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+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 its package tracking capabilities.
Han Xin Code
Han Xin 2D Code
The Han Xin Code is intended as the "National 2D barcode symbology of China". The strength of this 2D symbology is the optimized encoding of Chinese characters.
DotCode
DotCode
The DotCode has been developed for high-speed and on-demand printing on labels or directly on products. It's best suited for direct part marking (DPM) with ink-jets or lasers.
Free Download
Barcode Studio is available for Microsoft Windows and Max OS X. Just give it a try - the download of the 10-day trial is free:
+TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH provides high quality software in the areas of automated data acquisition and data collection, bar-coding, barcode extensions for ERP systems, label and form printing, report generators and output management. TEC-IT products are available for all major platforms, thus customers benefit from complete and versatile software solutions for all possible requirements. The company is located in Austria / Europe and can be reached via www.tec-it.com. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
+TEC-IT extends its barcode products with the support of two new 2D symbologies. Both symbologies were officially released by the AIM, the association of automatic identification and mobility.
Han Xin Code
Han Xin Code
The first two-dimensional symbology is named Han Xin Code and was developed by AIM China.
The Han Xin Code is optimized to encode Chinese characters while still being able to encode ASCII and numeric data. Han Xin code is also sometimes known under its old, unofficial name Chinese Sensible.
Basic Han Xin Facts
The symbology is intended as the main two-dimensional (2D) symbology for applications and paper based communication in China.
Variable size, matrix symbology with square modules.
Square overall symbol shape (rectangular shapes are not possible).
84 different symbol versions (sizes), ranging from 23x23 up to 189x189 modules.
Standard code page is Latin 1, the alternative code page for Chinese characters is GB18030.
Optimized to encode Chinese 2-byte and 4-byte characters.
The symbology encodes a maximum of 7827 numeric characters, 4350 ASCII characters, 3261 binary bytes, 2174 common Chinese characters from region 1 or region 2, 1739 2-byte Chinese characters or 1044 4-byte Chinese symbols.
4 user selectable error correction levels ranging from L1 (8% error correction capacity) up to L4 (30%) are available.
Offers advanced features like octet byte encoding and ECI (Extended Channel Interpretation) support.
AIM publication date: August 2011.
The Han Xin code is in the public domain and free to use.
Strong similarities with QR code symbols.
DotCode
DotCode
The second 2D symbology was invented by Dr. Andrew Longacre, Jr. and is named DotCode.
DotCode is targeting industrial applications and is not simply just another 2D symbology. It is a 2-D bar code designed and uniquely suited for high-speed, on-demand printing on labels or directly on products, by ink-jet and lasers as used in direct part marking (DPM) applications.
DotCode Images
DotCode 15 lines
The sample symbols to the right all encode the URL http://www.tec-it.com. The size of the symbol can be varied as required.
Basic DotCode facts
DotCode 26 lines
The symbology is intended for industrial, high-speed marking with ink-jet or laser.
Variable size, dot matrix symbology. It encodes data in an array of nominally disconnected dots arranged within a regular grid of possible locations.
The overall symbol shape is adjustable, rectangular to nearly square shaped symbols are possible.
The symbol size is theoretically unlimited but practically limited to appr. 124 modules (lines/columns).
Standard code page is Latin 1.
Ready for GS1 applications and suitable for encoding application identifiers (AIs).
Advanced features like structured append and ECI (Extended Channel Interpretation) support are available.
+TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH provides high quality software in the areas of automated data acquisition and data collection, bar-coding, barcode extensions for ERP systems, label and form printing, report generators and output management. TEC-IT products are available for all major platforms, thus customers benefit from complete and versatile software solutions for all possible requirements. The company is located in Austria / Europe and can be reached via www.tec-it.com. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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.
ISBN / ISSN / ISMN The data assistant now makes it easier to enter codes in ISBN, ISSN, and ISMN format.
Pixel Shaving For 2D codes like QR-Code or Data Matrix, the pixel shaving algorithm was improved.
Appearance The appearance of several dialogs was improved.
Bug Fixes
Label preview crash was fixed.
The check for the bar code sizes was improved.
