Hey guys, so I am in need of some serious help! My goal was to generate labels with a barcode. I used the PostScript::MailLabels module for the label set up, and since I want to IMPORT my own barcodes I used the Barcode::Code39 module. Everything is working great except one very serious problem.

The barcode image I upload is uploaded via CGI/html and when I generate my postscript file for the labels it can NOT read my barcode image. It instead prints out the code to show the image ($Cgi->img({-src => "data:image/gif;base64,$barcode_64"});

My question is, is there some way I can make this image appear through post script? When I generate my labels how can I get my barcode to appear?

labels->labelsetup( 
    Avery     => $labels->averycode(8160),
    PaperSize => 'letter',
    Font      => 'Times-Roman',
    Y_Adjust  => 1 / 16,
    X_Adjust  => 1 / 16,
    );

#Generate image
   foreach my$row (@$rows) {
    my $barcode = (GD::Barcode::Code39->new('*'.$row->[1].'*')->plot(N
+oText=>1, Height=>20)->gif());
    my $barcode_64 = encode_base64($barcode);
    my $barcode_image = $Cgi->img({-src => "data:image/gif;base64,$bar
+code_64"});

    #Array with label data we need     push(@data, [$row->[3] . " " . 
+$row->[5] . " " . $row->[6], "CMDM# " . $row->[0] . " ". "Copy# " . $
+row->[4], $barcode_image, $row->[1],"Property of Me"]); 
  }
 
  print 
    $Cgi->header(-type => "application/ps",
         -attachment => 'test.ps'),

    $labels->makelabels(\@data);

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In reply to HELP! Label images PostScript by Tru27roo

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