barcodes_labels_test.tex - test of barcodes printing for Emerson 525x25,4mm paper on HP 3525 Ink Advantage. (Before I make repo, let's make it gist. Licence: as it is just LaTeX document, I give it with no warranty to Public Domain, let's use "The Unlicense" license (even more permissive then CC0) following advice on : http://choosealicense.com/…

barcodes_labels_test.tex

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[newdimens]{labels}
\usepackage[pdf]{pstricks} % is it needed?
\usepackage{pst-barcode}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf} % pdflatex require -shell-escape option!!!
%\usepackage[cleanup={},process=all]{pstool}
% Adjustements for Sticky Labels by Emerson (www.emerson.pl)
% model: 52,5mmx25,4mm A4 (Art.038) EAN 5902178074669
%
% Printed on Linux and HP 3525 Ink Advantage
% with margins set to 0mm , duplex off, color black best
\LabelCols=4%
\LabelRows=11%
\LeftPageMargin=2mm%
\RightPageMargin=2mm%
\TopPageMargin=9mm%
\BottomPageMargin=9mm%
\InterLabelColumn=0mm%
\InterLabelRow=0mm%
% These four parameters give the extra space used around the text on
% each actual label.
\LeftLabelBorder=4mm%
\RightLabelBorder=4mm%
\TopLabelBorder=4mm%
\BottomLabelBorder=4mm%
\begin{document}

% labels are 52.5x25.4 mmxmm. As we specified 4mm safety border,
% It gives us 44.5x17.5 mmxmm (WxH) of usable space,
% what is 1.751969x0.6889764 inxin (WxH) (let's use 1.75x0.68 inxin approx)



% Testing of different size options with EAN2
% Characters 0123456789
% Data 2 digits
\numberoflabels=2
\boxedaddresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}%(44.5mm,17.5mm) %I find it optional
\psbarcode{38}{height=0.30 includetext guardwhitespace}{ean2}
\end{pspicture}
}
\numberoflabels=1
\addresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}(44.5mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{38}{height=0.30}{ean2}
\end{pspicture}
}
\numberoflabels=1
\boxedaddresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}%(44.5mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{38}{height=0.30 width=0.8 includetext guardwhitespace}{ean2}
\end{pspicture}
}
% allowed in code39:
% 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-. $/
\numberoflabels=1
\boxedaddresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}(44.5mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{CODE-39}{height=0.33 width=1.4 includecheck includetext}{code39}
\end{pspicture}
}
% Code128 test from manual
\numberoflabels=1
\addresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}%(44.5mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{^104^102Count^0991234^101!}{height=0.33 width=1.0 includetext}{code128}
\end{pspicture}
}
% Code128
\numberoflabels=1
\boxedaddresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}%(44.5mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{Code128 is Powerfull!}{height=0.28 width=1.4 includetext}{code128}
\end{pspicture}
}
% QR Code
\numberoflabels=1
\boxedaddresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}%(44.5mm,17.5mm)
%TODO: check if newline in QR code is preserved
\psbarcode{QRCode Test!
(Second line)}{height=0.4 width=0.4}{qrcode}
\end{pspicture}
\parbox[b][0.4in][c]{1.0in}{
\tiny{
QRCode Test!

(Second line)
}
}
}
% QR Code
\numberoflabels=1
\addresslabel{
\begin{pspicture}%(22.2mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{QRCode Test 0!}{height=0.42 width=0.42}{qrcode}
\end{pspicture}
\begin{pspicture}%(22.2mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{QRCode Test 1!}{height=0.42 width=0.42}{qrcode}
\end{pspicture}
\begin{pspicture}%(22.2mm,17.5mm)
\psbarcode{QRCode Test 2!}{height=0.42 width=0.42}{qrcode}
\end{pspicture}
}
%
%
% Some empy to check how, empty works
\numberoflabels=7 % 7 gives always one row empty 
\addresslabel{}
% Let's fill rest of page to check aligment
\numberoflabels=28
\boxedaddresslabel{
Test!
}

\end{document}

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Makefile

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all: barcodes_labels_test.pdf

%.pdf: %.tex
	pdflatex -shell-escape "$<"

cleanup:
	rm -v *.aux *.log || true

reset: cleanup
	rm -v *.pdf || true

clean: reset