Fixed the wrong display of the number of errors in the data list.
TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH provides high quality software in the areas of bar-coding, barcode extensions for ERP systems, label and form printing, reporting and automated data acquisition. TEC-IT products are available for all major platforms, thus customers benefit from complete and versatile software solutions for all possible requirements. The company is located in Austria / Europe and can be reached via www.tec-it.com. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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.
“Even in Europe 2D bar codes – mostly 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 business card including encoded contact details (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 Market search, WiFi networks, Twitter tweets, LinkedIn profiles and Facebook likes are supported for the user’s convenience as well.
Even industrial applications benefit from the intuitive assistant: Create GS1 barcodes by using predefined application identifiers (so called AIs) quickly and without any special skills. Barcode Studio inserts the FNC1 delimiter characters automatically.
Try and Test
Barcode Studio V11 can be downloaded from TEC-IT’s website www.tec-it.com. A completely free and unlimited 10-day test drive is available. The bar code maker software is available for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and UNIX. Enjoy the product videos on YouTube.com to learn more about Barcode Studio
Please Contact
Susan Enzenhofer TEC-IT Datenverarbeitung GmbH Hans-Wagnerstrasse 6 A-4400 Steyr - Austria, EUROPE
Both features help you to print simple barcode labels for articles, price tags, inventory labels, etc. within a minute. Just enter or import the data required and print thousands of labels with just a single click. The label printing feature works on all operating systems - Barcode Studio is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and UNIX.
Video Preview
Simplified User Interface
In addition the user interface was simplified and provides now 3 main tabs which allows you to:
Design a barcode and adjust all required code parameters. In this section you have also the possibility to add captions above and below a barcode.
Enter or import data for batch label printing or batch barcode creation
A label tab for adjusting the barcode label layout. Just select one of the pre-defined label templates for commercially available adhesive labels or specify your custom label settings.
After installing the new version you have the possibility to request a free test license online. This test license unlocks Barcode Studio, you can test it for 10 days without limitations. Please note that a commercial usage of the test license is not allowed.
Other Improvements
Mil-Support Mils can now be entered with improved accuracy.
Simplified Menus The different export menus were combined into one menu.
CMYK Colors Mac OS: CMYK color settings are now saved in the settings files (.bc), when the color was entered as CMYK values.
Dialog Sizing Problems Wrongly sized input dialogs were fixed.
Preview in Import Dialog The data preview in the import dialog now always shows the actual file content.
Lost Cursor Position The cursor position in the data edit box was lost after typing the first character. This problem was fixed.
Data List: New Data Row in Hex Mode New data rows are now added correctly if hexadecimal character input mode is turned on.
Availability
Pricing, detailed descriptions and free downloads are available shortly from TEC-IT.
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Barcode Keyboard - +TEC-IT's new soft-keyboard for Android offers integrated camera scanner support. Using this keyboard you are able to scan barcodes directly into any app, application switching or copy/paste is no longer required.
After the application was installed, this Barcode Keyboard can be activated in Android Settings -- Language / keyboard. Once activated you are still able to key-in text manually using the hardware or software-keyboard of your Droid. But whenever you need to enter the data of a barcode (e.g. an EAN or UPC product code, a QR-Code, ...) just press the barcode key or long press the num/alpha modifier. A camera scanner app (choose between the built-in or an external scanner) is opened, the barcode is decoded and the Barcode Keyboard enters the barcode data automatically into the current input field. No manual typing is required.
User Manual
NEW: A complete and updated user manual in German and English is available on TEC-IT's web site!
Navigate to Android Settings -- Language / keyboard
Check Barcode Keyboard and confirm the security warning
Barcode Keyboard Settings
Data Prefix Using the placeholders ${ENTER}, ${TAB}, ${BACKSPACE}, ${DOWN}, ${UP}, ${LEFT} and ${RIGHT} you can control the cursor or input focus before the barcode data is inserted into the input field of the current app.
Data Suffix Use the same placeholders as above to control the cursor or input focus after the barcode data is inserted into the input field of the current app.
Camera Scanner If you prefer to select the camera scanner to be used each time, select Always ask. If a specific app is selected, the software always uses exactly this camera scanner app without asking.
