Patent ID: 7407102

Claim:
An XML printer system for printing bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards or other media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the XML printer system comprising: a computer system having a memory subsystem; a communication interface; an XML processor configured to receive the XML input data stream; a variable data integrator configured to associate XML data contained in the XML input data stream and a format template; a formatting engine configured to format XML data in the XML input data stream according to a format governed by the format template, wherein said formatting engine formats the associated XML data received from the variable data integrator according to the format governed by the format template; a rendering engine configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of at least a portion of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card or other media, wherein said rendering engine generates the printable representations based on the associated and formatted data.