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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 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 每 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 每 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 每 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 每 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 每 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 每 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 每 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 每 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  
Printer-based licensing * * *    
User-based licensing       * *
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 * * *    
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 * * * *
Job logging * * *    
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 * * *    
Oracle XML label requests automatically parsed * * *    
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 * * *    
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  
Can be run as "background" application * * *    
ActiveX automation * * *
Command line control from other programs * * *
Specify label formats and data sources from within other programs * * *    
Automated printer selection * * *    
Logs errors and events to a file * * * *  
Logs errors and events via e-mail * * *    
Can e-mail user-defined status messages * * *  
"Commander" integration software utility * * *    
  * Runs as application or 2000/2003/XP service * * *    
  * Looks for incoming data files and /or e-mails and
    initiates print jobs 		* * *    
  * Logs errors and events to a file and /or via e-mail * * *    
Generate and export printer code templates, including Oracle XML & SAPscript-ITF * * *    
SHARED, CENTRALIZED PRINT SERVICES  
Optimized to handle high-volume printing requests using a single copy of BarTender running on a server *    
Available web application allows selection and launch of label jobs from any operating system that can run a web browser *        
ADVANCED INTEGRATION  
Enhanced version of Commander supports triggers and data transmission using TCP/IP *        
Commander optimized to receive, launch, and monitor new print jobs without waiting for existing jobs to finish *        
Automated conversion of different XML formats using XSL style sheets *        
BarTender XML Command Scripts speed up automation and simplify remote control *        
Detailed print job status available using ActiveX *        
RFID SUPPORT  
Encode EPC Gen2, EPC Class 1, ISO 18000-6b, ISO 15693, Tag-It, I-CODE, TagSys, My-d, and Picotag tag types * *    
Supports DoD, Wal-Mart, and other EPC data formats, including SGTIN, SSCC, GIAI, GID, GRAI, SGLN * *      
Support for many single and double-byte codepages, including Asian languages, UTF-8 and UTF-16 * *      
Able to duplicate RFID data in text and bar code form * *      
Supports optional write protection * *      
Segment and Start Block support, including writing to multiple blocks * *      
Able to configure printer's RFID options (e.g., Transponder Offset and Maximum Retries) * *      
Display antenna, chip, and substrate on label. (Images specified by predefined or custom antenna bitmaps.) * *      

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.)
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