Or generate the qr codes and use HTML to add a title to the images? On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Qrencode (cmd line tool) generates png files, Qreator (gui tool) generates > png files too. I think I will see if I can take a look at the source of > qreator and > see how hard it might be to "bend" it to do a line of text adjacent to the > QR > code. If I can do that, i have my solution, put it on some older computers > and > add a label printer and done. The Brother QL-570 will work quite well and > Brother has a nice set of Linux/Unix drivers for their products. Worse case > is > I create the QR codes and use Gimp to put them into something that has a > text line on it , then turn the whole thing into a small file to be > printed. I do > one for each piece of hardware I need to label. > > > > On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Michael Rasmussen <mich...@jamhome.us> > wrote: > > > On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:29:31PM -0700, Chuck Hast wrote: > > > I have qrencode on my machine and have been playing around with it, I > > also > > > have qreator which is a gui, but both of them just generate the QR > code, > > so > > > I > > > will have to figure out what I can do to merge a QR code with a short > > line > > > of > > > text for the label. Also did not find the python2 references using > > > Synaptic. > > > > > > The search was done using pacman, was that Arch? > > > > Yes, he seems to be on an Arch system. > > > > QR codes are image files. The online generator I just checked creates > JPG, > > EPS, or SVG. > > So if you think about the issue as "how do I add text to my image ..." it > > gets (?) easier. > > > > If you go the JPG route you could use imagemagik to add the text you > want. > > Plenty of online information on how to do that. > > > > Using an SVG - if the file they generate is sane - could also have text > > added without too much pain. > > > > -- > > Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon > > Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity > > May the best days of your past be the worst days of your future. > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > -- > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. > The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
