InfoBrief - Perl extension for printing envelopes for Infobrief mailings according to the standards of the Deutsche Bundespost
use InfoBrief; $x = new InfoBrief %OPTIONS; print $x->preamble; print $x->page(@address); print $x->trailer;
This modules is probably not very useful outside of Germany. It is a tool dedicated for printing envelopes for Infobrief mailings according to the standards of the Deutsche Bundespost. You may customize it for other standards though.
The output generated is Postscript level 2 and conforms to EPSF 1.2. Since copypage ist used, the single pages contain only the new address and running number and the size of the postscript file is modest.
copypage
The Constructor new take a few options to customize the output:
new
Generate A4 rsp. A5 output. Default is C5.
Custom output size. Units are Postscript dots (72 dpi).
Set custom border size. Default is 20.
20
Set the Postamt for the "Entgelt bezahlt" stamp. Default is '44227 Dortmund 52'.
'44227 Dortmund 52'
Add/Omit the "Entgelt bezahlt" stamp. Default is true.
true
Add/Omit the "Infobrief" banner. Default is false since the banner is not required.
false
Add/Omit a running number on each envelope. Default is true.
Ulrich Pfeifer <pfeifer@ls6.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
perl(1).
1 POD Error
The following errors were encountered while parsing the POD:
You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
To install InfoBrief, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm InfoBrief
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install InfoBrief
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.