BarTender is available in five editions that address a wide range of features
and user requirements:Enterprise Print Server, RFID Enterprise, Enterprise, Professional and Basic.
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| Licensed based on the number of printers used
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| Licensed based on the number of PCs used
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| Free phone and e-mail technical support for properly-registered users
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| HTML-based context-sensitive help
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| User interface translated into 20+ languages
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| LABEL DESIGN
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| True WYSIWYG label design
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"New Label" wizard ensures proper label setup and
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| Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes, ellipses, and
graphic images
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| Unlimited undo / redo command
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| Resize and reposition objects using a choice of methods: mouse, arrow keys,
typed in values
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| Functions for automatic alignment of multiple objects
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| One-tenth degree rotation of lines, boxes, text, and graphics
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| "Move to Front" and "Send to Back"
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| Group and Ungroup multiple objects
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| Export bar codes and labels for use in other programs
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Full color support (including text backgrounds and
shape fills)
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| Customizable print-time prompts for keyboard and scanner data
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| Enhance print-time prompts with lines, boxes, custom text, and multiple choice
list boxes
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| Customizable library of reusable components
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| Library of "ready-to-print" label formats
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Thumbnail previews of saved label formats, viewable
both in BarTender and Windows explorer
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| Metric and US measurements
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| Password protection
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| LABEL STOCK
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| Any label size |
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| Any number of label rows and columns per sheet |
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| Automatic computation of label size from number of rows and columns |
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| Database of thousands of name brand label sizes |
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| Rectangular label outline |
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| Circular and elliptical label outline |
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| TEXT
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| Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in
printer fonts |
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| On-screen text editing and sizing
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| Rich text formatting
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| Stretch text horizontally or vertically
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| Automatic on-the-fly resizing of text to fit within predefined height and width
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| Basic paragraph support: aligning and spacing
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| Advanced paragraph support: justifying and indenting
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| Arc and circular text |
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| User-definable tab stops
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| White-on-black text printing (specified with a single mouse click)
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| BAR CODES
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| Numerous 1 and 2 dimensional symbologies
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| Extensive library of industry-standard bar code formats
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| Option to display start / stop characters
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| Variable and unlimited width and height
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| Minimum width limited only by printer resolution
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| GS1 (formerly UCC/EAN) Application Identifier setup wizard
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| Automatic check digit capability
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| Sequentially numbered bar codes
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| Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to bar codes
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| Customizable "human readable" character template
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Independently suppress or display characters
from different sub-fields
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| GRAPHICS, IMAGES AND SYMBOLS
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| Draw lines, circles, ellipses, rectangles, rounded rectangles and filled
rectangles
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| Import more than 70 graphic formats, including BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, GIF,
IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG, and more
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| Industry-specific graphic symbol font libraries
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| Specify background images and colors to appear "behind" label designs
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| PRINTING
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| Over 1,700 industrial label printers supported
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| True Windows drivers, can be used by other programs
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| Seagull drivers with status monitor display printer status in the standard
Windows spooler |
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| Export printer code templates to XML enabled printers
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| Advanced on-screen print preview |
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| Advanced cutter control |
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| Set starting position on pages of partially used labels
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Supports printer-based bar codes, serial numbers,
time, date, and copies
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| Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it
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| Local and network printer support
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| Label copy count controllable from keyboard and database
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| SERIALIZATION
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| Basic serialization (increment, numeric base 10) |
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| Numeric, alphabetic, and alphanumeric increment / decrement by any interval
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| Base 36 and custom base serialization
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| Separate rollover / rollunder and value reset options
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| Preserve or expand field length when rolling over
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| DATABASE OPTIONS
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| Microsoft OLE DB and ODBC support, including drivers for: Access, AS/400,
Btrieve, dBase, Excel, FoxPro, Informix, Interbase, Linux, MySQL, Oracle,
Paradox, Pervasive.SQL, PostgreSQL, Progress, SQL Server, Sybase, and more
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| Read Excel files
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| Read ASCII & Unicode text files (quote & comma, fixed width, and
user-defined delimitation)
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| SAP-certified interface to AII (Auto ID Infrastructure) XML documents
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| SAP IDocs and Oracle XML label requests
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| Drag and drop data linking
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| Versatile multiple-table data access
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| Import variable graphics from databases
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| Data query wizard and custom SQL assistant
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| Individual record-picking at print time
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| DATA PROCESSING
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Full-system unicode support (field names, files,
servers, printers, etc.)
