generate_plate(plate_code)

def generate_plate(plate_code):

    print('Generating the plate', plate_code)
    inner_id, zone = unpack(plate_code)
    print('Inner ID:', inner_id)
    print('Zone:', zone)
    region = [regions[r]['code'] for r in regions if zone in regions[r]['zones']][0]
    region_name = [r for r in regions if region==regions[r]['code']][0]
    print('Region code:', region, '('+region_name+')')
    colorscheme = get_colorscheme(region)
    print('Color scheme: {}/{} {}/{}'.format(*colorscheme)) # RPFONT, RPBG, IPFONT, IPBG

    ElementTree.register_namespace('dc','http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/')
    ElementTree.register_namespace('cc','http://creativecommons.org/ns#')
    ElementTree.register_namespace('rdf','http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#')
    ElementTree.register_namespace('svg','http://www.w3.org/2000/svg')
    ElementTree.register_namespace('','http://www.w3.org/2000/svg')
    ElementTree.register_namespace('xlink','http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink')
    ElementTree.register_namespace('sodipodi','http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd')
    ElementTree.register_namespace('inkscape','http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape')
    doc = ElementTree.parse(template_path)
    RPFONT = doc.find('.//*[@id="RPFONT"]')
    RPBG = doc.find('.//*[@id="RPBG"]')
    IPFONT = doc.find('.//*[@id="IPFONT"]')
    IPBG = doc.find('.//*[@id="IPBG"]')

    RPFONT.attrib['style']=re.sub(r'fill:#[0-9a-f]{6}', r'fill:'+colors[colorscheme[0]], RPFONT.attrib['style'])
    RPBG.attrib['style']=re.sub(r'fill:#[0-9a-f]{6}', r'fill:'+colors[colorscheme[1]], RPBG.attrib['style'])
    IPFONT.attrib['style']=re.sub(r'fill:#[0-9a-f]{6}', r'fill:'+colors[colorscheme[2]], IPFONT.attrib['style'])
    IPBG.attrib['style']=re.sub(r'fill:#[0-9a-f]{6}', r'fill:'+colors[colorscheme[3]], IPBG.attrib['style'])

    RP1 = doc.find('.//*[@id="RP1"]')
    RP2 = doc.find('.//*[@id="RP2"]')

    for n,e in enumerate([RP1, RP2]):
        e.attrib['{http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink}href'] = '#smallDigit'+'{:02d}'.format(region)[n]

    IP1 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP1"]')
    IP2 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP2"]')
    IP3 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP3"]')
    IP4 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP4"]')
    IP5 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP5"]')
    IP6 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP6"]')
    IP7 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP7"]')
    IP8 = doc.find('.//*[@id="IP8"]')

    for n,e in enumerate([IP1, IP2]):
        e.attrib['{http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink}href'] = '#letter'+plate_code[n]
    for n,e in enumerate([IP3, IP4, IP5, IP6]):
        e.attrib['{http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink}href'] = '#digit'+plate_code[n+2]
    for n,e in enumerate([IP7, IP8]):
        e.attrib['{http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink}href'] = '#letter'+plate_code[n+6]

    folder = os.path.dirname(template_path)
    svg_path = os.path.join(folder, 'Plate ({:02d}) {}.svg'.format(region, plate_code))
    png_path = os.path.join(folder, 'Plate ({:02d}) {}.png'.format(region, plate_code))
    print('Saving as:', svg_path)
    doc.write(svg_path, default_namespace=None)
    print('Converting as:', png_path)
    os.system('inkscape "{}" -e "{}"'.format(svg_path, png_path))