GNU Barcode

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Introduction to Barcode

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

Main features of GNU Barcode:

• Available as both a library and an executable program
• Supports UPC, EAN, ISBN, CODE39 and other encoding standards
• Postscript and Encapsulated Postscript output
• Accepts sizes and positions as inches, centimeters, millimeters
• Can create tables of barcodes (to print labels on sticker pages)

Downloading Barcode

Barcode can be found here or in the subdirectory /gnu/barcode/ on your favorite GNU mirror. For other ways to obtain Barcode, please read How to get GNU Software

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Updated: $Date: 2006/11/11 05:45:00 $ $Author: ramprasadb $