From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com (Conrad Geiger - Manager, International NeXT User Groups)
Newsgroups: biz.next.newprod
Subject: Hot Technologies Announces New Bar Code Products for NeXT
Date: 26 Jan 93 22:30:51 GMT
Reply-To: user_groups@next.com (Conrad Geiger)

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Contact:	Robert La Ferla
Telephone:	(617) 252 0088 or + 1 617 252 0088
Internet:	info@hot.com


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NEW BAR CODE PRODUCTS FOR NeXT COMPUTERS SHIPPING FROM HOT
TECHNOLOGIES
State of the Art Software Now Available


BOSTON - Hot Technologies (formerly Hot Software) has released
component bar code software for NeXTSTEP computers designed to
improve the quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of
organizations.  BarCodeKit is a comprehensive object library for
adding bar codes to custom applications and Bar-a-Coda is an
application for creating bar codes to use in documents.

	Bar Coding is Everywhere

How many bar codes do you think are within 12 feet of where you are
right now?  You may be surprised at how many you'll find and how many
different types there are.  The symbol that most people will find and
can identify is the UPC or Universal Product Code.  You'll find this
code on soda cans, food products, general merchandise and other
retail products.  But there's a lot more to bar coding than UPC.
There are over a dozen different types and hundreds of uses.

	Bar Codes for Healthcare Applications

Both BarCodeKit and Bar-a-Coda offer all the bar code symbologies
endorsed by the HIBCC (Health Industry Business Communications
Council):

Code 128, Code 39, UPC (Universal Product Code), NHRIC (National
Health Related Items Code), NDC (National Drug Code) Interleaved 2 of
5, Code 16K and Code 49.

	Bar Codes for Library Applications

ISBN (International Standard Book Numbering), ISSN (International
Standard Serial Number), and SISAC (Serials Industry Systems Advisory
Committee) / SICI (Serial Item and Contribution Identifier).

	Bar Codes for Military and Government Applications

Code 3-of-9 (Military Standard) and Code 3-of-9 Extended

	Bar Codes for Inventory Control and Document Tracking
Applications

Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Codabar, Code 128, Code 93, MSI and Code
11

	Bar Codes for Article and Product Numbering Applications
	
UPC (Universal Product Code)
  Versions A and E  including two and five digit supplementals
EAN (European Article Numbering) and JAN (Japanese Article Numbering)
  Versions 8 and 13 including two and five digit supplementals


	Bar Codes for Postal and Shipping/Receiving Applications

POSTNET (Postal Numeric Encoding Technique - United States Postal
Service)
  ZIP Code (Zoning Improvement Plan) and ZIP + 4
  ABC (Advanced Bar Code) with delivery point
  FIM (Facing Identification Mark)
  Parcel and Sack Label
BRM (Business Reply Mail - Canadian Postal Corporation)


BarCodeKit: A comprehensive object library for adding bar codes to custom  
applications.

	BarCodeKit allows both organizations and developers to
quickly add bar coding to a custom NeXTSTEP application.  By
combining the power of object-orientation and PostScript into a
comprehensive library of bar code symbologies, BarCodeKit represents
the state of the art in bar coding technology.  Developers can
seamlessly add bar coding to an existing application in a matter of
minutes by using any of the 35 pre-tested and re-usable objects in
the BarCodeKit.  Previously, adding bar codes to an application meant
weeks or months of development effort and incompatibility with
different bar code readers and printers or it meant using costly
proprietary bar code printers.  The BarCodeKit conforms to
international bar coding standards (EAN, ANSI, MIL, etc<) and gives
developers flexibility; bar codes created using the kit can be sized
and rotated to fit a specific area on a label or document and saved
in EPS, EPSI (EPS with bitmap preview for non Display PostScript
computers), or TIFF formats.


Bar-a-Coda: An application for creating bar codes to use in
documents.

Bar-a-Coda is an easy-to-use application for creating bar
codes.  Bar codes can be dragged and dropped into documents or
accessed from any application via the NeXTSTEP Services menu.  Users
can choose from more than a dozen different bar code types including
Code 3-of-9, POSTNET and UPC.  Bar-a-Coda is great for adding ZIP
Codes on envelopes, UPC symbols on products, ISBN numbers on books
and labelling just about anything.


Product Information and Pricing

Call Hot Technologies for a copy of its Complete Bar Coding Solution
brochure and pricing information.  Consulting services are also
available.

Hot Technologies develops, markets and supports component software
and hardware that allows customers to construct automated solutions
for increased productivity.  Hot Technologies is headquartered at 75
Cambridge Parkway, Suite E-504, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1238
USA. Telephone: + 1 617 252 0088

Hot Technologies, BarCodeKit and Bar-a-Coda  are trademarks of Hot
Technologies.  NeXT and NeXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer,
Inc.  PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated. ZIP Code and ZIP + 4 are registered trademarks of the
United States Postal Service.


Contact:	Robert La Ferla
Telephone:	(617) 252 0088 or + 1 617 252 0088
Internet:	info@hot.com