[Barcode4j-users] Barcodes get wasted by the printer-driver

[Christian P. <we...@so...>]

Hi

I have an issue concerning Barcodes in a PDF printed out via PCL5 and 
PCL6 - drivers.
To avoid quick RTFM-answers: Yes, I have read common manuals, FAQ, 
troubleshooting howtos, mailing-lists etc. ;-)

The Code-128 Barcodes are not readable for the scanner. The error is 
obvoius for the naked eye: There are no fine lines with different 
widths, but just a row of vertical lines, with equal withs of approx 1 
mm. Looks like a row of   I I I I  I  I  I.
It turns out that the barcodes get printed correctly, when the PDF is 
printed via a PS - driver.
It also gets correct, when I print it via PDF - creator as a new PDF, an 
print that out on the PCLx - driver.
And here comes the most interesting crunch: the examle-pdf from 
http://barcode4j.sourceforge.net/barcode-examples.pdf works on PCLx, too.
By the way, thats one reason why I hang on trying to find a solution in 
Barcode4j and not by just using an other driver. I had no change to use 
an other one, anyway (network maintenance reasons; thats IT...)  .

I have seen in the configuration of the example-pdf, that this is 
created using xalan with the barcode.generate() - function.
Thats the main difference to my solution, as i do it via FOP. So, is 
there a difference of the resulting pdf-content between xalan- and 
fop-embedded barcodes?
Would barcode4j version 2.0 be a solution?


Greetings, Christian


The Environment where the barcodes are created looks as follows:
OS: HP Unix
JVM: Java 1.4.1
AppSrv: Tomcat 4.1.27
Barcode4j: Version 1.0 with FOP extension