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All About Bartender 9 Version 9 of Bartender label and RFID software is Seagull's biggest release in over ten years. New modules and features include: - Printer Maestro application provides super-friendly centralized management of every printer and queue on any size network.
- Printer Media Usage Tracking and Inventory Control of printer parts.
- New BarTender System Database lets you log more detailed print job information and be better prepared for high-security audits.
- History Explorer provides easy, highly flexible navigation and viewing of past print jobs.
- Reprint Console lets you easily replace lost or damaged labels, even if the original label data is no longer readily available.
- New Integration features.
- Other new features.
BarTender Editions Summary 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. Enterprise Licensing: All three Enterprise editions allow unlimited network users. Licensing is based on the maximum number of printers used by BarTender on the network. Enterprise Print Server Our most powerful edition. Includes all of the label design, printing, and software integration features of the Enterprise and RFID Enterprise editions, plus advanced server functions for centralized printing and administration. Includes BarTender Web Print Server to print labels from any browser. Contains our most advanced integration features, including TCP/IP triggers, XML transforms, and XML scripting. RFID Enterprise Edition Includes - All of the label design, printing and integration features of the base Enterprise edition (see below), plus all available RFID design and encoding capabilities. Omits - Does not offer the enhanced server functions, advanced integration, and web printing capabilities of Enterprise Print Server. (See above.). Enterprise Edition All of BarTender's most powerful label design features plus automated control from within other software. Includes - Numerous software integration tools, such as ActiveX Automation, enterprise messaging and Seagull's own Commander utility for cross-platform integration. Powerful data sourcing, including ODBC, OLE-DB, and the industry's only SAP-certifi ed direct IDoc interface. Support for Oracle XML label requests. Omits - No RFID. Excludes all server and integration features omitted from the RFID Enterprise edition. PC Licensing: The Professional and Basic editions are licensed based on the number of PCs. Professional Edition Includes - All of BarTender's most powerful label design features. Most of the advanced data access capabilities, including OLE DB and ODBC. Fully network compatible. Omits - Not designed for control from within other software. Does not offer ActiveX Automation, Commander or command line integration. No SAP IDoc or XML support. No job logging or e-mailed error alerts. Cannot export printer code templates. Basic Edition For users who just need BarTender's essential label design and printing features. Includes - The most frequently used label design features. Includes all text, graphics, bar code, and most serializing capabilities. Useful for keyboard and scanner-supplied label data only. Omits - No access to external data. No password protection, VB Script customization, or string concatenation, and only limited text fi ltering. No custom-base serialization. Excludes all features omitted from the Professional Edition. Features and Editions Comparison Chart | Color Code: | | Enterprise Print Server | RFID Enterprise | Enterprise | Professional | Basic | | EDITIONS: | PS | R | E | P | B | | GENERAL |
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| • | • | | Free phone and e-mail technical support | • | • | • | • | • | | HTML-based context-sensitive help | • | • | • | • | • | | User interface translated into 20+ languages | • | • | • | • | • | Full-system unicode support (field names, files, servers, printers, etc.) | • | • | • | • | • | | Password protection | • | • | • | • |
| | LABEL DESIGN |
| | True WYSIWYG label design | • | • | • | • | • | "New Label" wizard ensures proper label setup and optimizes performance | • | • | • | • | • | Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes and graphic images | • | • | • | • | • | | Unlimited undo / redo command | • | • | • | • | • | | Functions for automatic alignment of multiple objects | • | • | • | • | • | | One-tenth degree rotation of lines, boxes, text, and graphics | • | • | • | • | • | | Export bar codes and labels for use in other programs | • | • | • | • |
| Full color support (including text backgrounds and shape fills) | • | • | • | • | • | | Customizable print-time prompts for keyboard / scanner data | • | • | • | • | • | | Customizable library of reusable components | • | • | • | • | • | | Library of "ready-to-print" formats | • | • | • | • | • | Thumbnail previews of saved label formats, viewable both in BarTender and Windows Explorer | • | • | • | • | • | | Metric and US measurement systems | • | • | • | • | • | | LABEL STOCK |
| | Any label size | • | • | • | • | • | | Any number of label rows and columns per sheet | • | • | • | • | • | | Automatic computation of label size from number of rows and columns | • | • | • | • | • | | Database of thousands of common industry label stock dimensions | • | • | • | • | • | | Rectangular label outline | • | • | • | • | • | | Circular and elliptical label outline | • | • | • | • |
| | TEXT |
| | Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in printer fonts | • | • | • | • | • | | On-screen text editing | • | • | • | • | • | | Rich text formatting | • | • | • | • |
| | Scale text horizontally or vertically | • | • | • | • | • | | Auto-size text to fit within predefined height and width | • | • | • | • |
| | Basic paragraph support: aligning and spacing | • | • | • | • | • | | Advanced paragraph support: justifying and indenting | • | • | • | • |
| | Arc and circular text | • | • | • | • |
| | User-definable tab stops | • | • | • | • |
| | White-on-black text printing (specified with a single mouse click) | • | • | • | • | • | | BAR CODES |
