Software Update: Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript 2021-01-05

Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript is, as the name suggests, a barcode generator for level 2 Postscript. A barcode is created according to the user’s specifications by the ‘postscript interpreter’, for example a printer or Ghostscript. The program supports various formats, as code 128, isbn-13/10, maxi code, pdf417 and even kix, which is delivered by PostNL used. For more information, please refer to this quick guide and a web-based front-end is on this one page to admire. Terry Burton has released a new version of Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript, version number 2021-01-05. The list of changes since the previous entry looks like this:

2021-01-05
Linting for GS1 AI syntax data was expanded and fixed.

2020-12-28
A convenience encoder for GS1 DotCode was added.

2020-12-26
GS1 Composite Component symbols were fixed.

2020-12-25
Linting was added to GS1 Composite Components.

2020-12-24
Linting for GS1 AI syntax data was added.

2020-12-09
A bug in the compact encoding methods 0110X for GS1 DataBar Expanded formats was fixed.

2020-10-23
The parse and parsefnc options are now processed by a single routine that allows their escape patterns to coexist in the input data.
Bugs in ECI processing with PDF417 and MicroPDF417 were fixed.
A bug in the seperator pattern for GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite was fixed.

2020-10-11
A bug in leaving punctuation mode in Aztec Code was fixed.

2020-10-02
An inefficiency in the QR Code encoding was fixed.
ECI support was added to Code One.