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\documentclass[11pt,english,bibliography=totoc,parskip=false,headings=small,
    headinclude=false,footinclude=false,twoside,usegeometry]{pst-doc}
\usepackage{pst-barcode, blindtext}%,multicol}

\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}

\RequirePackage{minted-code}
\hypersetup{colorlinks,
   urlcolor=pdfurlcolor,    
   filecolor=pdffilecolor,  
   linkcolor=pdflinkcolor,
%   breaklinks,
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}
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\let\pstBarcodeFV\fileversion
\lstset{preset=\centering,pos=l,wide=false,vsep=5mm,language=PSTricks,%width=0.5\linewidth,
    morekeywords={multidipole,parallel},basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily}

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%
\def\bgImage{\begin{pspicture}(1in,1in)
\psbarcode{Herbert Voss Freie Universitaet Berlin}{rows=52 columns=52}{datamatrix}
\end{pspicture}}

\begin{filecontents*}[force]{demo.tex}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pst-barcode,fancyvrb}
\begin{document}
\VerbatimInput{\jobname.tex}% test 

\begin{pspicture}(2in,2in)
  \psbarcode[file]{\jobname.tex}{}{qrcode}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}
\end{filecontents*}

\def\tightlist{\parskip=0pt%\itemskip=0pt
}


\begin{document}

\title{\texttt{pst-barcode}}
\subtitle{A PSTricks package for drawing barcodes; v.\pstBarcodeFV}
\author{Terry Burton \\Herbert Voß}
%\docauthor{Herbert Vo\ss}
\date{\today}
\settitle

\tableofcontents

\clearpage

\begin{abstract}
\noindent
The \LPack{pstricks} related package provides (essentially) one macro
for printing barcodes. The type of the code is defined by a parameter
and passed to postscript.
\end{abstract}

\vfill\noindent
Thanks to: \\
    Jean-C\^ome Charpentier; Mariusz Zynel.

\section{Introduction}
The \LPack{pstricks} package provides (essentially) one macro
for printing barcodes. The type of the code is defined by a parameter
and passed to postscript.
To install the package put the three files in a place, where \TeX{} will search
for the files:

\bigskip\noindent
\begin{tabular}{@{} l l l @{}}\hline
\emph{name} & \emph{meaning}& \emph{target dir} \\\hline
\verb+pst-barcode.tex+ & \LaTeX\ style file -- wrapper & \verb+$LOCALTEXMF/tex/generic/pstricks/+\\
\verb+pst-barcode.sty+ & \TeX\ file -- PS interface &\verb+$LOCALTEXMF/tex/latex/pstricks/+\\
\verb+pst-barcode.pro+ & PostScript file & \verb+$LOCALTEXMF/dvips/pstricks/+ \\
\verb+pst-barcode-doc.tex+ & documentation source & \verb+$LOCALTEXMF/doc/pstricks/+\\
\verb+pst-barcode-doc.bib+ & bibliography source & \verb+$LOCALTEXMF/doc/pstricks/+\\
\verb+pst-barcode-doc.pdf+ & documentation & \verb+$LOCALTEXMF/doc/pstricks/+ \\\hline%$
\end{tabular}

\bigskip
There is only one macro \verb+\psbarcode+ with the usual PSTricks syntax
\begin{BDef}
\Lcs{psbarcode}\OptArgs\Largb{text or filename}\Largb{PS options}\Largb{barcode type}
\end{BDef}

Important is the fact, that the barcode is printed in a \TeX\ box of zero dimension.
If you want to save some space in your text, use the \Lenv{pspicture} environment
or the \Lcs{makebox} macro.



\section{The options}
\subsection{The \TeX\ options}

\begin{tabular}{@{}lll@{}}\hline
\emph{name} & \emph{default} & \emph{remarks}\\\hline
\Lkeyword{transx} & 0 & horizontal shift\\
\Lkeyword{transy} & 0 & vertical shift\\
\Lkeyword{scalex} & 1 & horizontal scaling\\
\Lkeyword{scaley} & 1 & vertical scaling\\
\Lkeyword{rotate} & 0 & rotating angle in degrees\\\hline
\Lkeyword{file}   & false & load an external file for the text\\\hline
\end{tabular}


\subsection{The PostScript options}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}llX@{}}\hline
\emph{name} & \emph{default} & \emph{remarks}\\\hline
\Lps{height} & 1 &  dimension is inch\\
\Lps{textsize} & 10 & dimension is pt\\
\Lps{textpos} & -2 & dimension is pt; it is the shift for additional code text\\
\Lps{inkspread} & 0.15 & dimension is pt\\
\Lps{showborder} & --  & - \\
\Lps{borderwidth} & 0.5  & dimension in pt \\
\Lps{borderleft} & 10  & dimension in pt\\
\Lps{borderright} & 10  & dimension in pt\\
\Lps{bordertop} & 1  & dimension in pt\\
\Lps{borderbottom} & 1  & dimension in pt\\
\Lps{borderwidth} & 0.5  & dimension in pt\\
\Lps{width} & --  & dimension in inch\\
%
\Lps{font} & /Helvetica & must be a PostScript font\\
\Lps{includetext} & -- & enable human readable text \\
\Lps{includecheck} & -- & enable check digit \\
\Lps{includecheckintext} & -- & check digit visible in text\\
\Lps{parse} & -- & parse variable field für decimal values, like \^{}032 for space, and convert them to ASCII\\\hline
\end{tabularx}



