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 1.02 - 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