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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 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.
Printer-based Licensing – Licensing is based on the maximum number of
printers to be used by BarTender on the network.
RFID Enterprise Edition
Delivers – 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).
Printer-based Licensing – Licensing is based on the maximum number of
printers to be used by BarTender on the network.
Enterprise Edition
All of BarTender's most powerful label design features plus automated control
from within other software.
Delivers – 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-certified direct IDoc interface. Support for Oracle XML
label requests.
Omits – No RFID. Excludes all server and integration features omitted
from the RFID Enterprise edition.
Printer-based Licensing – Licensing is based on the maximum number of
printers to be used by BarTender on the network.
Professional Edition
All of the label design and most of the data access of the Enterprise Edition.
Network compatible, but not optimized for control by other software.
Delivers – 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.
User-based Licensing – Licensing based on the number of workstations
running BarTender, regardless of whether or not they are on a common network.
Basic Edition
For users who just need BarTender's essential label design and printing
features.
Delivers – 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 filtering. No
custom-base serialization. Excludes all features omitted from the Professional
Edition.
User-based Licensing
– Licensing based on the number of workstations running BarTender, regardless
of whether or not they are on a common network.
Features and Editions Comparison Chart
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Full-system unicode support (field names, files,
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"New Label" wizard ensures proper label setup and
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Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines,
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Thumbnail previews of saved label formats, viewable
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| LABEL STOCK
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| Database of thousands of common industry label stock dimensions |
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| TEXT
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| Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in
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| BAR CODES
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| Extensive library of industry-standard bar code formats
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| Variable and unlimited width and height
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| UCC / EAN 128 application identifier setup wizard
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| Sequentially numbered bar codes
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| Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to bar codes
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Independently suppress or display characters
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| GRAPHICS, IMAGES AND SYMBOLS
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| Draw lines, circles, ellipses, rectangles, rounded rectangles and filled
rectangles
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| Import more than 70 graphic formats, including BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, GIF,
IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG, and more
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| PRINTING
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| Over fifteen hundred industrial label printers supported
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| True Windows drivers, can be used by other programs
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| Seagull drivers with status monitor display printer status in the standard
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Supports printer-based bar codes, serial numbers,
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| Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it
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| Local and network printer support
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| Identical and/or serialized copies controllable from database
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| Base 36 and custom base serialization
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| DATABASE OPTIONS
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| 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
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| Read Excel files
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| Read ASCII & Unicode text files (quote & comma, fixed width, &
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| SAP certified interface to IDocs
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| Drag and drop data linking
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| Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing
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| Use and/or exclude select portions of database fields
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| Easy entry of special and "unprintable" control characters
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| INTEGRATION
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| Can be run as "background" application
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• Looks for incoming data files and /or e-mails and
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| Generate and export printer code templates, including Oracle XML &
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| SHARED, CENTRALIZED PRINT SERVICES |
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| Available web application allows selection and launch of label jobs from any
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| Enhanced version of Commander supports triggers and data transmission using
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| Commander optimized to receive, launch, and monitor new print jobs without
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| Encode EPC Gen2, EPC Class 1, ISO 18000-6b, ISO 15693, Tag-It, I-CODE, TagSys,
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| Support for many single and double-byte codepages, including Asian languages,
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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
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| Display antenna, chip, and substrate on label. (Images specified by predefined
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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
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German |
Portuguese
(European & Brazilian) |
| Czech |
Greek |
Polish |
| Danish |
Hungarian |
Russian |
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Italian |
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| English |
Japanese |
Swedish |
| Finnish |
Korean |
Thai |
| French |
Norwegian |
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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 |
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PDF417 (Micro & Standard) |
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QR Code (Micro & Standard) |
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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 |
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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 |
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System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems:
All editions of Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Server
2003. Includes
32-bit and 64-bit (x64) editions.
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.)
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