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Skye Bowen
Skye Bowen

Reputation: 49

How do I force GNU "barcode" to honor the page size I specify on the command line?

history: I am trying to get GNU "barcode" to produce bar codes that I can add to pick lists, and work orders. I am trying to create the bar-codes as small as the physical labels that we use in the warehouse (2.5"x0.75") using the following command:

#barcode -b 'TEXTTOENCODE' -c -e code39 -u in -g 2.5x0.75 -u in -p 2.5x0.75 > bc.ps

problem: No matter what page size parameters I use, I only seem to be able to produce US Letter size documents.

When I open the resulting file (in KDE Document Viewer) the file properties are reported as: 'US Letter, Portrait (216 × 279 mm)' as seen below: KDE Document Viewer - Sample Barcode image with picture properties.

GNU barcode version below:

# barcode --version
barcode frontend (GNU barcode) 0.98

Any suggestions as to what I might be doing wrong, are welcome.

Thanks, 'Skye

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1014

Answers (1)

angus
angus

Reputation: 2367

You are doing nothing wrong, it's just that barcode uses an obsolete DSC comment to declare paper size, which isn't recognized by the PS viewer. Maybe try using option -E? This will crop the document to just the bar code.

Upvotes: 2

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