\subsection{Examples for the TeX options}

\begin{exampleM}[]{Rotating and scaling}
\psframebox{\begin{pspicture}(2.5,1in)
\psbarcode{01335583}{includetext}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}}
\quad
\psframebox{\begin{pspicture}(-2.6,-1.5)(0.4,0.2in)
\psbarcode[rotate=180,linecolor=red]{01335583}{includetext guardwhitespace height=0.6}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}}
\quad
\psframebox{\begin{pspicture}(3.8,1in)
\psbarcode[scalex=1.5,scaley=0.5,transy=1]{01335583}{includetext inkspread=0.5}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}}
\end{exampleM}



\begin{exampleA}[]{Reading external file}
\begin{pspicture}(2in,2in)
  \psbarcode[file]{demo.tex}{}{qrcode}
\end{pspicture}
\end{exampleA}

The contents of the external file \texttt{demo.tex}:

\VerbatimInput{demo.tex}





\newpage
\subsection{Examples for the PostScript options}

%\begin{LTXexample}[pos=t,preset=\centering]
\begin{exampleM}[]{PostScript options}
\begin{pspicture}(3.5,1.2in)
\psbarcode{01335583}{includetext guardwhitespace height=0.6}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}
\begin{pspicture}(3.5,1.2in)
\psbarcode{01335583}{textsize=15 includetext guardwhitespace height=0.6}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}
\begin{pspicture}(3.5,1.2in)
\psbarcode{01335583}{includetext inkspread=0.5}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}
\begin{pspicture}(3.5,1.2in)
\psbarcode{01335583}{includetext textpos=0}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}
\end{exampleM}



%\begin{LTXexample}[pos=t,preset=\centering]
\begin{exampleM}[]{PostScript options}
\begin{pspicture}(3.5,1.2in)
\psbarcode{01335583}{includetext guardwhitespace}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}
\begin{pspicture}(3.5,1.2in)
\psbarcode{01335583}{textsize=15 includetext guardwhitespace width=2}{ean8}
\end{pspicture}
\end{exampleM}





\section{Usage}
By default the barcode has a width and a height of zero. Using the \Lcs{parbox}
macro or the \Lenv{pspicture} environment can reserve the needed space for
the barcode. The \Lcs{fbox} in the following examples is used
only for demonstration.

\xLps{code39}
%\begin{LTXexample}[width=.5\linewidth]
\begin{exampleM}[]{Width and height}
foo
\fbox{%
  \parbox[b][1in]{1.5in}{\psbarcode{241078}{includetext width=1.5 height=1}{code39}}}
bar
\end{exampleM}

\xLps{code39}
\bigskip
%\begin{LTXexample}[pos=l,width=.5\linewidth]
\begin{exampleA}[]{Width and height}
foo
\fbox{%
\begin{pspicture}(0,-8pt)(1.5in,1in)
  \psbarcode{241078}{includetext width=1.5 height=1}{code39}
\end{pspicture}}
bar
\end{exampleA}


