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Experiencing trouble licensing TEC-IT software after reinstalling or migrating the product? Read on! Here is a step-by-step guide to help you solve this issue on your own. Self-Service License Key Management  This post shows you how to use the self-service license key/activation key management online service for the following TEC-IT software products: Barcode Studio ( https://tec-it.com/bcs ) TFORMer ( https://tec-it.com/tfd ) TWedge ( https://tec-it.com/twedge ) TBarCode Office ( https://tec-it.com/tbo ) Visit https://license.tec-it.com to recover, reactivate, reset or migrate activation keys for the above-mentioned TEC-IT software. This is especially helpful when moving licenses between computers, if you need to reactivate a product after reinstallation, or if the system ID of your computer changed after performing a factory reset or installing a new hard disk. The process is simple and usually completed within minutes, help by TEC-IT staff is not required . How to Use Enter t...

Important information for our visitors and customers! Due to the current situation, we would like to inform you that  the entire TEC-IT team is available for you . Even if our employees are now working at home,  we can be contacted as usual  by phone ([+43] (0) 7252/72 720) or email ( support@tec-it.com ,  sales@tec-it.com ). This situation is also new for us, so we ask you to be lenient about slightly increased response times or other minor issues. Since we know that many of our existing customers now need licenses to use TEC-IT software on private computers,  we issue temporary licenses for free  if necessary. These temporary licenses are available for existing customers and are valid until May 31, 2020. Re-licensing or uninstalling of the original license is not necessary, the simultaneous use of private and corporate licenses is of course possible. Just contact us via the  web-form . We hope this message is helpful and thank you for your un...

Barcode Studio , TEC-IT's popular  barcode generator for high-quality barcode images , has been currently updated. In addition to other improvements,  bar codes can now be exported as PDF in CMYK color format , which will especially please users from the graphic design, pre-press and printing sectors. What's New? CMYK Support for PDF Export - PDF documents are now exported using CMYK colors - Color overprinting is now supported Dark Mode Support on macOS Mojave Improved dark mode support on macOS Mojave (full support coming soon) Using  TBarCode Library 11.8.1 For more details, see the  Barcode Studio version history . For existing users of Barcode Studio version 15 and for customers with a valid maintenance agreement, this update is free of charge:  Download Barcode Studio V15.12.0 . In case of questions, please  contact us .

Track Coupons Using Global Coupon Numbers (GCN) You are a retailer, coupon issuer, distributor or a marketing agency and would like to distribute and track coupons ? Then you should think about applying for standardized and globally unique numbers for such purposes. Starting this year (2013) the GS1 organization in Belgium and Luxembourg maintains and issues global coupon numbers . Because such a GCN is based on the GS1 company prefix, it is worldwide unique. Personalized and Non-Personalized Coupons For non-personalized coupons only the so-called GCN part 1 is required to identify a coupon. For personalized coupons the coupon issuer needs to utilize GCN part 2 (basically a serial number) as well. In addition each coupon must be assigned a coupon value. GS1 DataBar Expanded for Coupons  Based on the available space on your coupon, select either the GS1 DataBar Expanded or the GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked bar-code symbology. The GS1 DataBar barcode encodes the GCN ...

Professional Freeware for Making QR Codes +TEC-IT  announces a completely free software  tool for creating  QR code images . The free app is named QR-Code Studio and is available for Microsoft Windows  and  Mac OS X . Countless Applications Post-Processed QR Code QR codes are bi-dimensional codes that can be scanned with most camera equipped smartphones. Besides industrial applications, QR codes are in widespread use in everyday situations: QR codes can be found on advertisements and in marketing campaigns for linking products to web-sites, in sweepstakes, on electronic business cards to encode contact details, on tickets and vouchers, on the new SEPA money transfer slips or on web-sites to provide faster access to smartphone apps. It's a Breeze Using TEC-IT’s freeware QR-Code Studio anyone is able to create QR codes fast and easily. High quality QR code symbols are generated without any special know-how. The user is supported by a data entry wizar...

+TEC-IT released the new version of Barcode Studio , the well-known bar code maker software. Features Barcode Studio V15 provides advanced support for international requirements and offers unmatched 2D symbology capabilities . Check out the appealing new features:  All Applications, All Countries - The new USPS Intelligent Mail package barcode enables the US Postal Service to enhance its package tracking. The Han Xin code is intended for applications in China. DotCode provides state-of-the-art direct product marking capabilities.  Go International - Now Russian and Polish language support is available in addition to English, German, Spanish, Italian, and Chinese.  Perfect for Pre-Press - Overprinting support enables you to create the best possible bar code quality.  The New Barcodes USPS Intelligent Mail Package Bar Code (IMpb) IM package barcode (IMpb) The IMpb provides detailed package-level data and enables the US Postal Service to enhance...

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....

Latest TEC-IT Press Release Austria, TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH ( tec-it.com ), leading vendor of AUTO-ID and bar code software presents a brand new feature for the popular barcode maker software Barcode Studio. “QR codes are becoming more and more popular. Especially the increasing need in marketing and mobile tagging is causing a rise in demand for 2D barcodes. In light of this development TEC-IT is responding with its new version of Barcode Studio.” (Guenter Kriegl, CEO of TEC-IT ) Mobile Tagging, vCard Business Cards and More QR-Code vCard Creating 2D bar-codes for electronic business cards with vCard and meCard formats is simplified dramatically: The brand new assistant leads you through the data input with a multifunctional dialog box, the user just enters the contact details and the assistant takes care of generating the 2D barcode with the correct data formatting. No special knowledge is needed. What’s more, mobile tagging barcodes for events, Android Mar...

How to Create vCard Business Cards with Barcode Studio Some users of Barcode Studio are unsure regarding the correct data format for creating barcodes for so-called 2D code business cards. Such an "electronic” business card encodes the contact data in a QR-Code or a Data Matrix symbol. These codes can be scanned with your smartphone. The business card data is recognized automatically, you will never need to key in contact data manually! Most camera-equipped mobile phones are able to decode QR-Codes on such business cards (Data Matrix is not in common use until now). The example outlined in this post contains vCard sample data (.xls and .csv files) and a setting file for Barcode Studio . This settings file (*.BCS) can be used immediately to create premium quality QR-Codes with Barcode Studio. Creating a vCard Data Format A vCard barcode must follow certain rules, the different elements of a business cards (e.g. the phone number) are tagged with prefixes. Some sample prefix...

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...

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...

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.

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 .