Search Key Function This entry specifies the action when the hardware search key is pressed (this key is usually marked with a magnifier symbol, it is also available on the hardware keyboard of a Motorola Droid/Milestone or Google G1): Scan Barcode Now immediately opens the camera scanner when this key is pressed (you do not need to activate the soft-keyboard beforehand). In this case the search key acts as hotkey for barcode scanning. Choose Do Nothing if you do not want to change the default behaviour of the standard search key.
Activate the Barcode Keyboard
Open some app which uses a text input field (e.g. Gmail, then Compose a new email).
Long-tap in some input field like To
A menu opens, select Input method
Choose Camera Keyboard
90 Seconds Video Demonstration
Update Available (V1.4 - October 2012)
In addition to numerous other improvements the updated version of the bar code keyboard supports the following keyboard layouts (The layout of the barcode keyboard is automatically adjusted to the system settings):
English
German
French
Russian
Spanish - new
Swedish
In addition the placeholders ${ENTER}, ${TAB}, ${BACKSPACE}, ${DOWN}, ${UP}, ${LEFT} and ${RIGHT} can now be abbreviated with ${E}, ${T}, ${B}, ${D}, ${U}, ${L} and ${R}. You can specify a multiplier immediately after the placeholder (e.g. ${E5}). This instructs the barcode keyboard to simulate the specified key n times (5 times Enter key in the example above).
Your Feedback Please!
Feedback and feature requests are highly welcome. Just contact TEC-IT.
Centralized, zero-maintenance bar code printing solution for your network!
From today a new version of the barcode print server solutionTBarCode/Embedded for SEH ISD400 / ISD410 Print Spool Appliances is available for download.
The bar code generator software extends the ISD Print Spool Appliances from SEH with complete barcode printing functionality for PostScript- and PCL compatible printers.
Key advantages:
Centralized bar-code printing solution
Extensive bar code support (linear, 2D, Postal and GS1 DataBar Composite Barcodes) - based on TBarCode/X V9
TEC-IT released a short video on YouTube which demonstrates the use of the Bluetooth Reader GetBlue.
You will learn how to configure GetBlue in order to be used as Bluetooth software wedge. The Bluetooth barcode scanner must be paired with your Android handset, then it is adjusted as input device for GetBlue. As data-sink (the target application for the scanned data) the GetBlue Keyboard is selected. Using this configuration it is possible to inject captured barcode scanner data as virtual user input into each application.
See for yourself:
GetBlue acts as "middleware" between hardware and apps. Thus, each (legacy) Bluetooth bar code scanner supporting the serial port profile can be used.
The video quality is satisfying - but far away from perfect. We will produce a HD video with sound in the near future. In the meantime we are awaiting your video comments!
A few days ago TEC-IT published the updated version of the free online bar code generator. The user interface was revised completely and support for complex MECARD/VCARD business card barcodes as well as calendar barcodes was added.
This online barcode generator provides a very fast and responsive user interface utilizing some AJAX features. TBarCode SDK (a barcode generator software component developed and distributed by TEC-IT) is used on server-side for all barcode creation tasks.
Users are able to browse a list of supported barcode categories. Currently the categories linear barcodes, 2D bar codes, EAN / UPC, GS1 DataBar, ISBN bar codes, Postal codes, 2D codes for mobile tagging, MECARD and VCARD barcodes and calendar barcodes are available.
After selecting the required barcode symbology the barcode image is displayed immediately. Barcode parameters like module width and output resolution are adjustable. The created bar code images can be downloaded in various image formats.
The above mentioned MECARD and VCARD barcodes provide some very interesting possibilties: These 2D barcode formats are able to encode all contact details of a business card (e.g. name, address, phone number, url, ...). When scanned with a smart-phone camera scanner (e.g. iPhone or Android devices) the contact details are detected and added to the address book.
Finally so-called calendar barcodes (event barcodes) can be created online. Just enter the details of some event (description, start and end time), create the barcode, scan it with your smartphone - and voilá - a new calender entry is available (works fine with ZXing camera scanner on Android).
