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TEC-IT's comprehensive  barcode add-in for easy bar-code creation in Microsoft® Word and Excel®  reaches the next level. The new BETA for version 11 of this helpful tool introduces support for  Swiss QR-Code  2.0 and other barcode technologies like DotCode or Royal Mail postal barcodes. Additional performance and user interface improvements complete the new release. What's New? Swiss QR Code 2.0 V11 supports Swiss QR Code 2.0 based on Swiss Payment Standards 2019. New 2D Barcodes DotCode Rev. 4.0, Han Xin Code, Data Matrix DRME, PPN Code and NTIN Code New Postal Codes Royal Mail Mailmark® 2D, Royal Mail 4-State Mailmark™ and USPS Intelligent Mail Package Simplified User Interface The already intuitive user interface has been further improved. The advanced barcode settings are now accessible more easily. Improved Stability The serial letter function has been revised to improve performance. Upward Compatibility Barcodes created as EMF image with the previous ...

TEC-IT’s popular  Online Barcode Generator  was recently updated with a new sequence generator and code page selection. These are the improvements in detail: Sequence Generator This feature allows you to fill barcode data with an automatically generated sequence in order to download multiple barcodes at once. This function is limited to a maximum of 10 barcodes for unregistered users. If you need support for larger sequences, just contact  sales@tec-it.com . Arbitrary Character Sets Users are now able to select a code page to create barcodes with non-Latin characters. Just go to  Settings - Advanced  and select the desired code page. An example: By default Data Matrix codes are generated using the Latin-1 code page (ISO/IEC 8859-1). By selecting the UTF-8 code page you are able to create Data Matrix codes with Chinese, Japanese or Russian characters as well. Further Enhancements Minor improvements and bug fixes. Try the free  Online Barcode Generato...

Data List with Shortened URLs Version 12 of TEC-IT's barcode maker software will be released shortly. This post introduces the built-in URL shortener capabilities of the Barcode Studio update. The new URL shortening feature provides 3 main benefits: Dramatically Reduced QR-Code Size URL shortening means squeezing a long URL into a shorter one. This is important when creating mobile tagging QR-Codes for vCards, meCards, SPARQcodes, etc. With URL shortening you reduce the amount of data to be encoded. Smaller, better readable, easier-to-share QR-Codes are the result. Free QR-Code Traceability URL shortening providers like Google ( https://goo.gl ) and Bitly ( https://bit.ly ) offer simple and free tracking features. More on this below. Data Import Assistant Batch URL Shortening The data import assistant of Barcode Studio is able to shorten thousands of URLs with a single click. Shortened URLs You are not familiar with shortened URLs? Let me give you a...

vCard Data Import Check out this post to learn more about the new features of Barcode Studio V11.6. With Barcode Studio you quickly create high-quality bar code images for pre-press requirements and desktop publishing applications. More than 100 different linear and 2D codes are supported by this software! The new release focuses on bar-code creation for mobile tagging with vCard and meCard QR codes and provides enhanced label printing features . Features and Enhancements in Detail QR-Code vCard Assistant Mobile Tagging 2D codes for mobile tagging are now using the lowest possible error correction level. This minimizes the size of the generated barcodes. Intelligent Data Import It is possible to import predefined data formats for vCard, vCalendar, meCard, etc. in a structured way. This is especially helpful for mass-creation of business card bar-codes. Copy Counter for Label Printing The user can specify how many identical copies of a single label should be printed....

The new version of TEC-IT Barcode Studi o - the popular barcode maker software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux or UNIX - is to be released shortly! Barcode Studio V10 introduces bar code standard compliance by providing pre-defined barcode templates.  If such a barcode template is selected, Barcode Studio loads all settings and presents the user a bar code image which meets all requirements of the respective standard . After the required bar code data was entered the barcode can be saved immediately as bitmap or vector image file. No parameters need to be adjusted, no barcode know how is required. Currently 45 bar code templates are part of Barcode Studio: Deutsche Post Premiumadress Deutsche Post Pressepost Etikett Deutsche Post Pressepost Randbeschriftung EAN 13 (SC0, SC1, SC2, ..., SC8, SC9) SCn denotes the sizing mode of the bar code, EAN 13 SC0 stands for 82% of the default symbol size, the resulting symbol dimension is 30.51 x 21.25 mm EAN 8 (SC0, SC1, SC...

TEC-IT's free online barcode generator was relocated recently . The new URL for this convenient service is now http://barcode.tec-it.com . The online barcode generator currently supports approximately 60 different barcode symbologies . Among them are: Linear barcodes (like EAN, UPC, Code39, Code128, ....) 2D-codes (QR-Code, Data Matrix, Aztec Code, PDF417, MaxiCode, ...) Postal barcodes (USPS PostNet, Intelligent Mail barcode, Royal Mail 4 State, Australian Mail Postal Code, ...) GS1 DataBar (GS1 DataBar Stacked, GS1 DataBar Limited, GS1 DataBarExpanded, ITF14, GTIN, ...) I SBN, ISMN, ISSN codes (Barcodes for books, periodicals and media) Important bar-code parameters like the module width, the output resolution of the barcode image and finally the image type are freely adjustable.  Just check it out! Free Online Barcode Generator P.S.: If you have special requirements or enhancements requests just let us know: support@tec-it.com.

