| Product Specifications |
General
Licensed based on the number of printers used.
Maximum Allowable Printers: 3
Maximum Allowable PCs: Unlimited
Free phone and e-mail technical support for properly-registered users.
HTML-based context-sensitive help.
User interface translated into 20+ languages.
Companion applications
Commander. (Controls BarTender in response to triggers from other programs)*partially supported.
Security Center. (Provides security features for other applications in the suite, such as user permissions and document encryption)*partially supported.
Printer Maestro. (Administers to printers and print queues on the network)*partially supported.
History Explorer. (Views the logs stored in the BarTender System Database)*Supports local databases only
Reprint Console. (Reprints previously printed jobs) *Supports local databases only
Print station: Provides a simple "single-click" interface for selecting and printing label formats.
Batch Maker. (Defines and prints "batches" of multiple BarTender documents).
Template design
True WYSIWYG label design.
New Document Wizard ensures proper printer selection and allows maximum printing speed.
Two-sided (duplex) design and printing.
Point and click creation of all objects, including text, barcodes, lines, boxes, shapes, and graphic images.
To simplify conversion from legacy systems, import and lighten photographs of old labels, cards, or tags for use as a design aid.
Unlimited undo / redo command.
Resize and reposition objects using a choice of methods: Mouse, arrow keys, typed in values.
Functions for automatic alignment of multiple objects.
One-tenth degree rotation of lines, shapes, text, and graphics.
"Move to Front" and "Send to Back".
Group and Ungroup multiple objects.
Live database view in objects in template design area.
Export bar codes to other programs.
Full color, pattern, and gradient support for all template objects.
Optional automatic borders for text, barcodes and graphics.
Combine multiple template objects into reusable components.
Library of "ready-to-print" label, card, and tag templates.
Thumbnail previews of saved BarTender documents, viewable both in BarTender and Windows explorer.
Metric and US measurements.
Label stock and other media
Design labels up to 128 inches (3.25 m) long and/or wide (subject to limits of printer and driver).
Any number of labels, cards, or tags, arranged in any number of rows and/or columns per sheet.
Page Setup Wizard assists with properly specifying media dimensions.
Database of thousands of name brand label, card, and tag sizes
Rectangular, circular and elliptical media supported
Text
Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in printer fonts.
On-screen text editing and sizing.
Powerful Rich Text formatting using on-screen WYSIWYG editor.
Stretch text horizontally or vertically.
Automatic on-the-fly resizing of text to fit within predefined height and width.
Paragraph Formatting: Multiple alignment methods, line spacing control, indenting, and inter-paragraph spacing.
Kerning and inter-character spacing control.
Outline fonts.
Arc and circular text.
User-definable tab stops.
White-on-black text printing (specified with a single mouse click).
Support for RTF, HTML, and XAML.
Barcodes
Numerous 1 and 2 dimensional symbologies .
Extensive library of industry-standard bar code formats.
Option to display start / stop characters.
Variable and unlimited width and height.
Minimum width limited only by printer resolution.
GS1 (formerly UCC/EAN) Application Identifier Data Spurce Wizard.
Automatic check digit capability.
Sequentially numbered bar codes.
Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to bar codes.
Customizable "human readable" character template.
Independently suppress or display characters from different sub-fields.
Graphics images and symbols
Draw lines, circles, ellipses, rectangles, rounded rectangles, triangles, polygons, arrows, arcs, stars, and many other shapes.
Multiple dashed line styles and compound line styles.
Fill options for lines and shapes include solid color, multi-point gradient, pattern, and bitmap.
Import more than 70 graphic formats, including BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, GIF, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG, PDF, and more.
Integrated, online clip-art search and import.
TWAIN and WIA support for image scanners and cameras.
Basic image processing: Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness, smoothing, cropping and more.
Industry-specific graphic symbol font libraries.
Linked graphics allow external graphics to change dynamically.
Specify background images and colors for templates.
Printing
More than 2,800 industrial printers supported.
True Windows drivers, can be used by other programs.
Seagull drivers with status monitor display printer status in the standard Windows spooler.
Two-sided (duplex) design and printing.
Multiple templates per document.
Integrated job separator templates,
Batch Maker defines and prints "batches" of multiple BarTender documents.
Print Station supports "single-click" document selection and printing.
Conditional printing of templates.
Export printer code templates to XML enabled printers.
Advanced on-screen print preview.
Advanced cutter control.
Set starting position on pages of partially used labels, cards or tag.
Supports printer-based bar codes, serial numbers, time, date, and copies.
Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it.
Local and network printer support.
