diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index ee08a27..32efd1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update -y &&
           sudo apt-get install -y git python3-sphinx graphviz libenchant-2-2 &&
           sudo apt-get install -y gcc libcups2-dev python3-dev python3-setuptools &&
-          sudo pip install tox pycups
+          sudo pip install --ignore-installed tox pycups
       - name: Test doc build
         run: tox -e docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage-windows.yml
index 7da19a7..0929fb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage-windows.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: 'recursive'
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5.3.0
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5.4.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         ESCPOS_CAPABILITIES_FILE: D:\a\python-escpos\python-escpos\capabilities-data\dist\capabilities.json
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
       env:
         CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 1bf57a7..320063f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: 'recursive'
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v5.3.0
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5.4.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         ESCPOS_CAPABILITIES_FILE: /home/runner/work/python-escpos/python-escpos/capabilities-data/dist/capabilities.json
     - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
-      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
       env:
         CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
       with:
diff --git a/examples/docker-flask/requirements.txt b/examples/docker-flask/requirements.txt
index 84b0be9..1a9b0ae 100644
--- a/examples/docker-flask/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/docker-flask/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ blinker==1.6.2
 click==8.1.3
 Flask==2.3.2
 itsdangerous==2.1.2
-Jinja2==3.1.4
+Jinja2==3.1.5
 MarkupSafe==2.1.2
 Pillow==10.3.0
 pycups==2.0.1
diff --git a/examples/software_columns.py b/examples/software_columns.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a89e1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/software_columns.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+""" Example for software_columns: Print text arranged into columns."""
+
+from escpos import printer
+
+p = printer.Dummy(profile="TM-U220")
+
+font = "a"
+p.set(font=font)
+
+# Default: Automatic column width given the characters per line of the printer.
+text_list = ["col1", "col2", "col3"]
+charsxline = p.profile.get_columns(font)
+p.software_columns(text_list=text_list, widths=charsxline, align="center")
+
+# Tuning some columns:
+text_list = ["col1", "col2", "col3"]
+widths = [5, 20]  # col1 = 5 chars width, col2 + col3 = 20 chars width
+align = ["left", "center"]  # col1 = left aligned, col2 + col3 = center aligned
+p.software_columns(text_list=text_list, widths=widths, align=align)
+
+# Tuning them all:
+text_list = ["col1", "col2", "col3"]
+widths = [5, 20, 15]
+align = ["left", "center", "right"]
+p.software_columns(text_list=text_list, widths=widths, align=align)