| | Numerous 1D symbologies | • | • | • | • | • | | Numerous 2D 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 | • | • | • | • | • | | UCC / EAN 128 application identifier setup 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 and filled rectangles | • | • | • | • | • | | Import more than 70 graphic formats, including BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, GIF, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG, and more | • | • | • | • | • | | Industry-specific graphic symbol font libraries | • | • | • | • | • | | Specify background images and colors to appear "behind" label designs | • | • | • | • | • | | PRINTING |
| | Over fifteen hundred industrial label printers supported | • | • | • | • | • | | True Windows drivers, can be used by other programs | • | • | • | • | • | | Seagull drivers with status monitor display printer status in the standard Windows spooler | • | • | • | • | • | | Support for XML enabled printers | • | • | • |
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| | Advanced on-screen print preview | • | • | • | • | • | | Advanced cutter control | • | • | • | • |
| | Set starting position on pages of partially used labels | • | • | • | • | • | 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 | • | • | • | • | • | | Identical and/or serialized copies controllable from database | • | • | • | • |
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| | SERIALIZATION |
| | Basic serialization (increment, numeric base 10) | • | • | • | • | • | | Numeric, alphabetic, and alphanumeric increment / decrement by any interval | • | • | • | • | • | | Base 36 and custom base serialization | • | • | • | • |
| | Separate rollover/rollunder and value reset options | • | • | • | • | • | | Preserve or expand field length when rolling over | • | • | • | • | • | | DATABASE OPTIONS |
| | 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 | • | • | • | • |
| | Read Excel files | • | • | • | • |
| | Read ASCII & Unicode text files (quote & comma, fixed width, & user-defined delimitation) | • | • | • | • |
| | SAP certified interface to IDocs | • | • | • |
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| | Oracle XML label requests automatically parsed | • | • | • |
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| | 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 |
| | Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing | • | • | • | • |
| | 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 | • | • | • |
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| | Multiple sub-fields concatenated per label object | • | • | • | • |
| | Source data with keyboard, time & date (from PC or printer) | • | • | • | • | • | | Easy entry of special and "unprintable" control characters | • | • | • | • | • | | Shareable data fields | • | • | • | • |
| | INTEGRATION |
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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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| | Can e-mail user-defined status messages | • | • | • |
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| | "Commander" integration software utility | • | • | • |
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| | Generate and export printer code templates, including Oracle XML & SAPscript-ITF | • | • | • |
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| | SHARED, CENTRALIZED PRINT SERVICES |
| | Optimized to handle high-volume printing requests using a single copy of BarTender running on a server | • |
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| | Available web application allows selection and launch of label jobs from any operating system that can run a web browser | • |
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| | ADVANCED INTEGRATION |
| | Enhanced version of Commander supports triggers and data transmission using TCP/IP | • |
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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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| | RFID SUPPORT |
| | 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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| | 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. (Images specified by predefined or custom antenna bitmaps.) | • | • |
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| International Language Support BarTender is available in international Editions that support on-demand switching of the displayed user-interface language between the following: Chinese (Simplified & Traditional) | German | Portuguese (European & Brazilian) | | Czech | Greek | Polish | | Danish | Hungarian | Russian | | Dutch | Italian | Spanish | | English | Japanese | Swedish | | Finnish | Korean | Thai | | French | Norwegian | Turkish | Bar Code Support Linear Bar Codes: | AIAG | FIM A | Royal Mail | | Australia Post | FIM C | RSS | | Canadian Customs | HIBC Primary | SCC-14 | | Codabar | HIBC Secondary | SSCC-18 | | Code 128 | Interleaved 2-of-5 | Telepen | Code 39 (Regular & Full ASCII) | ISBT 128 | Tri-Optic | | Code 93 | ITF-14 | UCC-EAN 128 | | EAN 128 | Japanese Post | UPC-A | | EAN Bookland | KIX Code | UPC-E | | EAN-JAN-8 | LOGMARS | UPS Tracking | | EAN-JAN-13 | MSI Plessey | US Postal | Two Dimensional Bar Codes: | Aztec | Maxicode | TLC39 | | Datamatrix | PDF417 (Micro & Standard) |
| | EAN.UCC Composite | QR Code (Micro & Standard) |
| 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: | Accumax | IBM | Quick Label Systems | | Argox | Imaje | Ring | | ASTECH | Intermec | Samsung | | APS | K-SUN | SATO | | Autonics | KROY | SII | | Avery Dennison | Markpoint | Sumitomo | | Birch | Marschall | System Wave | | Brady | MAX | TEC | | C. Itoh | Meto | Tharo | | cab | Metrologic | Thermopatch | | Century Systems | MICROPLEX | ThermoTex | | Citizen | Monarch | TSC | | Cognitive | Novexx | Tyco | | Comtec | O'Neil | UBI | | Datamax | Okabe | Unimark | | Datasouth | OPAL | Valentin | | Eltron | Paxar | VIPColor | | ETISYS | Pitney Bowes | Wasp | | General Code | Postek | Wedderburn | | Godex | Pressiza | Zebra | | Graphic Products | Printronix |
| System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, 2000 Server, 2003 Server, XP and Vista. CPU: 450 MHz Pentium (1 GHz or higher recommended) Memory: 256 MB RAM (512 MB or higher recommended) Display Resolution: 800 x 600 (1024 x 768 or higher recommended) Hard Disk: 50 MB free space required Web Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer v6 or higher required for BarTender help system. (Note: Enterprise editions require TCP/IP Network Protocol.) Seagull-Scientific Bartender labeling software
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