Re: Barcodes in SVG

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 <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am currently using Batik as part of a workflow to print badges for a convention.   I have a java desktop application which:
> polls a web server for badges to print
> retrieves the data (type, template name, person's name, id, etc...)
> loads an appropriate SVG template
> Uses ZXing to generate a code-128 barcode and an QR code
> Loads the appropriate picture for the badge
> converts the barcode and picture PNGs into data: urls
> find the appropriate elements in the svg dom and replaces the dummy images with the picture and barcode data: urls
> sets the batik transcoder output resolution
> rasterizes the svg to a png file
> 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