Thursday, November 01, 2007

BarCode4J -- Generating Barcodes made easier

What is barcode4j ?
Barcode4J is a flexible generator for barcodes written in Java. It is published under the Apache License v2.0, which makes it easily usable in a commercial environment. It lets you generate all sorts of popular 1-D and 2-D barcodes, including DataMatrix and PDF417, in various output formats, including SVG, EPS, bitmaps, and Java2D — and you can easily add your own output format. There are plugins for various applications, including most importantly Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor). Some users deploy Barcode4J as a servlet.

Currently in use ?

Companies using Barcode4J to generate barcode stickers for all sorts of items, metal carpentry company produces for example. They use them to keep track of all their orders. RealObjects has integrated Barcode4J into its product PDFreactor, an HTML/XML+CSS to PDF converter.

Barcode4j was recently named "Project of the month" on sourceforge. Here's the link to download and try http://sourceforge.net/projects/barcode4j





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