摘要 |
An XML printer system adapted to print bar code labels based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream comprises a printer apparatus having a media control system and a print head assembly, a print head driver and a computer system operatively coupled to the printer apparatus. The computer system further includes: a memory subsystem; a communication interface operatively coupled to a network; an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream, and obtain schema identified in the XML data stream from a schema repository, the XML processor validating the XML data stream based upon the schema obtained; an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream from a stylesheet repository, the XSLT processor transforming data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained; an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and a barcode rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a bit map representative of the bar code label. |