[PLUG] QR Code generator with text label

[Galen Seitz]

On 05/30/15 21:33, Chuck Hast wrote:
> I have been looking for something that will generate QR codes to
> create labels, I also want to add a short human readable line on
> the label but so far I have not found a single step Linux solution to
> do so.  What I want is the QR code and above or below it a short
> human readable description. I can find windows stuff that will do it
> and I can find some on line generators, but not sure that they would
> like it if I did a whole parts inventory.
> 
> I see some people have used other applications to overlay the QR
> code onto something with the text or vice versa, but I want something
> that is reasonably simple to use and runs on Linux so that I can set
> it up for non-tech types to use.


I agree with Michael R.  It sounds like a job for Imagemagick.  Generate
the QR png file, then use convert to add the text.

http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/>


galen
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