NAME

PostScript::MailLabels::BasicData - Basic data that is used by the MailLabels module.

SYNOPSIS

Loads up a few basic data items :

Font metrics

PS code for generating a calibration page

PS code for generating a test page

PS code for PostNET font

Standard paper sizes

Specs for Avery (tm) forms (incomplete)

DESCRIPTION

All this does is initialize a bunch of data items. Not intended to be
used by normal people. It just makes the MailLabel.pm code more
compact. The documentation is probably not too complete.

Note that the font metrics camne from PostScript::Metrics by Shawn Wallace.
The PostNET barcode font came from James H. Cloos, Jr.

EXAMPLE

  require PostScript::MailLabels::BasicData;

  $data = new PostScript::MailLabels::BasicData;

	$code = '8460';
  @layout = @{$data{AVERY}{$code}};

 # layout=>[paper-size,[list of product codes], description,
 #          number per sheet, left-offset, top-offset, width, height]
 #			distances measured in points

 $testpage = $data{TESTPAGE};

REVISION HISTORY

    Version 1.30 Mon Nov 17 20:36:36 CST 2008
    Add Dymo label data (patch from brian d foy)
    Version 1.23 Mon Oct 20 20:09:09 CDT 2008
    Patch had an error - repired.
    Version 1.22 Sun Oct 19 16:22:56 CDT 2008
    Added Avery 8923 per patch from brian d. foy
    Added Userdefined hook for paper size per request of Jim Albert
	Version 1.21 Tue Nov 29 20:55:38 CST 2005
	Added Avery 5526 labels per request of Wallace Winfrey
	Version 1.20 - August 2005
	Added patch from Jonathan Kamens
	Version 1.10 - August 2004
	Added 5167 Avery stock
	Version 1.02 - January 2001
	Fixed calibration axis labels to work for arbitrary paper size
	Added y_gap to Avery data
	Version 1.01 - December 2000
	Added pagesize parameter to handle paper other than Letter.
	Added more axis labels so that A4 calibration plot would work.

AUTHOR

Alan Jackson
October 1999
alan@ajackson.org

SEE ALSO