diff --git a/CHANGELOG.TXT b/CHANGELOG.TXT
index f023a66..bb3f642 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.TXT
+++ b/CHANGELOG.TXT
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+5.9.130 (2011-10-12)
+	- Now you can set image data strings on HTML img tag by encoding the image binary data in this way: $imgsrc = '@'.base64_encode($imgdata);
+
 5.9.129 (2011-10-07)
 	- Core fonts metrics was fixed (replace all helvetica and times php files on fonts folder).
 	- Form fields support was improved and some problems were fixed (check the example n. 14).
diff --git a/README.TXT b/README.TXT
index e735aca..542d0b9 100755
--- a/README.TXT
+++ b/README.TXT
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Name: TCPDF
-Version: 5.9.129
-Release date: 2011-10-07
+Version: 5.9.130
+Release date: 2011-10-12
 Author:	Nicola Asuni
 
 Copyright (c) 2002-2011:
diff --git a/tcpdf.php b/tcpdf.php
index 4eb4e43..8b93e77 100755
--- a/tcpdf.php
+++ b/tcpdf.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : tcpdf.php
-// Version     : 5.9.129
+// Version     : 5.9.130
 // Begin       : 2002-08-03
-// Last Update : 2011-10-07
+// Last Update : 2011-10-12
 // Author      : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com S.r.l - Via Della Pace, 11 - 09044 - Quartucciu (CA) - ITALY - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
 // License     : http://www.tecnick.com/pagefiles/tcpdf/LICENSE.TXT GNU-LGPLv3 + YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY TCPDF COPYRIGHT NOTICE OR LINK FROM THE GENERATED PDF DOCUMENTS.
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
  * Tools to encode your unicode fonts are on fonts/utils directory.</p>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @author Nicola Asuni
- * @version 5.9.129
+ * @version 5.9.130
  */
 
 // Main configuration file. Define the K_TCPDF_EXTERNAL_CONFIG constant to skip this file.
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/config/tcpdf_config.php');
  * TCPDF project (http://www.tcpdf.org) has been originally derived in 2002 from the Public Domain FPDF class by Olivier Plathey (http://www.fpdf.org), but now is almost entirely rewritten.<br>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @brief PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions.
- * @version 5.9.129
+ * @version 5.9.130
  * @author Nicola Asuni - info@tecnick.com
  */
 class TCPDF {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 	 * Current TCPDF version.
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.129';
+	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.130';
 
 	// Protected properties
 
@@ -23055,27 +23055,33 @@ Putting 1 is equivalent to putting 0 and calling Ln() just after. Default value:
 			}
 			case 'img': {
 				if (isset($tag['attribute']['src'])) {
-					// check for images without protocol
-					if (preg_match('%^/{2}%', $tag['attribute']['src'])) {
-						$tag['attribute']['src'] = 'http:'.$tag['attribute']['src'];
-					}
-					// replace relative path with real server path
-					if (($tag['attribute']['src'][0] == '/') AND !empty($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) AND ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] != '/')) {
-						$findroot = strpos($tag['attribute']['src'], $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
-						if (($findroot === false) OR ($findroot > 1)) {
-							if (substr($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], -1) == '/') {
-								$tag['attribute']['src'] = substr($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], 0, -1).$tag['attribute']['src'];
-							} else {
-								$tag['attribute']['src'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$tag['attribute']['src'];
+					if ($tag['attribute']['src']{0} === '@') {
+						// data stream
+						$tag['attribute']['src'] = '@'.base64_decode(substr($tag['attribute']['src'], 1));
+						$type = '';
+					} else {
+						// check for images without protocol
+						if (preg_match('%^/{2}%', $tag['attribute']['src'])) {
+							$tag['attribute']['src'] = 'http:'.$tag['attribute']['src'];
+						}
+						// replace relative path with real server path
+						if (($tag['attribute']['src'][0] == '/') AND !empty($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) AND ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] != '/')) {
+							$findroot = strpos($tag['attribute']['src'], $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
+							if (($findroot === false) OR ($findroot > 1)) {
+								if (substr($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], -1) == '/') {
+									$tag['attribute']['src'] = substr($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], 0, -1).$tag['attribute']['src'];
+								} else {
+									$tag['attribute']['src'] = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].$tag['attribute']['src'];
+								}
 							}
 						}
-					}
-					$tag['attribute']['src'] = htmlspecialchars_decode(urldecode($tag['attribute']['src']));
-					$type = $this->getImageFileType($tag['attribute']['src']);
-					$testscrtype = @parse_url($tag['attribute']['src']);
-					if (!isset($testscrtype['query']) OR empty($testscrtype['query'])) {
-						// convert URL to server path
-						$tag['attribute']['src'] = str_replace(K_PATH_URL, K_PATH_MAIN, $tag['attribute']['src']);
+						$tag['attribute']['src'] = htmlspecialchars_decode(urldecode($tag['attribute']['src']));
+						$type = $this->getImageFileType($tag['attribute']['src']);
+						$testscrtype = @parse_url($tag['attribute']['src']);
+						if (!isset($testscrtype['query']) OR empty($testscrtype['query'])) {
+							// convert URL to server path
+							$tag['attribute']['src'] = str_replace(K_PATH_URL, K_PATH_MAIN, $tag['attribute']['src']);
+						}
 					}
 					if (!isset($tag['width'])) {
 						$tag['width'] = 0;