Driffield, United Kingdom – Barcode Basics has now reached version 3.0. This version adds nine new barcode types, many of which are of use in the postal systems in Netherlands, the UK, the USA, Japan and Germany). The price remains a wallet-friendly at $8.99 making it still the the cheapest pro-level* barcode creator on the Mac App Store.

New Barcode Types:
* Code 11
* USPS Postnet
* USPS Intelligent Mail
* USPS Planet
* Royal Mail (UK)
* Royal TNT (Netherlands)
* Japan Post
* Deutsch Leitcode
* Deutsch Identcode

Features:
* Bar Width Reduction (BWR) to allow you to compensate for ink spread on printing presses – This is an essential feature for professional printing (and cannot be supported by other font based applications)
* Bar height (truncation) and barcode scale (magnification)
* Optional add-on digits (either 2 or 5) are supported for EAN, UPC, ISMN, ISBN and ISSN codes
* Fast response from English-speaking support via the “Contact support…” option in the app’s main menu
* Support for metric (mm or microns) and imperial measurements (inches)
* Barcodes can be exported in EPS (vector) format or high resolution GIF, BMP, JPG or PNG
* Barcodes are compatible with Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Word, Powerpoint etc.
* No sneaky In-App purchases – you get all the functionality listed on this page, for the price listed on this page

Barcode types supported are:

* Code 11
* Code 39
* Code 128

* EAN 8
* EAN 13
* EAN 13 (GS1)
* EAN 14

* UPC A
* UPC E

* Interleaved 2 of 5
* ITF 14

* GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional
* GS1 DataBar Stacked
* GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional
* GS1 DataBar Truncated
* GS1 DataBar Limited
* SSCC-18

* ISBN
* ISSN
* ISMN

* USPS Postnet
* USPS Intelligent Mail
* USPS Planet
* Royal Mail (UK)
* Royal TNT (Netherlands)
* Japan Post
* Deutsch Leitcode
* Deutsch Identcode

* Pharmacode
* Two-track Pharmacode
* Italian Pharmacode
* PZN7
* PZN8

* MSI Plessey

* Barcode creators need to support BWR and vector output and should not font-based to be considered suitable for professional usage e.g. to be compatible with a commercial printing press.

System Requirements:
* OS X 10.9 or later
* 64-bit processor
* 0.8 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Barcode Basics 3.0 is $8.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide through the Mac App Store in the Business category.

Barcode Basics 3.0
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