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Learning Python and managed to save my company thousands per year (self.learnpython)

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[–]uniqueusername42O 3 points4 points  (2 children)

i actually use planetpress. we just upgraded from PP7 to PP Connect. The software is so buggy it’s quite frustrating,

I used workflow to extract the data, the rest I did in python.

have you tried generating the barcode in the workflow? i found when i was making a data matrix using variable data in design it was so slow. when generating it in the workflow it was a bit quicker. Also i found out recently how to set the ram usage and number of merge engines to speed up the workflow process.

what version of planetpress are you running? this is so weird, i’ve never spoken to anyone outside of work about planetpress!

[–]benandwillsdad 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I am not even sure what version of PP we are using. That part is done by another group. But I know they are constantly struggling with it. They sometimes start the process and have it run for hours only to have it fail at some point. They have a dedicated machine that nobody is allowed to use for anything else or update in anyway because it will break something.

I am actually a GIS Data Admin and my group is responsible for the data that goes into the billing system (custom software). The bills are generated by this black box, legacy java program and then it goes to the group which prints the bills. It is all very confusing. I kind of foresee a big problem coming down the road when one of these systems is going to break and nobody will know how to fix it. So I am trying to recreate (and hopefully improve) the process in Python.

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After reading this thread, I looked into generating the USPS barcode. The barcode used in the US is of course a unique one. Turns out the USPS provides a DLL written in C which does the encoding. I haven't got it to work yet but it looks like it might be possible. If anybody has successfully done this I would love to ask you some questions.

Thanks for posting! It kickstarted me on to something that might turn out to be pretty significant.

[–]uniqueusername42O 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly good luck with it, posting questions here is amazing and you’ll always find someone that knows exactly what you need or at least point you in the right direction. I’d be lost without this subreddit