Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript is, zoals de naam al zegt, een barcodegenerator voor level 2-Postscript. Een barcode wordt volgens de specificaties van de gebruiker aangemaakt door de 'postscript interpreter', bijvoorbeeld een printer of Ghostscript. Het programma ondersteunt diverse formaten, zoals code 128, isbn-13/10, Maxicode, pdf417 en zelfs kix, dat door TNT Post wordt gebruikt. Voor meer informatie verwijzen we door naar deze quick guide en een webbased front-end is op deze pagina te bewonderen. Terry Burton heeft een nieuwe versie van Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript, met 2010-11-22 als versienummer, uitgebracht. De lijst met veranderingen sinds de vorige vermelding in de Meuktracker ziet er als volgt uit:
Version 2010-11-22:
Support for the PosiCode symbology was added.
Version 2010-11-18:
An option to use a short finder pattern was added to the Channel Code encoder.
Version 2010-11-17:
Support for the Channel Code symbology was added.
Version 2010-11-16:
Support for the HIBC Code 39, HIBC Code 128, HIBC Data Matrix, HIBC PDF417 and HIBC QR Code symbologies was added.
Version 2010-11-15:
The efficiency of the Two-Track Pharmacode encoder was improved.
Version 2010-11-10:
The escape sequences for the special shift characters were changed.
Support for the Code 93 Extended symbology was added.
Version 2010-11-09:
Support for the Code 39 Extended symbology was added.
Version 2010-11-07:
Support for the ITF-14 symbology was added.
Version 2010-11-06-1:
Support for the SSCC-18 symbology was added.
Support for the GS1-14 symbology was added.
Version 2010-11-06:
Support for the GS1-128 symbology was added.
Version 2010-11-05:
The code128 encoder was modified to automatically encode the input.
Version 2010-10-30:
Support for the Pharmazentralnummer (PZN) symbology was added.
Version 2010-10-29-1:
The text parameters for EAN an UPC symbols are now applied to the addons.
Version 2010-10-29:
A bug in the display of the ISSN check digit was fixed.
Version 2010-10-28:
Support for Code 32 (Italian Pharmacode) was added.
Version 2010-10-19:
Added daft encoder to make it easier to create miscellaneous symbols in a custom 4 state symbology.
Version 2010-10-18-1:
Support was added to the Plessey symbology for the unidirectional variant.
Version 2010-10-18:
Support for the BC412 symbology was added.
Version 2010-10-11-1:
A bug in the calculation of the border height was fixed.
The example for Two-track Pharmacode was changes to display a border.
Version 2010-10-11:
Support for the Two-track Pharmacode symbology was added.
Version 2010-10-08-1:
Support for the ISSN symbology was added.
Version 2010-10-08:
Support for the ISMN symbology was added.
Version 2010-10-07:
The ISBN encoder was improved to upgrade ISBN-10 input to ISBN-13.
Version 2010-10-05:
The code2of5 encoder was improved to support the IATA, matrix, COOP, and Datalogic versions of the symbology.
Version 2010-10-04-1:
A bug was fixed that could allow the generation of invalid MSI symbols when using a modulus 11 check digit.
Version 2010-10-04:
Support for the Telepen symbology was added.
Version 2010-10-01:
A bug in the placement of human readable text for Plessey and MSI symbols was fixed.
Version 2010-09-30-1:
The bar-space widths were amended for Plessey and MSI symbols were amended to better conform to their specifications.
Version 2010-09-30:
A bug in the calculation of the checksum of Plessey symbols was fixed.
Version 2010-09-27:
A bug in the calculation of the checksum of MSI symbols was fixed.
Additional checksum types where added to the MSI symbology.
Version 2010-07-16-1:
A bug in the determination of the error correction level of PDF417 symbols was fixed.
Version 2010-07-16:
A bug in the determination of the error correction level of PDF417 symbols was fixed.
Version 2010-06-20:
A bug in QR Code mask evaluation was fixed.
Version 2010-05-20:
Support for the USPS PLANET symbology was added.
An input handling bug in the USPS POSTNET encoder was fixed.