For the first 30 days, the Trial Edition of BarTender functions just like the full-working Enterprise Print Server edition (our most powerful version). After that time, BarTender runs in a slightly limited "demo mode" that randomly changes one character in each printed bar code or text field. For example, if you tried to print out a text or bar code field containing "ABCD," it might print out as "ABXD" instead.

After evaluating the Trial Edition of BarTender, make sure you purchase the right edition. Load the label designs you created into the Trial Edition and use the File, Edition Information option to see which edition you need. You can also view the on-line Feature Comparison chart. Then you can learn more about how to buy or how to upgrade BarTender.

BarTender will work with any true Windows printer driver. However, if you are using any of the major brands of label printers, you will get much higher performance if you also download and use Drivers by Seagull. (Drivers must be downloaded separately. They are not included in the BarTender downloads below.)

All download options listed below have everything you need to start designing labels right away. The "BarTender & Commander only" option is the smallest file and will therefore download the fastest. The larger "Full BarTender Suite" downloads include the Printer Maestro, History Explorer and Reprint Console applications, as well as detailed Print Job Logging to a SQL database.

The multilingual downloads support instant switching of the user-interface between more than 20 languages, but they take somewhat longer to download than English only. (The supported languages can be seen in the list of BarTender "Getting Started" Manuals.)