I am using the python extension mechanism of inkscape (i.e. an inkscape instance is already running and I've added a script and .inx file in the extensions folder). I thought about using the CLI to trigger that custom extension, but the laptop I have attached to the engraver is a bit slow. Too slow ...

I'm using a combination of the standard barcode extension and hershey text to create a barcode with a single line vector font. Inkscape was a pretty good solution for this all around. I'm just trying to cut out a half dozen or so clicks in between parts. When youre doing a hundred parts those clicks...

Hi Ragnar, I thought about doing the commandline options, but I figured there must be an API call to print directly from an extension script (something like CurrentDocument.print(), etc.). My modified barcode extension just drops a barcode into an empty document, so I could do the commandline print,...

Is it possible to print directly from a python extension? I have a slightly modified barcode generator script that I use with my laser engraver. I'm doing one part at a time, incrementing the barcode & printing to the engraver each time. Its pure laziness on my part, but if there were a way to t...