[reportlab-users] Size of Barcodes in Reportlab

[Jürgen Geuter]

Hello.

I am trying to generate barcodes with reportlab and it works quite well:
---- example code -----
from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import A4,landscape
from reportlab.graphics.barcode import code39
from reportlab.lib.units import mm

c = canvas.Canvas("/tmp/barcode.pdf", pagesize=landscape(A4))
barcode = code39.Extended39("123456")
barcode.drawOn(c,100*mm,100*mm)

c.showpage()
c.save()
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This draws a correct barcode to the position I wanted it printed, but
it's too small. The barcode's size is not influenced by the font or the
current line width, I tried setting the "height" and "width" attributes
of my barcode before calling "drawOn". Nothing would change the
barcode's size.
I just need it bigger so our scanners can properly read it (there is
some dirt involved sometimes and the scanners are not always perfect so
in this case, size _does_matter :)

Thanks in Advance

Jürgen Geuter

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