Thank you! I will give that a try. On Sep 22, 2012 6:28 AM, "DeWeese Thomas" <thomas.dewe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Robert, > You should try adding style="image-rendering:optimizeSpeed" to the image > elements (you can put it in the templates probably). That should disable > the anti-aliasing when resizing the barcodes. > > Thomas > > On Sep 21, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Robert Jenks <rje...@animefest.org> wrote: > > I am currently using Batik as part of a workflow to print badges for a > convention. I have a java desktop application which: > > 1. polls a web server for badges to print > 2. retrieves the data (type, template name, person's name, id, etc...) > 3. loads an appropriate SVG template > 4. Uses ZXing to generate a code-128 barcode and an QR code > 5. Loads the appropriate picture for the badge > 6. converts the barcode and picture PNGs into data: urls > 7. find the appropriate elements in the svg dom and replaces the dummy > images with the picture and barcode data: urls > 8. sets the batik transcoder output resolution > 9. rasterizes the svg to a png file > 10. sends the png to a photo printer > > The problem I am having is that resulting badge png has artifacts in the > barcodes. They're either antialiasing or scaling artifacts. This makes > the barcode a little hard to scan with readers and slowed down our > registration system. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can keep > the barcode images as crisp black and white images inside the full color > badge? > > Thanks, > Robert > > >
