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Barcode - Converts text strings to printed bars

GNU barcode is a tool to convert text strings to printed bars. It supports a variety of standard code to represent the strings and creates postscript output.

Features include:

available as both a library and a command line frontend (so you can include barcode printing in your application)
supports UPC, EAN, ISBN, CODE39, and other encoding standards
Postscript and encapsulated postscript output (other backends can be added as needed)
Accepts sizes and positions as inches, millimeters, and centimeters
Can create tables of barcodes (to print labels on sticker pages)

Obtaining

Web page	http://www.gnu.org/software/barcode/barcode.html
Source tarball	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/barcode/barcode-0.98.tar.gz
Source information	ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/barcode

Version 0.98 (beta) released on 2002-03-03

Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.

This is a GNU package.

Documentation

User manual included

Support contacts

Project contacts

Maintainers	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@prosa.it>
Developers	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@prosa.it>
Contributors	Judah Milgram Michele Comitini <mcm@glisco.it>
Sponsors	PROSA Progettazione Sviluppo Aperto <info@prosa.it>

Related information

Interfaces	command line, library
Programs	bookland
Source languages	C
Related programs	Kbarcode

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-01-31
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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