RE: Printing MO:DCA P documents from Java?

Hi Richard.

Thanks for your input.

First of all I'd like a solution only running on the I, and where I am fully
in control.

This is to be used to programmatically add bitmaps, probably individually
generated QR-barcodes - to an existing print for later processing elsewhere.


The Windows solution is fragile in several places, most notably in easy
handling of the byte streams of the generated output for multiple concurrent
print generation processes, and I'd frankly like something better.

The solution Dan Kimmer suggested for transforming a TIFF image into a
MO:DCA file, might be very easily adaptable for a Java2D printing (where you
basically hold the bitmap of what you want to print in memory), which for
this purpose - putting invidual bitmaps on prints - might just be perfect,
and I'm looking forward to see how he is doing it.

Thanks for your response,

/Thorbjørn



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Subject: RE: Printing MO:DCA P documents from Java?

What do you plan to do with the content ?

Generate AFP data on Windows with Windows driver.

Then just spool it up from Java using the spool file classes

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date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:38:27 +0100
from: Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen <ravn@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Printing MO:DCA P documents from Java?

We are looking into generating MO:DCA P content from a Java program (to get
QR-barcodes in the corner), but the only way so far I've found is using the
free printer driver under Windows to generate a byte stream which is then
ftp'ed to the target system.

Is there an easier approach - preferably native - which is reasonably priced
and usable from Java?

Thanks for any pointers.