Bob,

I do a lot with barcode and xpages myself. I have an XPages app designed for use with iPads and a barcode scanner that connects via bluetooth.

I've not played with printing much but a little.  Check out Declan Lynch's project for that.  http://www.openntf.org/blogs/openntf.nsf/d6plinks/NHEF-8NGF2M

For the actually scanner we use:  http://serialio.com/products/scanner/mobile/Scanfob_2002.php

All this scanner is, is a keyboard.  So it works great on web apps.  You tap the field - scan the barcode and it inputs the num.  

But here's the thing.  Since iOS thinks this is bluetooth keyboard is will NOT display the onscreen keyboard if you go to another field to fill out data.

This scanner has a KEY KEY feature - a small second button that can be programmed to bring up the on screen keyboard.

Works great.

Check this Java barcode scanning library out.  scan and read 1D (linear) and 2D (matrix) barcodes from image files

You can embed barcode recognition features in your Java Server Side Environment (JSP, Servlet, J2EE, Web Service) or yourJava Application (Swing, Applet, Java Bean, J2SE)

Here is the sample code.

           String[] datas = BarcodeReader.read(new File("C:/YourBarcodeImage.gif"), BarcodeReader.EAN8); 
Pass your barcode image file, and barcode type to BarcodeReader, and it will return barcode datas. Complete demo source code is under test-src folder.

i have created and generated many types of barcode with this jave barcode library, if you want to scan and recognize barcode, you can check this java barcode reader, compatible with multiple platforms.

Hi Bob,

I'm using this to create barcode in Java, for your reference. Good enough for me. :)