BarcodeMaker, the popular and easy-to-use Teacup Software plug-in, now lets you print your barcodes in CMYK process and spot colors! Now users who are printing an entire book cover using a single CMYK spot color can use BarcodeMaker for their book designs.
Additionally, we’ve added five new barcodes to BarcodeMaker, bringing the total number we support up to 27. The US Postal Service is moving to a new barcode format, called OneCode or Intelligent Mail, which we’re now supporting. We’ve also added support for Australia’s postal barcode, AusPost, and support for GS1 DataBar and GS1 DataBar Limited (formerly known as RSS-14 and RSS Limited). Finally, we’re also supporting a barcode used by the pharmaceutical industry called PharmaCode.
And if that’s not enough, the new version of BarcodeMaker now offers new text placement and justification features. Want your text to appear above your barcode, right justified? Before, you’d have to make your own text frame and place it manually. Now, with just a few clicks on the palette, your text is right where you want it to be.
And how much do all these new features cost? If you’re already using BarcodeMaker, they don’t cost a thing. Just download and install the latest version from our website and you’re ready to go. Existing CS and CS2 users will need to upgrade to the CS3 version to get these new features. You can upgrade on our website here https://www.teacupsoftware.com/index.html.
BarcodeMaker supports 27 barcode patterns (AusPost, Code 2 of 5, 11, 39, 93, 128 and UCC-EAN-128, EAN-2, EAN-5, EAN-8, EAN-13, FIM, GS1 DataBar, GS1 DataBar Limited, ISBN (10 and 13), ISSN, Interleaved 2 of 5 and ITF-14, KIX, MSI, USPS OneCode, PharmaCode, Plessey, USPS Postnet, Rationalized Codabar, RoyalMail, UPC-A, and UPC-E) and still retains all of its original features, such as adding numbers, changing fonts and font size, controlling barcode heights, and including or excluding checksum digits. Check out this powerful plug-in at Teacup Software! https://www.teacupsoftware.com
New Automation Scripts for BarcodeMaker
Teacup has new scripts available to show you how you can automate BarcodeMaker. The first is a simple starter script that demonstrates changing one barcode setting for every barcode in a document. If you want all your barcodes to have a new ink spread, you can use this script to quickly and easily make that change, regardless of how many barcodes you have in your document.
The second script shows you how to make barcodes from a CSV (Comma Separated Value) file. The script demonstrates reading in a barcode number and then applying the barcode based on values found in the CSV file. The script can be easily customized to meet your needs.
Working with these scripts does require at least a minimal amount of scripting experience working with JavaScript. You can download them from our website.
Check us out in the Miami
Teacup Software will be participating in the InDesign Conference in Miami Beach from February 26 – March 1, 2008. Come stop by our booth, we will be happy to demonstrate any of our plug-ins, answer your questions and hear your ideas! We look forward to seeing you at this always exciting and informative event!
As part of our participation, we’re offering our newlsetter subscribers a 50% off coupon. Just use the code CPIDM08 for the discount.
The InDesign Conference online at https://www.mogo-media.com/events/
About Teacup
Teacup Software, founded in 2002, is focused on creating simple, elegant solutions exclusively for Adobe InDesign. In addition to its ready-made plug-in products, Teacup also offers consulting services for custom plug-in development for Adobe InDesign. In both its consulting and development work, Teacup creates products that are transparent and easy-to-use. Teacup is always looking for ways to simplify, simplify, simplify. For more information about Teacup Software, please visit www.teacupsoftware.com.
This article was last modified on January 9, 2022
This article was first published on February 5, 2008
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