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 BAR TENDER - Label Printing Software
The Bar Tender is a label printing software from Seagull Scientific, the world leader in true Windows label printing.

The Bar Tender has four editions that address a wide range of features & user requirements.

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

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

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

Professional

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.

Print Only

For users who just need BarTender’s essential label printing features.  Does not provide editing features.

EDITIONS:

PS R E P Print
GENERAL  
Printer-based licensing D D D    
User-based licensing       D D
Free phone and e-mail technical support D D D D D
HTML-based context-sensitive help D D D D D
User interface translated into 20+ languages D D D D D
Full-system unicode support (field names, files,
servers, printers, etc.) 		D D D D D
Password protection D D D D  
LABEL DESIGN  
True WYSIWYG label design D D D D
"New Label" wizard ensures proper label setup and
optimizes performance 		D D D D  
Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines,
boxes and graphic images 		D D D D  
Unlimited undo / redo command D D D D
Functions for automatic alignment of multiple objects D D D D
One-tenth degree rotation of lines, boxes, text, and graphics D D D D  
Export bar codes and labels for use in other programs D D D D  
Full color support (including text backgrounds and
shape fills) 		D D D D  
Customizable print-time prompts for keyboard / scanner data D D D D  
Customizable library of reusable components D D D D
Library of "ready-to-print" formats D D D D
Thumbnail previews of saved label formats, viewable
both in BarTender and Windows Explorer 		D D D D  
Metric and US measurement systems D D D D
LABEL STOCK  
Any label size D D D D D
Any number of label rows and columns per sheet D D D D D
Automatic computation of label size from number of rows and columns D D D D D
Database of thousands of common industry label stock dimensions D D D D D
Rectangular label outline D D D D D
Circular and elliptical label outline D D D D
TEXT  
Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in printer fonts D D D D D
On-screen text editing D D D D D
Rich text formatting D D D D  
Scale text horizontally or vertically D D D D D
Auto-size text to fit within predefined height and width D D D D  
Basic paragraph support: aligning and spacing D D D D D
Advanced paragraph support: justifying and indenting D D D D  
Arc and circular text D D D D
User-definable tab stops D D D D  
White-on-black text printing (specified with a single mouse click) D D D D D
BAR CODES  
Numerous 1D symbologies D D D D D
Numerous 2D symbologies D D D D D
Extensive library of industry-standard bar code formats D D D D D
Option to display start / stop characters D D D D D
Variable and unlimited width and height D D D D D
Minimum width limited only by printer resolution D D D D D
UCC / EAN 128 application identifier setup wizard D D D D D
Automatic check digit capability D D D D D
Sequentially numbered bar codes D D D D D
Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to bar codes D D D D D
Customizable "human readable" character template D D D D D
Independently suppress or display characters
from different sub-fields 		D D D D  
GRAPHICS, IMAGES AND SYMBOLS  
Draw lines, circles, ellipses, rectangles, rounded rectangles and filled rectangles D D D D D
Import more than 70 graphic formats, including BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, GIF, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG, and more D D D D D
Industry-specific graphic symbol font libraries D D D D D
Specify background images and colors to appear "behind" label designs D D D D D
PRINTING  
Over fifteen hundred industrial label printers supported D D D D D
True Windows drivers, can be used by other programs D D D D D
Seagull drivers with status monitor display printer status in the standard Windows spooler D D D D D
Support for XML enabled printers D D D    
Advanced on-screen print preview D D D D D
Advanced cutter control D D D D  
Set starting position on pages of partially used labels D D D D D
Supports printer-based bar codes, serial numbers,
time, date, and copies 		D D D D D
Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it D D D D D
Local and network printer support D D D D D
Identical and/or serialized copies controllable from database D D