Hi all,

Further to the recent bugfix on the generation of EAN-13 barcodes, used for book jackets and many other kinds of product packaging, I wanted to carry out some real-world tests.

I printed a real ISBN for a forthcoming book in EAN-13 format on to a sheet of plain 80g/m2 copy paper using Inkscape and an ordinary HP Laserjet 3050 desktop laser printer. I then took the print to my local library, who scanned it for me using their hand-held barcode scanner on the borrowing desk. The library computer recognised the EAN-13 on the first swipe, and decoded it back to a ten-digit ISBN.

I'd like to thank all the Inkscape developers for this killer plugin.

Cheers!

Daniel