. > This will extend the barcode to 12 alphanumbers. > Will this work with Koha? As far as I know, it'll be fine, but I'm sure Chris or Steve can speak with more authority than I. > Symbol Memory Phaser P460 with one or two megabytes of memory. > Attaches to the serial port, and Windows 98 can use the serial > port much like a keyboard for input. Im sure linux could be > rigged up that way, accepting input from both keyboard and > serial port. Question is... how? Bear in mind that barcode input is client side, and the server doesn't really care how you do it - it just expects characters to arrive in HTML forms. If you've got something on your client machine that can appear to type into text fields in IE, then it doesn't matter how it actually connects to the machine. So if you're using Win98 as your browsing platform, you're probably already sorted. If you're using Linux, then you're probably in for some exciting times ahead, if the barcode scanner is anything other than the keyboard wedge style. Cheers Si Incidently, check places such as secondhand stores for barcode readers. I got an entire cash register and Symbol barcode memory phaser for $40 -- Simon Blake simon@katipo.co.nz Katipo Communications +64 21 402 004 ----
Hello,
I've been testing Koha in a clean room with Metrologic scanners. MS9540 and its earlier MS900 brother. These scanners do not require drivers, they scan and convert by themselves. The scanner is physically connected between the keyboard and pc.
The Metrologic scanners are expensive, because they perform the scan conversion within themselves and require no drivers on the PC side. This simplifies setup. Also, you can program them with their instruction book using barcodes. <http://www.metrologic.com/corporate/products/pos/MS9500.htm> <http://www.metrologic.com/corporate/products/pos/MS900.htm> Did try the CUECAT which was available free from Radio Shack in the USA, but that device was unreliable.
Frederick Friedman-Romell Twinsburg Public Library, Twinsburg, OH. USA till 2001-10-28 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. USA after 2001-10-29 ak398@safr.org > hi all, > > I want to buy a couple of "barcode scanners" for the library. > I saw koha accepts 9 column alphanumeric barcodes both for books and > patrons. I wonder what kind of barcode scanners are using in the > libraries using KOHA. Could you please list me industry standards or > properties of this barcode scanners. I will order barcode scanners > according to these information. > > thanks and best regards > Zeki Celikbas > Librarian > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Istanbul Technical University e:mailto:celikbas@itu.edu.tr > Faculty of Aero. & Astro. w:http://www2.itu.edu.tr/~celikbas > 80626 Maslak Istanbul Turkey t:(212)2853108 f: (212)2853139 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~