BarTender Companion Applications
BarTender
is the main application of the BarTender Application Suite and is required in order
to design and modify labels. In addition, the suite includes numerous "Companion
Applications." These are not required to design and print labels, but they offer
a variety of powerful features that help managers and users more quickly and easily
perform their jobs.
About Required Editions
You can use all of the companion applications for the first 30 days after you install
BarTender. However, after that time, many of these features require use of a minimum
level of BarTender, as indicated in the color-coded grids below.
Edition heading abbreviations:
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EA |
= Enterprise Automation |
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A |
= Automation |
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P |
= Professional |
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B |
= Basic |
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INTEGRATION |
 Commander |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
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• |
* |
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The Commander middleware utility allows you to control BarTender from within other
programs without having to write code. Instead, Commander automatically wakes up
BarTender to print labels in response to any of a variety of predefined events generated
by a controlling program.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
Integration Overview
(Includes other integration methods.)
* = Enterprise Automation edition is required to run multiple BarTender jobs at
the same time, query print job status, process XML data, and process TCP/IP socket
triggers and responses.
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SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
Several of the Companion Applications are dedicated to the management and security
of your label printing environment.
|
 BarTender
Security Center |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
|
• |
* |
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Provides security features for other applications in the suite, such as user permissions
and format encryption.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
* = Enterprise Automation edition is required to support Electronic Signatures and
log permission requests.
|
 Printer
Maestro |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
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• |
* |
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Printer Maestro consolidates multiple print management functions within Windows
into a single, highly configurable view that simplifies the management of multiple
print jobs, printers, and printer supply inventory* on large networks.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
* = Enterprise Automation edition can manage all network printers and is required
to manage printer supply inventory and to log print jobs from applications other
than just BarTender. The regular Automation edition can only manage local
and network printers that have drivers installed on the local PC.
|
 Librarian |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
|
• |
|
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BarTender Librarian lets large groups of users, designers and administrators cooperatively
and securely manage the storage and revision of label formats and other files. You
can even rollback to old versions of your files if you need to.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
Librarian
|
 History Explorer |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
|
♦ |
◊ |
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History Explorer lets you view logged information about past label jobs, including
images of the labels and any print job messages that may have been generated.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
History Explorer
♦ = Supports shareable centralized database
◊ = Supports local database only
|
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PRINTING UTILITIES
|
 Web
Print Server |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
|
• |
|
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BarTender Web Print Server (WPS) lets you browse, select, and print BarTender label
formats from any operating system or platform that can run a web browser.
More Information
White Paper:
Web Print Server
|
 Reprint
Console |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
|
♦ |
◊ |
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Reprint Console allows you to quickly navigate logs of previous label jobs and reprint
all or just some of the labels. It works even if the database from which the original
label data was read has changed.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
Reprint Console
♦ = Supports shareable centralized database
◊ = Supports local database only
|
 Print
Station |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
|
• |
• |
• |
• |
Print Station gives non-technical users easy "point and click" selection and printing
of labels without ever having to see the inside of a label design program.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
Print Station
|
 Batch
Maker |
EA |
A |
P |
B |
|
• |
• |
• |
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Batch Maker makes it easy to specify a list of multiple label formats to print as
a single "batch." Batches can be printed from within Batch Maker itself, as well
as from BarTender, Print Station, and Windows Explorer.
More Information
Online Help: Press F1 from within the application.
White Paper(s):
Batch Maker
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