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| Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing
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| User-definable min and max field lengths
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| Use and/or exclude select portions of database fields
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| Customizable data-entry filters and error checking
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| Custom configure the handling of individual messages and alerts |
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| Multiple sub-fields concatenated per label object
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| Source data with keyboard, time and date (from PC or printer)
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| Easy entry of special and "unprintable" control characters
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| Shareable data fields
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| STANDARD INTEGRATION
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| Can be run as "background" application
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| Control from other programs using ActiveX
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| Control from other programs using command lines
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| Specify label formats and data sources from within other programs |
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| Automated printer selection
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| Logs errors and events to a file
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| Log BarTender print job details to a database
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| Custom error, event and status e-mails
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| "Commander" integration utility (runs as an application or 2000/2003/XP
service):
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| Waits for data files, e-mails, or TCP/IP communication "triggers" and
then initiates print jobs
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| Logs errors and events to a file or database
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| Transmits event notification via e-mail or SMS text message
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| Generate and export printer code templates for SAPscript-ITF, Oracle XML and
more
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| HIGH-SECURITY AUDIT COMPLIANCE |
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| Include label images when logging BarTender print jobs |
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| Inspect logs and confirm label jobs using History Explorer |
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| SHARED, CENTRALIZED PRINT SERVICES |
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| Optimized to handle high-volume printing requests using a single copy of
BarTender running on a server |
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| Easy print job control from any operating system that can run a web browser |
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| ADVANCED INTEGRATION |
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| SAP Certified for AII integration |
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| Oracle XML integration using a TCP/IP socket |
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| Enhanced version of Commander supports TCP/IP triggers and data transmission |
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| Commander optimized to receive, launch, and monitor new print jobs without
waiting for existing jobs to finish |
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| Automated conversion of different XML formats using XSL style sheets |
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| BarTender XML Command Scripts speed up automation and simplify remote control |
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| Detailed print job status available to other programs using ActiveX |
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| .NET SDK to control one BarTender at a time. (All SDKs provide C# &
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| .NET SDK to control multiple instances of BarTender at once |
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| .NET SDK to author web printing applications |
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| RFID SUPPORT |
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| Encode EPC Gen2, EPC Class 1, ISO 18000-6b, ISO 15693, Tag-It, I-CODE, TagSys,
My-d, and Picotag tag types |
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| Supports DoD, Wal-Mart, and other EPC data formats, including SGTIN, SSCC,
GIAI, GID, GRAI, SGLN |
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| Support for many single and double-byte codepages, including Asian languages,
UTF-8 and UTF-16 |
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| Able to duplicate RFID data in text and bar code form |
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| Supports optional write protection |
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| Segment and Start Block support, including writing to multiple blocks |
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| Able to configure printer's RFID options (e.g., Transponder Offset and Maximum
Retries) |
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| Display antenna, chip, and substrate on label. Select predefined or specify
custom antenna bitmaps |
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| ENTERPRISE PRINT MANAGEMENT |
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| Windows Cluster Server supported |
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| Reprint function lets you search for and replace lost and damaged labels |
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| Configure security, spooler and other selected driver settings for multiple
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| In one window, see status of all Windows print jobs for all locally accessible
printers |
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| In one window, see status of every Windows print job on the network |
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| Log printer events for all Windows print jobs |
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| Specify custom alerts for printer events and low inventory levels |
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| Track printer media usage and inventory of printer parts |
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BarTender is available in international Editions that support on-demand
switching of the displayed user-interface language between the following:
The RFID Enterprise and Enterprise Print Server editions support the EPC Gen2,
EPC Class 1, ISO 18000-6b, ISO 15693, Tag-It, I-CODE, TagSys, My-d, and Picotag
tag types. All EPC data formats are supported, including DoD, Wal-Mart, SGTIN,
SSCC, GIAI, GID, GRAI, and SGLN, among others.
BarTender supports any printer with a Windows driver. In addition to virtually
all laser, ink-jet and dot-matrix printers, this includes the following, for
which Seagull has developed its own enhanced Windows
printer drivers:
All editions of Windows 2000, 2000 Server, Server 2003, Server 2008, XP and
Vista. Includes 32-bit and 64-bit (x64) editions.
The .NET Framework 2.0 is copied automatically from the BarTender CD or from the
internet. (If you are installing a downloaded BarTender, and do not already
have .NET Framework 2.0 installed, then you will need an active internet
connection during the install.)
Logging of print jobs and event messages requires either Microsoft SQL 2005
Express (included with BarTender) or Microsoft SQL 2005 Server (purchased from
a database vendor).
Microsoft Internet Explorer v6 or higher required for History Explorer and
BarTender help system.
