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BarTender Editions, Specifications, and Features Summary

This page contains:

• BarTender Editions Summary
• Features and Editions Comparison Chart
• International Language Support
• Barcode Support
• Supported RFID Tag Types and Data Formats
• Supported Printers
• System Requirements and Compatibility

BarTender Editions Summary

BarTender is available in four editions that address a wide range of features and user requirements. This general overview is followed by a more detailed Features and Editions Comparison Chart.

Printer Licensing: Both "Automation" editions allow unlimited network users. With these editions, licensing is based on the maximum number of printers used by BarTender on the network.

PC Licensing: The Professional and Basic editions are licensed based on the number of PCs used.

Features and Editions Comparison Chart

The following chart compares the features available in each of the four editions of the BarTender Application Suite.

Edition heading abbreviations:

Grid characters used:

	=	Feature is fully supported
	=	Partially supported
	=	Supports shareable centralized databases
	=	Supports local databases only
	=	Supports all printers and print jobs on the network
	=	Works for local and network printers (and print jobs) that have drivers installed on the local PC

Current feature comparison mode:

EDITIONS:	EA	A	P	B
GENERAL
Licensed based on the number of printers used
Licensed based on the number of PCs used
Free phone and e-mail technical support for properly-registered users
HTML-based context-sensitive help
User interface translated into 20+ languages
COMPANION APPLICATIONS (More details...)
Commander. (Controls BarTender in response to triggers from other programs)
Security Center. (Provides security features for other applications in the suite, such as user permissions and document encryption)
Printer Maestro. (Administers to printers and print queues on the network)
Librarian. (Controls access, manages workflow, and tracks revisions to BarTender documents and other files within a secure database)
History Explorer. (Views the logs stored in the BarTender System Database)
Reprint Console. (Reprints previously printed jobs)
Print Station. (Provides a simple "single-click" interface for selecting and printing BarTender documents)
Batch Maker. (Defines and prints "batches" of multiple BarTender documents)
TEMPLATE DESIGN
True WYSIWYG template 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
Programmatically modify template objects during print jobs
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 barcodes 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 templates 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: OpenType, 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 barcode 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 Source Wizard
Automatic check digit capability
Sequentially numbered barcodes
Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to barcodes
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 3,000 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 tags
Supports printer-based barcodes, 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 & ENCODING
Print-time image capture, supporting WIA and VFW webcams
Automatic face detection and cropping
Magnetic stripe encoding
Encoding of smart cards (both contact and non-contact)
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 barcode 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)
SAP-certified interface to AII (Auto ID Infrastructure) XML documents
Read data from SAP IDocs
Oracle-certified interface to XML print requests
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
Specify both the BarTender document and the data to print from within other programs
Automated printer selection
Log to file: Errors and events
Log to database: Errors and events, plus BarTender print job details
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
Security Center supports electronic signatures and logs permission requests
Lock down documents with passwords
Lock down BarTender into a password-protected "print-only" mode
History Explorer audits past print jobs and other events
Log images of all printed output
Log revision number and change descriptions into the document file
Librarian manages document publishing, revision tracking, and rollback within a secure database
ADVANCED INTEGRATION
SAP Certified for AII
Read data from SAP IDocs
Oracle certified for WMS and MSCA
Oracle XML integration using a TCP/IP socket
Supports IBM WebSphere Sensor Events
Commander processes file, e-mail and serial port triggers
Enhanced version of Commander supports TCP/IP triggers and data transmission
Commander optimized to receive, launch, and monitor new print jobs without waiting for existing jobs to finish
Commander can return XML status response as a file or through a TCP/IP port
Detailed print job status available to other programs using ActiveX
.NET SDK to control one BarTender at a time. (C# & VB.NET examples included)
.NET SDK to control multiple instances of BarTender at once
.NET SDK for BarTender System Database allows automated review and reprinting of past print jobs
.NET SDK for Librarian allows automated file add, remove, rename, check in and out, etc.
ASP.NET sample application for customizable web browser printing
Automated conversion of different XML formats using XSL style sheets
BarTender XML Command Scripts speed up automation and simplify remote control
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 barcode 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
Optimized for high-volume label requests from numerous network users to one or more servers
Browser-based network and internet printing
Windows Cluster Server supported
Reprint Console lets you search for and reprint previous jobs
Configure security, spooler and other selected driver settings for multiple printers at once.
Printer Maestro displays status of all Windows print jobs in one window
Printer Maestro tracks printer media usage and inventory of printer parts. Generates custom alerts.
Log printer events for Windows print jobs other than just those from BarTender
Specify custom alerts for printer events and low inventory levels

International Language Support

BarTender is available in international editions that support on-demand switching of the displayed user-interface language between the following:

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
• 16 sample compliance label designs

Barcode Symbologies:

"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 Standards:

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:

System Requirements and Compatibility

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows Server 2003 (SP1 and higher), Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, XP (SP3 and higher), Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Includes all 32-bit and 64-bit (x64) editions.

Older versions of Windows: Click here to view compatibility information for legacy versions of Windows.

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: 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, Windows 7, Server 2012, and Windows 8) 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.

(Note: TCP/IP network protocol is required for both the Automation and Enterprise Automation editions.)