Print quantity can be set from keyboard or data source.
Card printing and encoding
Print-time image capture, supporting WIA and VFW webcams.
Automatic face detection and cropping
Magnetic stripe encoding.
Serialization
Basic serialization: Numeric (base 10), alphabetic (base 26), and concatenated numeric and alphabetic sequences with increment / decrement by any interval.
Advanced serialization: Alphanumeric (base 36), hexadecimal (base 16), and custom base serialization.
Separate rollover / rollunder and value reset options.
Preserve or expand field length when rolling over.
Data sourcing
Design print-time data entry forms for keyboard and bar code scanner data.
Data from weighing scales supported by data entry forms.
Microsoft OLE DB and ODBC support, including drivers for: Access, AS/400, Btrieve, dBase, Excel, Informix, Interbase, MySQL, Oracle database, Pervasive.SQL, PostgreSQL, Progress, SQL Server, Sybase, and more.
Read Excel files.
Read ASCII & Unicode text files (quote & comma, fixed width, and user-defined delimitation).
Read data from SAP IDocs.
Drag and drop data linking.
Versatile multiple-table data access.
Import variable graphics from databases.
Data query wizard and custom SQL assistant.
Individual record-picking at print time.
Data processing
Full-system Unicode support (field names, files,servers, printers, etc.).
Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing.
Visual Basic scripting for document open, close, save, and print-time events.
Print-time search and replace function.
User-definable min and max field lengths.
Use and/or exclude select portions of database fields.
Customizable data-entry filters and error checking.
Custom configure the handling of individual messages and alerts.
Multiple data sources concatenated per template object.
Source data with keyboard, time and date (from PC or printer).
Easy entry of special and "unprintable" control characters.
Shareable data fields
Data type support, including: text, date, time, number, currency, percentage, and fraction
Standard integration
Can be run as "background" application.
Control from other programs using ActiveX.
Control from other programs using command lines.
Commander Integration Utility: senses incoming data, then starts print jobs and logs results *Partially supported.
Specify both the BarTender document and the data to print from within other programs.
Log to file: Errors and events.
Log to database: Errors and events, plus BarTender print job details *Supports local databases only
Custom error, event and status e-mails.
Export printer code templates for SAPscript-ITF, keypads, printers that accept XML, and more.
System administration and security
Security Center manages user permissions and encrypts documents.
Lock down documents with passwords.
Lock down BarTender into a password-protected "print-only" mode.
History Explorer audits past print jobs and other events *Supports local databases only
Log revision number and change descriptions into the document file.
Advanced integration
Read data from SAP IDocs
Commander processes file, e-mail and serial port triggers
.NET SDK to control one BarTender at a time. (C# & VB.NET examples included)
.NET SDK for BarTender System Database allows automated review and reprinting of past print jobs
RFID support
Full-featured native RFID objects.
Encode EPC Gen2, EPC Class 1, ISO 18000-6b, ISO 15693, Tag-It,
I-CODE, TagSys, My-d, and Picotag tag types.
Supports DoD, Wal-Mart, and other EPC data formats, including SGTIN, SSCC, GIAI, GID, GRAI, SGLN
Support for many single and double-byte codepages, including Asian languages, UTF-8 and UTF-16
Able to duplicate either the text or hexadecimal representation of the RFID data in text and bar code form.
Supports optional write protection.
Segment and Start Block support, including writing to multiple blocks.
Able to configure printer's RFID options (e.g., Transponder Offset and Maximum Retries).
Display antenna, chip, and substrate on label. Select predefined or specify custom antenna bitmaps.
Enterprise print management
Reprint Console lets you search for and reprint previous jobs *Supports local databases only
Configure security, spooler and other selected driver settings for multiple printers at once. *Works for local and network printers (and print jobs) that have drivers installed on the local PC
Printer Maestro displays status of all Windows print jobs in one window. *Works for local and network printers (and print jobs) that have drivers installed on the local PC
Supported languages
Bartender is available in international Editions that support on-demand switching of the displayed user-interface language between the following: Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (European & Brazilian), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish.
Barcode support
BarTender has the power and flexibility to design just about any barcode or label standard. But why create your own designs from scratch if you don't have to? BarTender comes with:
Over 400 preformatted, ready-to-use barcode components based on 59 different barcode symbologies, 12 additional barcode standards and 16 sample compliance label designs.
