3 years ago I got Apache FOP working with the Sourceforge version of Barcode4J: https://toggen.com.au/it-tips/implement-sscc-label-printing-using-apache-fop-and-xml/ The source forge version of Barcode4J dates from 2015 it has been forked, is now hosted on Github at...
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Implement SSCC Label Printing using Apache FOP, Barcode4j and XML
Note: Note to anyone reading this that knows XSLT/XML. How do I get the below XSL to loop twice so it creates two label pages for each node of this for-each loop <xsl:for-each select="DETAIL/SHIPMENT/STORE/TARE"> WITHOUT duplicating the entire tree of XSLT?...
Zint – FNC1
GS1-128 Barcodes have a FNC1 character at the beginning but if a field is variable length a FNC1 is embedded to delimit the end of the field from the next AI code Zint is a open source barcode generator and it already has the AI rules in it so that it knows when to...
Using gnubarcode to generate a GS1-128 barcode
Tried using the Code 128 options but couldn't get the right out put The trick I found is to use Code 128 raw mode. The caveat is it won't format a nice human readable text label for the barcode you will have to add that your self later (perhaps hack the postscript)....
What is the FNC1 character used for in a GS1 compliant barcode?
At work we ship pallets to supermarkets. Each pallet needs two bar codes A Serial Shipper Container Code (SSCC) and An item information bar code with GTIN-14 (Trade unit), Best before date, batch and quantity per pallet. On both the SSCC and item information bar code...
Opensource Barcode Generator in Pure Postscript
Update March 2015: It appears that Scribus' support for bwipp is now broken the control characters you need to insert correctly formatted barcodes now seem to be ignored. So I can't get a valid GS1-128 barcode by using Code-128 and inserting the correct Symbol start...