Mac OS X Barcode Creator Goes Postal

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Mac OS X Barcode Creator Goes Postal - Published on 07/27/15

Popular OS X barcode creator, Barcode Basics 3.0 has now arrived at the Mac App Store and adds support for 9 new barcode types. Most of the new codes are used in national postal systems. Barcode Basics focusses on giving you professional level features, such as bar width reduction, vector output, truncation, and more. The app includes all the functions needed by graphic designers and art workers to produce industry standard barcodes which will work well on press.

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: http://www.ghostotter.com/mac-barcode-software/
Purchase and Download (MAS): https://itunes.apple.com/app/barcode-basics/id756888963
Screenshot 1: http://a1.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/ea/c8/23/eac823e5-3377-1dbd-c139-f1b93470647a/screen800x500.jpeg
Screenshot 2: http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple4/v4/2c/3a/61/2c3a6145-3a21-afcb-32d7-8fbe8a61b2d6/screen800x500.jpeg
Application Icon: http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple7/v4/4b/cc/73/4bcc73b0-55b7-9c2f-1ba9-0c10a2c08e09/icon128-2x.png


Ghostotter is a UK based manufacturer of OS X applications, primarily for the graphic design and packaging industries. the company was founded in 2013 by Robert Stott. All Material and Software (C) 2013-2014 Ghostotter Software / All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.


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