Linear Bar Codes: Codabar, Code 39 (Both Full ASCII and Regular), Code 93, Code 128, EAN-8, EAN-13 (with and without 2 and 5 digit add-ons), GS1-128, GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS, all four non-stacked variants), Interleaved 2-of-5, ITF-14, JAN-8, JAN-13 (with and without 2 and 5 digit add-ons), MSI Plessey, Telepen, Trioptic, UPC-A (with and without 2 and 5 digit add-ons), UPC-E (with and without 2 and 5 digit add-ons).
2D, Matrix, and Stacked Symbols: Aztec Code, Data Matrix, GS1 Composite (13 variants), GS1 DataBar (formerly RSS, 3 stacked variants), GS1 DataMatrix, MaxiCode, Micro QR Code, MicroPDF417, PDF417, QR Code
Postal and shipping Barcodes: Australia Post, Canadian Customs, Japanese Post, KIX Code, Royal Mail, UPS MaxiCode, USPS Intelligent Mail, USPS Planet, USPS Postnet.
"Symbologies" vs. "Standards": Many barcode symbologies are used in more than one barcode and/or label standard. The standards listed below (which are included with BarTender) are listed by some other software companies as separate "symbologies." This is misleading, because these are standards and not symbologies.
Included Barcode Standards: The following barcode standards and categories of standards are among those found in the folders within BarTender's "Select Barcode" dialog: GS1 Coupons, GS1 Distribution, GS1 General Applications, GS1 Health Care Non-retail, GS1 Health Care Retail, GS1 Pharmaceutical, GS1 Retail General Distribution, GS1 Retail Non-general Distribution, HIBC (Primary and Secondary), ISBT, TLC (39 and MicroPDF417), DUN, UPS Tracking Number, Design barcodes for almost any other standard using BarTender.
Included Label Standards:The following label standards are among those found in BarTender's "File, Open" dialog within the BarTender Documents folders: AIAG, Caterpillar, DoD, GHS, GM 1724-A, HIBC, MIL 129 and 1189B (LOGMARS), ODETTE, Oracle WMS, Sears, Wal-Mart, SAP AII, SSCC, TLC, UPS, USPS (includes FIM A and FIM C), Design labels for almost any other standard using BarTender.
Supported RFID tag types and data formats
The Enterprise Automation and Automation 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.
Supported printers
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: 3M, Accumax, AMT, Argox, ASTECH, APS, Autonics, Avery Dennison, Birch, Bitek, BIXOLON, Brady, bsc, C. Itoh, cab Century Systems, Citizen Systems, Cognitive, Comtec, Datamax-O'Neil, Datasouth, Dedruma, Domino, Eltron, ETISYS, General Code, Godex, Graphic Products, GSK, HellermannTyton, IBM, ICE, Imaje, InfoPrint Solutions, Intermec, ISG, Klic-N-Print, K-SUN, KROY, LabelPod, Linx, MAX, Max Meyer, Mectec, MELTH, Meto, Metrologic, Monarch, Novexx, Okabe Marking Systems, OPAL, Pitney Bowes, Postek, Pressiza, Printronix, PROTON, QuickLabel Systems, Ring, Samsung, SATO, SII, Stratθge Print, Sumitomo, System Wave, TallyDascom, TallyGenicom, Tharo, Thermopatch, ThermoTex, TNA, Toshiba TEC, TSC, Tyco, Unimark, Valentin, Videojet, VIPColor, Wasp, Wedderburn, Zebra .
System requirements and compatibility
Supported operating systems:
Windows Server 2003 (SP1 and higher), Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, XP (SP3 and higher), Vista, and Windows 7. Includes all 32-bit and 64-bit (x64) editions.
Hard disk:
Minimum 400 MB free space required for English-only version of BarTender.
Up to 1.1 GB free space required for full, multilingual BarTender Application Suite.
Additional free disk space required to enable optional logging of print jobs and event messages to a database.
CPU:
1 GHz or higher.
Memory:
512 MB or higher
Display Resolution:
800 x 600 (1024 x 768 or higher recommended)
.NET Framework:
The .NET Framework 3.0 (SP2) is required. The BarTender installer will automatically install all required .NET Framework components. The 32-bit versions of the required .NET components are included on the CD. For older 64-bit operating systems (XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 pre-R2), the installer requires a live internet connection to download the required .NET components. Newer 64-bit operating systems (Vista, Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7) all ship with the required components.
Optional database:
Logging of print jobs and event messages requires either Microsoft SQL 2005 Express (included with Bartender) or Microsoft SQL 2005 (or higher) Server (purchased from a database vendor).
Web browser:
Microsoft Internet Explorer v6 or higher required for History Explorer and Bartender help system.
Please note: product specifications vary according to software version and are subject to change without prior notice. |
