given:
Oracle database with 250 records about participants of science conference (relarn.samara.ru sorry guys - russian version only).
 
need:
250 badges with conference logo, participant name and city where he/she from.
 
solution:
  1. force designer to make template for badge
  2. calculate number of badges per sheet and position stuff
  3. run script 
#!/usr/bin/perl
#
# *** - data stripped due to security reason...
#

use DBI;
use GD;
use GD::Text::Wrap;

$ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'} = '***';
$ENV{'NLS_LANG'} = '***';
$ENV{'ORA_NLS'} = '***';

my $font_path = '/usr/share/fonts/ttfonts';
my $gd = GD::Image->new(2135, 3260);
   $gd->colorAllocate(255, 255, 255);

   open BADGE, "<badge.png";
my $badge = GD::Image->newFromPng(*BADGE);
   close BADGE;

my $fio = GD::Text::Wrap->new($gd, width => 800, line_space => 4, colo
+r => $gd->colorAllocate(0, 0, 0), align => 'center');
   $fio->font_path($font_path);
   $fio->set_font(['verdana'], 70);

my $city = GD::Text::Wrap->new($gd, width => 800, line_space => 10, co
+lor => $gd->colorAllocate(128, 128, 128), align => 'center');
   $city->font_path($font_path);
   $city->set_font(['verdana'], 40);

my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:Oracle:***','***','***');
my $sth = $dbh->prepare_cached("select fname || ' ' || lname, city fro
+m members, cities
where conference_id = ? and member = 'Y' and accepted = 'Y'and members
+.city_id = cities.city_id", undef, 1);
   $sth->execute(3);
my $members = $sth->fetchall_arrayref();

my ($m, $i, $j, $n);
my ($f, $c, $d);
my ($left, $top, $right, $bottom);

   for ($m = 0; $m < @$members; $m += 10) { 

       for ($i = 0; $i < 2; $i++) {
          for ($j = 0; $j < 5; $j++) {
             $gd->copy($badge, $i * 1066, $j * 651, 0, 0, 1067, 652);
             $n = $m + $i * 5 + $j;
             $f = $$members[$n][0];
             $c = $$members[$n][1];
             $fio->set(text => $f);
             $fio->draw($i * 1066 + 134, $j * 651 + 350);
             ($left, $top, $right, $bottom) = $fio->get_bounds($i * 10
+66 + 134, $j * 651 + 350);
             if ($bottom - ($j * 651 + 350) < 100) {
                  $gd->copy($badge, $i * 1066, $j * 651, 0, 0, 1067, 6
+52);
                  $fio->draw($i * 1066 + 134, $j * 651 + 400);
             }
             print "$f     $c    ${\($bottom - ($j * 651 + 350))}\n";
             $city->set(text => "$c");
             $city->draw($i * 1066 + 134, $j * 651 + 555);
          }
       }
       
       open PNG, ">badges$m.png";
       print PNG $gd->png;
       close PNG; 

       print "\n---- badges$m.png written...\n\n";

   }

   $sth->finish();
   $dbh->disconnect();

__END__

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yeah! 25 png-files are waiting to be printed!

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