The popular  free online barcode generator  of TEC-IT got another upgrade! The list of supported bar codes was recently extended with the following symbologies: ISBN (barcodes for books, International Standard Book Number ) ISSN (barcodes for periodicals, International Standard Serial Number ) ISMN (barcode type for media like CD and DVD, International Standard Music Number ) I n total TEC-IT's online bar code service creates 60 different barcode symbologies . To name just a few of them: Code 128, Code 2 of 5 Interleaved, Code 39, Code 93, EAN, UPC, EAN/UCC 128, GS1 DataBar, Pharmacode, USPS PostNet, Royal Mail 4 State,  Aztec, CodablockF, DataMatrix, MaxiCode, MicroPDF417, PDF417, QRCode, MicroQR, etc. Barcodes are generated as raster image with adjustable resolution. Just select the required symbology, enter the bar code data and generate your code! T his service is completely free, no registration is required -  all you need is your browser! Besides thi...

Hello there! This is an update regarding the available video playlists for barcode software from TEC-IT on YouTube. NEW: Barcode Maker Software (English) Content: Five videos demonstrating how to create perfect barcodes with Barcode Studio. Create Perfect Barcodes Part 1: Barcode Studio User Interface Create Perfect Barcodes Part 2: EAN-128 with FNC1 Create Perfect Barcodes Part 3: Data Import Create Perfect Barcodes Part 4: Bar Code Image Export Create Perfect Barcodes Part 5: Serial Number Generator EXISTING: Barcode Label Printing Software (English) Content: Tutorial videos for the barcode label printing software TFORMer Designer. Barcode label printing with TFORMer Designer Barcode Label Printing Software (German) Content: Tutorial videos for barcode label printing software TFORMer Designer. Barcode-Etikettendruck mit TFORMer Designer Barcode Generator Component (English) Content: Tutorial videos for the bar code generator SDK TBarCode. Using Barcodes in Micro...

The service update of our Barcode Maker Software Barcode Studio for Windows and Mac OS X is ready for download! Barcode Studio V9.4.1 now supports the Spanish language. Moreover, a multi threading problem in conjunction with PostScript generation was fixed. Update is free of charge for existing Barcode Studio V9.x customers! Download Barcode Studio Update

Software update notice: The new version 9.4 of the barcode creator software Barcode Studio offers improved CSV-file import functionality on Mac OS X. The version history lists all improvements in detail. Update is free of charge for existing Barcode Studio V9.x customers!

Just a short notice for Barcode Studio users: V9.3 is available for download, it introduces the following new feature: EPS files may now be generated with embedded TIFF preview. And fixes the following bugs: Fixed the problem with auto-resizing PDF files. Set the missing resolution settings and reduced the image file sizes (TIFF Export). File extension is now always adapted to the chosen image type (Data List Export). It is now possible to load files that do not have a file name extension (Mac OS). CMYK color settings can now be used directly for EPS generation (Mac OS Color dialog). Many thanks to the HP SmartStream team for their valuable feedback! Users of Barcode Studio 9.0 or higher may update to this version free of charge. Download it here: Barcode Studio V9.3 (Windows), Barcode Studio V9.3 (Mac OS X - Universal Binary for PPC and Intel), Linux (on request )

A new release (V9.3) of the barcode creator software Barcode Studio will be available to the public in a few days. This release introduces the following enhancements and bug fixes: TIFF preview in EPS files PDF Export - Fixed the problem with auto-resizing PDF files. Data List Export - File extension is now always adapted to the chosen image type. Mac OS X - Option All Files in the File Open Dialog Mac OS X - CMYK colors can now be adjusted As usual the release candidates are available exclusively to readers of this blog: MAC OS X: Barcode Studio V9.3 Microsoft Windows: Barcode Studio V9.3 Linux: available on request! Update: Barcode Studio V9.3 was released on 05-26-2009 . Existing customers of Barcode Studio V9.0, V9.1 or V9.2 can update to this version free of charge. All license keys are still valid.

Barcode Studio V9.2 is available to the public! As mentioned in a previous blog-entry this release fixes a major problem with missing human readable texts when exporting barcodes as image on Mac OS X and Linux. In addition a minor DataMatrix encoding bug was fixed. The handling of quiet zones was also corrected. More information and downloads are available here: Barcode Maker Software: Barcode Studio . Enjoy - and feedback is more than welcome!

A new release (V9.2) of the barcode creator software Barcode Studio will be available to the public in a few days. This release introduces just one enhancement - but it is a major one: Barcode image export with human readable text works now on all operating systems. In previous versions of Barcode Studio this feature was only available on Windows. Barcode Studio V9.2 was release on 04.29.2009 - see XXX. The release candidates are available exclusively to readers of this blog: MAC OS X: Barcode Studio V9.2 Microsoft Windows: Barcode Studio V9.2 Linux: available on request ! Existing customers of Barcode Studio V9.0 or V9.1 can update to this version free of charge. All license keys are still valid.

In a few days TEC-IT will release the new version of Barcode Studio (V9.1). The most important new features are: * Data List for Multiple Bar Codes * Improved File Import * Better Serial Number Generator * Improved Bar Code Export * Improved Bar Width Reduction * HP SmartStream Designer Integration (more details are available from HP) Barcode Studio was released on 03/25/2008 ! Download Barcode Studio here: Barcode Creator Software .