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From: edwards@bgsuvax.UUCP (Ken Jenkins)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Looking for PS program to generate barcodes
Summary: UPC generator for the Mac
Message-ID: <4087@bgsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 3 May 89 02:55:07 GMT
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Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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I have noticed a few postings here requesting information about
UPC barcode generation.

I have written a program for the Mac which includes the following
features:

* On screen display of barcode and interactive Mac'ish interface.
* Calculates checksum automatically
* Allows you to select the presence and position (mid or bottom)
  of type digit and checksum digit.
* Allows printing directly to PS printer or will save the barcode
  as a grouped object in a double-clickable (as they say) Adobe
  Illustrator file. You may then build around it.
* Will use Adobe's OCR-B font if installed on your system for
  human readable digits (as per UPC specs).
* Allows for selection of half-height bars

We use it to generate an Illustrator file containing the bar code.
Then we build a label around it, produce a film negative on an
L-300 and make a flexographic printing plate from it.

If anyone is interested it would probably be more expedient to
contact me directly as I'm not very active here.

Ken Jenkins
c/o Century Marketing Corp.
    419-354-2591


Disclaimer: My name is Ken Jenkins and I am here as a guest of Bruce Edwards
            to whom this account belongs. Although he may be interested or even
            amused by my ramblings, he should not be held accountable for them 
            in any way.  
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