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:
In 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! This service is completely free, no registration is required - all you need is your browser!
Besides this, the barcode generator is available in the following languages:
TEC-IT (http://www.tec-it.com) announces its brand new bar-code add-in for Microsoft Word. Using bar-codes in Word documents, serial letters and mail merges was never easier!
After TBarCode Office was installed, a new task pane is available in Microsoft Word. In this task-pane you simply select the required barcode symbology (all barcodes are supported by this add-in: linear barcodes, 2D codes, GS1 DataBar codes, postal codes), enter the data to be encoded (or assign the mail merge fields) and click "Insert Barcode". That's all!
The basic barcode options can be adjusted in the barcode pane directly. More advanced options like bar width reduction, font colors, human readable text, international code page setting, etc. are also adjustable. Just check out the tutorial video to get an impression.
TBarCode Office is very simple to useAND provides all bar-code tuning options for advanced applications. This combination makes TBarCode Office the most advanced barcode add-in available on the market!
Today, TEC-IT has launched a new video which explains how to create QR Code business cards - online and for free. In just five steps you get your personal business card.
It's Simple and Easy Just select a pre-defined business card template, enter your contact data, generate a PDF, print it and scan the bar codes with your the barcode reader of your smartphone (Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, ...). That's it!
You will never need enter contacts or URLs manually! Most camera-equipped mobile phones are able to decode the QR-Code (meCard, vCard, URL 2D barcodes) on these business cards. Common (and most likely free) bar code reader applications are i-nigma, beetagg, QuickMark, NeoReader, UpCode, Snappr, Camclic, 2d sense, codescan, zxing, optiscan, semacode etc.
By using, of course, barcodes. The big G has "..launched a new effort to send window decals to over 100,000 local businesses in the U.S. that have been the most sought out and researched on Google.com and Google Maps".Locate the 2D barcode decal at a participating store, snap it with your phone's barcode reader, follow the URL link to the web and behold: store hours, user reviews, special offers,
Using this free service the creation of business cards with QR-Code or DataMatrix 2D codes has never been easier!
It's Simple!
Launch the online business card creator from TEC-IT and choose one of the pre-defined business card templates. Now enter your data like name, email-address, phone number, etc. That's all you need - and you will receive a full-colored PDF file which can be printed immediately. QR-Codes - ready for mobile bar-code readers - are included automatically.
It can be Personalized!
If you wish to design your own layout, create it with the label and reporting software TFORMer Designer. Use the free demo version for this purpose (download it here: label design software). If you have finished your layout, send it via email to webmaster@tec-it.com. TEC-IT approves the layout and publishes it for future use. One note: if you would like to embed your own logo in a business card: Upload your company logo to some picture hosting service (like Picasa) and specify the URL to the logo.
The new version of TBarCode/Direct V2.1 (SAP barcode software) comes now with QR-Code 2D barcode support.
TBarCode/Direct is a smart, platform independent software solution for printing linear and 2D bar-codes (DataMatrix, QRCode) in SAP® ERP, SAP® R/3® and mySAP® ERP. This bar code solution works completely without any middleware and can be used with all PostScript® enabled printers (e.g. Laser Printers or MFPs)!
The main advantage - TBarCode/Direct is installed within the SAP system only: No additional software, no system level installation and no additional hardware is required.
TEC-IT announces a new AIX 5.2 based barcode library for the i5/OS PASE platform - AS/400. The barcode API consists of only three function calls to generate a barcode in memory (PCL or Postscript format). Simplified usage in i5/OS Programs (e.g. ILE RPG or ILE C++) through the provided ILE C/C++ API Module!
If you are interested in testing this barcode library - let us know!
TBarCode/Direct is a platform independent software solution for printing bar-codes in SAP® ERP, SAP® R/3® and mySAP® ERP.
This bar code solution works completely without middleware and can be used with all PostScript® enabled printers (e.g. Laser Printers or MFPs)!
Beside linear bar codes the new version 2.0 comes with Data Matrix 2D Barcode Support.
The main advantage - TBarCode/Direct is installed within the SAP system only: No additional software, no system level installation and no additional hardware is required.
