Roll labels from a web page

RobertSearle has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I need to be able to print continuous feed roll labels from a web page application.

The application presents a case with 1 or more samples. each sample needs a lable printed for the collection bottle.

each label needs a name, additional line, date and barcode.

label is 2.2 inches by .75 inches perforated

Have looked at creating a PDF::Reuse to set the size of the lable, imort the file, add my stuff to it and add another page for every lable I need to print. Stream the PDF to the user and have them select the printer to print it on.

Seems to me there should be a cleaner way to do it having the appropriate printer auto selected etc.

Thanks for your wisdom.

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Re: Roll labels from a web page by gmargo (Hermit) on Dec 05, 2009 at 21:01 UTC
You could have a look at PDF::API2. It has a nice bunch of examples: http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/AREIBENS/PDF-API2-0.73/examples/ Have you written any code for this yet? Here's a few Perlmonks threads on the subject: Perl to PDF, PDF::API2 Paragraphs and Overflow Text, PDF::API2 Examples	[reply]