\section{Available Codes}

\begingroup
\ttfamily
\begin{compactitem}
\item EAN-13 (EAN, UCC-13, JAN, JAN-13, EAN-13+2, EAN-13+5, EAN-99), 
\item EAN-8 (UCC-8, JAN-8, EAN-8+2, EAN-8+5, EAN-Velocity), 
\item UPC-A (UPC, UCC-12, UPC-A+2, UPC-A+5), 
\item UPC-E (UPC-E0, UPC-E1, UPC-E+2, UPC-E+5), 
\item ISBN (ISBN-13, ISBN-10, Bookland EAN-13), 
\item ISMN, 
\item ISSN, 
\item EAN-5 \& EAN-2 (EAN/UPC add-ons), 
\item GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional (RSS-14), 
\item GS1 DataBar Stacked (RSS-14 Stacked), 
\item GS1 DataBar Stacked Omnidirectional (RSS-14 Stacked Omnidirectional), 
\item GS1 DataBar Truncated (RSS-14 Truncated), 
\item GS1 DataBar Limited (RSS Limited), 
\item GS1 DataBar Expanded (RSS Expanded), 
\item GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked (RSS Expanded Stacked), 
\item GS1-128 (UCC/EAN-128, EAN-128, UCC-128), 
\item SSCC-18 (EAN-18, NVE), 
\item EAN-14 (UCC-14), 
\item ITF-14 (UPC SCS), 
\item QR Code (Quick Response Code), 
\item Micro QR Code, 
\item GS1 QR Code, 
\item Data Matrix (Data Matrix ECC 200, Data Matrix Rectangular Extension), 
\item GS1 DataMatrix, 
\item Aztec Code (Compact Aztec Code), 
\item Aztec Runes, 
\item PDF417, 
\item Compact PDF417 (Truncated PDF417), 
\item MicroPDF417, 
\item Han Xin Code (Chinese Sensible), 
\item MaxiCode (UPS Code, Code 6), 
\item Codablock F, 
\item Code 16K (USS-16K), 
\item Code 49 (USS-49), 
\item Code One (Code 1, Code 1S), 
\item USPS POSTNET, 
\item USPS PLANET, 
\item USPS Intelligent Mail (USPS OneCode), 
\item USPS FIM, 
\item Royal Mail (RM4SCC, CBC), 
\item Royal TNT Post (KIX), 
\item Japan Post, 
\item Australia Post, 
\item Deutsche Post Identcode (DHL Identcode), 
\item Deutsche Post Leitcode (DHL Leitcode), 
\item Pharmacode (Pharmaceutical Binary Code), 
\item Two-track Pharmacode (Two-track Pharmaceutical Binary Code), 
\item Italian-Pharmacode (Code 32, IMH), 
\item PZN (Pharmazentralnummer, PZN-8, PZN-7), 
\item Code 39 (Code 3 of 9, LOGMARS, Alpha39, USD-3, USD-2, USS-39), 
\item Code 39 Extended (Code 39 Full ASCII), 
\item Code 93 (USD-7, USS-93), 
\item Code 93 Extended (Code 93 Full ASCII), 
\item Code 128 (Code 128A, Code 128B, Code 128C, USD-6, USS-128), 
\item Code 25 (Code 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5), 
\item IATA-2 of 5, 
\item Datalogic 2 of 5, 
\item Matrix 2 of 5, 
\item COOP 2 of 5, 
\item Interleaved 2 of 5 (ITF, Code 2 of 5 Interleaved, USD-1, USS-Interleaved 2 of 5), 
\item Code 11 (USD-8), 
\item Codabar (Rationalized Codabar, Ames Code, NW-7, USD-4, USS-Codabar, Monarch, Code 2 of 7), 
\item Plessey (Anker Code), 
\item MSI Plessey (MSI, MSI Modified Plessey), 
\item Telepen (Telepen Alpha, Telepen Full ASCII), 
\item Telepen Numeric, 
\item Channel Code, 
\item PosiCode (PosiCode A, PosiCode B), 
\item BC412 (BC412 SEMI, BC412 IBM), 
\item GS1 Composite Symbols (EAN-13 Composite, EAN-8 Composite, UPC-A Composite, UPC-E Composite, GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional Composite, 
\item           GS1 DataBar Stacked Composite, GS1 DataBar Stacked Omni Composite, GS1 DataBar Truncated Composite, 
\item           GS1 DataBar Limited Composite, GS1 DataBar Expanded Composite, GS1 DataBar Expanded Stacked Composite, 
\item           GS1-128 Composite), 
\item HIBC barcodes (HIBC Code 39, HIBC Code 128, HIBC Data Matrix, HIBC PDF417, HIBC MicroPDF417, HIBC QR Code, HIBC Codablock F) 
\end{compactitem}
\endgroup

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\clearpage
\newgeometry{inner=2cm,outer=4cm,marginparwidth=3cm,marginparsep=2mm}
\textwidth=\dimexpr\textwidth-1cm\relax

\section{QR code in the margin}
The marginnotes are placed with the help of the macro of the same name \Lcs{marginnote},
which itself needs package \LPack{narginnote}. It is loaded by default if the macro
doesn't exists.

\begin{lstlisting}
\QR[1]<barcode>{http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html\#barcode}
\blindtext

{\psset{fontstyle=\scriptsize\ttfamily}%
  \QR[1]{http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html\#barcode}%
}
\blindtext

\QR{http://mirror.ctan.org/usergrps/dante/dtk/doc/beispiel.pdf}
\blindtext
\QR<Beispiel>{http://mirror.ctan.org/usergrps/dante/dtk/doc/beispiel.pdf}
\blindtext

\QR{http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR-Code}
\blindtext
\end{lstlisting}

\QR[1]<barcode>{http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html\#barcode}
\blindtext

{\psset{fontstyle=\scriptsize\ttfamily}%
  \QR[1]{http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html\#barcode}%
}
\blindtext

\QR{http://mirror.ctan.org/usergrps/dante/dtk/doc/beispiel.pdf}
\blindtext
\QR<Beispiel>{http://mirror.ctan.org/usergrps/dante/dtk/doc/beispiel.pdf}
\blindtext

\QR{http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR-Code}
\blindtext

\restoregeometry

\section{List of all optional arguments for \texttt{pst-barcode}}

\xkvview{family=pst-barcode,columns={key,type,default}}


\bgroup
\raggedright
\nocite{*}
\printbibliography
\egroup

\printindex
\end{document}


