[reportlab-users] Unable to print generated pdf

[Robin Becker]

Andrew Kornilov wrote:

> Hello all! I need to print label withc barcode. I wrote code for this:

> 

> #!/usr/bin/python

> 

> import sys

> 

> from reportlab.lib.units import inch

> from reportlab.graphics.barcode.code39 import Standard39

> from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas

> from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet

> from reportlab.platypus import Paragraph, Frame

> 

> def run():

>    styles = getSampleStyleSheet()

>    styleN = styles['Normal']

> 

>    story = []

> 

>    string = 'TE.15K035A.SW0001'

> 

>    barcode = Standard39(string)

>    barcode.barHeight = 0.7 * inch

>    barcode.lquiet = 0 # left padding

> 

>    story.append(barcode)

> 

>    story.append(Paragraph(string, styleN))

> 

>    out = sys.stdout

>    out = 'out.pdf'

> 

>    c = Canvas(out, pagesize=(162,108))

> 

>    f = Frame(0, 0, 2.25*inch, 1.5*inch, showBoundary=0)

>    f.addFromList(story, c)

> 

>    c.showPage()

>    c.save()

> 

> if __name__=='__main__':

>    run()

> 

> After runnig this code I have pdf. When I see it in pdf viewer - I can see

> proper label with barcode and text. But when I send it to printer - prints

> blank page. Any suggestions

> 

.......
your page size is pretty small, but when I print I get the barcode centred in 
the middle and it prints fine.
-- 
Robin Becker