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| Licensed based on the number of printers used
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| Licensed based on the number of PCs used
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| Free phone and e-mail technical support for properly-registered users
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| HTML-based context-sensitive help
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| User interface translated into 20+ languages
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| LABEL DESIGN
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| True WYSIWYG label design
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"New Label" wizard ensures proper label setup and
optimizes performance
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| Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes, ellipses, and
graphic images
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| Unlimited undo / redo command
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| Resize and reposition objects using a choice of methods: mouse, arrow keys,
typed in values
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| Functions for automatic alignment of multiple objects
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| One-tenth degree rotation of lines, boxes, text, and graphics
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| "Move to Front" and "Send to Back"
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| Group and Ungroup multiple objects
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| Export bar codes and labels for use in other programs
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Full color support (including text backgrounds and
shape fills)
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| Customizable print-time prompts for keyboard and scanner data
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| Enhance print-time prompts with lines, boxes, custom text, and multiple choice
list boxes
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| Customizable library of reusable components
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| Library of "ready-to-print" label formats
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Thumbnail previews of saved label formats, viewable
both in BarTender and Windows explorer
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| Metric and US measurements
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| Password protection
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| LABEL STOCK
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| Any label size |
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| Any number of label rows and columns per sheet |
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| Automatic computation of label size from number of rows and columns |
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| Database of thousands of name brand label sizes |
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| Rectangular label outline |
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| Circular and elliptical label outline |
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| TEXT
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| Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in
printer fonts |
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| On-screen text editing and sizing
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| Rich text formatting
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| Stretch text horizontally or vertically
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| Automatic on-the-fly resizing of text to fit within predefined height and width
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| Basic paragraph support: aligning and spacing
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| Advanced paragraph support: justifying and indenting
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| Arc and circular text |
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| User-definable tab stops
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| White-on-black text printing (specified with a single mouse click)
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| BAR CODES
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| Numerous 1 and 2 dimensional symbologies
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| Extensive library of industry-standard bar code formats
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| Option to display start / stop characters
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| Variable and unlimited width and height
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| Minimum width limited only by printer resolution
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| GS1 (formerly UCC/EAN) Application Identifier setup wizard
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| Automatic check digit capability
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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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| Customizable "human readable" character template
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Independently suppress or display characters
from different sub-fields
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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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| Industry-specific graphic symbol font libraries
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| Specify background images and colors to appear "behind" label designs
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| PRINTING
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| Over 1,700 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
Windows spooler |
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| Export printer code templates to XML enabled printers
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| Advanced on-screen print preview |
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| Advanced cutter control |
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| Set starting position on pages of partially used labels
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Supports printer-based bar codes, serial numbers,
time, date, and copies
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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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| Label copy count controllable from keyboard and database
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| SERIALIZATION
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| Basic serialization (increment, numeric base 10) |
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| Numeric, alphabetic, and alphanumeric increment / decrement by any interval
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| Base 36 and custom base serialization
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| Separate rollover / rollunder and value reset options
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| Preserve or expand field length when rolling over
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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, and
user-defined delimitation)
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| SAP IDocs and Oracle XML label requests
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| Drag and drop data linking
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| Versatile multiple-table data access
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| Import variable graphics from databases
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| Data query wizard and custom SQL assistant
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| Individual record-picking at print time
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| DATA PROCESSING
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Full-system unicode support (field names, files,
servers, printers, etc.)
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| Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing
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| User-definable min and max field lengths
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| Use and/or exclude select portions of database fields
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| Customizable data-entry filters and error checking
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| Custom configure the handling of individual messages and alerts |
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| Multiple sub-fields concatenated per label object
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| Source data with keyboard, time and date (from PC or printer)
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| Easy entry of special and "unprintable" control characters
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| Shareable data fields
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| STANDARD INTEGRATION
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| Can be run as "background" application
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| Control from other programs using ActiveX
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| Control from other programs using command lines
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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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| Log BarTender print job details to a database
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| Log application errors and events to a database
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| Custom error, event and status e-mails
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| "Commander" integration utility (runs as an application or 2000/2003/XP
service):
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| Waits for data files, e-mails, or TCP/IP communication "triggers" and
then initiates print jobs
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| Logs errors and events to a file or database
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| Transmits event notification via e-mail or SMS text message
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| Generate and export printer code templates for SAPscript-ITF, Oracle XML and
more
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| HIGH-SECURITY AUDIT COMPLIANCE |
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| Include label images when logging BarTender print jobs |
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| Inspect logs and confirm label jobs using History Explorer |
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| SHARED, CENTRALIZED PRINT SERVICES |
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| Optimized to handle high-volume printing requests using a single copy of
BarTender running on a server |
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| Easy print job control from any operating system that can run a web browser |
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| ADVANCED INTEGRATION |
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| SAP Certified for AII integration |
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| Oracle XML integration using a TCP/IP socket |
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| Enhanced version of Commander supports TCP/IP triggers and data transmission |
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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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| Automated conversion of different XML formats using XSL style sheets |
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| BarTender XML Command Scripts speed up automation and simplify remote control |
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| Detailed print job status available to other programs using ActiveX |
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| .NET SDK to control one BarTender at a time. (All SDKs provide C# &
VB.NET.) |
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| .NET SDK to control multiple instances of BarTender at once |
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| .NET SDK to author web printing applications |
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| RFID SUPPORT |
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| 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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| Supports optional write protection |
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| Segment and Start Block support, including writing to multiple blocks |
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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. Select predefined or specify
custom antenna bitmaps |
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| ENTERPRISE PRINT MANAGEMENT |
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| Reprint function lets you search for and replace lost and damaged labels |
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| Configure security, spooler and other selected driver settings for multiple
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| In one window, see status of all Windows print jobs for all locally accessible
printers |
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| In one window, see status of every Windows print job on the network |
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| Log printer events for all Windows print jobs |
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| Specify custom alerts for printer events and low inventory levels |
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| Track printer media usage and inventory of printer parts |
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BarTender is available in international Editions that support on-demand
switching of the displayed user-interface language between the following:
The RFID Enterprise and Enterprise Print Server 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.
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:
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