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BarTender Editions Summary
BarTender is available in three editions that address a wide range of features and user requirements: Enterprise, Professional and Basic.
Enterprise Edition
Provides the full range of BarTender's most powerful features. Especially designed to allow automation control by other programs. Contains our complete set of external data access capabilities.
Delivers Includes our most powerful software integration tools, such as ActiveX Automation, Enterprise messaging and Seagull's own Commander utility for cross-platform integration. Advanced data sourcing, including the industry's only SAP-certified direct IDoc interface. Intelligent network Install can set up a single copy of BarTender to run on unlimited workstations.
Licensing Allows unlimited number of local area network users, with licensing based on the maximum number of printers. (Multiple corporate sites require individual licenses.)
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 the label design and printing features of the Enterprise Edition and most of the advanced data access capabilities, including ODBC. Fully network compatible. Control by other programs limited to a simple "command line" interface.
Leaves Out No ActiveX Automation or Commander integration. No SAP IDoc interface. No automatic e-mailing of logged events and errors. Although otherwise network-compatible, Install program will not setup a single BarTender as shareable from multiple workstations.
Licensing Licensing is based on the number of workstations running BarTender, regardless of whether or not they are on a common network. Supports an unlimited number of networked printers.
Basic Edition
For users who just need BarTender's essential label design and printing features.
Delivers The most important "core" label design features. Includes all text, graphics and linear bar code support. Supports simple, numeric serialization. Useful for keyboard-supplied label data only.
Leaves Out Does not offer integration, enterprise message handling, or external data access of any kind. No password protection, VB Script customization, text filtering, job logging, or 2D barcodes. No advanced or custom serialization.
Licensing Same as Professional.
Features and Editions Comparison Chart: Enterprise Edition, Professional Edition, Basic Edition
EDITIONS: | E | P | B |
GENERAL | |||
Printer-Based Licensing |
x |
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User-Based Licensing |
x |
x |
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Free Phone and On-Line Technical Support |
x |
x |
x |
HTML-Based Context-Sensitive Help |
x |
x |
x |
User Interface Translated into 20 Languages | x | x | x |
Password Protection | x | x | |
LABEL DESIGN | |||
True WYSIWYG Label Design | x | x | x |
Drag and Drop Creation of all Objects, Including Lines, Boxes and Graphic Images | x | x | x |
Built-in Printer Font Support | x | x | x |
Import Graphics in BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG | x | x | x |
Industry-Specific Graphic Symbol Font Libraries | x | x | x |
One Degree Rotation of Lines, Boxes, Text, and Graphics | x | x | x |
Export Barcodes and Labels for Use in Other Programs | x | x | |
Automatic Positioning and Alignment | x | x | x |
Rectangular Label Outline | x | x | x |
Circular Label Outline | x | x | |
Unlimited Undo / Redo Command | x | x | x |
Full Color Support | x | x | x |
Customizable Print-Time Prompts for Keyboard/Scanner Data | x | x | x |
Library of "Ready-to-Print" Formats | x | x | x |
Customizable Library of Reusable Components | x | x | x |
Computation of Label Size from Number of Rows and Columns | x | x | x |
Database of Thousands of Common Industry Label Stocks | x | x | x |
Thumbnail Previews of Saved Labels | x | x | x |
Metric and US Measurement Systems | x | x | x |
TEXT | |||
On-Screen Text Editing | x | x | x |
Rich Text Formatting | x | x | |
Scale Text Horizontally or Vertically | x | x | x |
Auto-Size Text to Fit Preset Heights and Widths | x | x | |
Basic Paragraph Support: Aligning and Spacing | x | x | x |
Advanced Paragraph Support: Justifying and Indenting | x | x | |
User-Definable Tab Stops | x | x | |
White-on-Black Text Printing | x | x | x |
Windows TrueType Fonts | x | x | x |
BarcodES | |||
Numerous 1D Symbologies | x | x | x |
Numerous 2D Symbologies | x | x | |
Extensive Library of Industry-Standard Bar code Formats | x | x | x |
Option to Display Start/Stop Characters | x | x | x |
Unlimited Width and Height | x | x | x |
Minimum Width Limited Only by Printer Resolution | x | x | x |
UCC / EAN 128 Assistant | x | x | x |
Automatic Check Digit Capability | x | x | x |
Sequentially Numbered Barcodes | x | x | x |
Place Text Anywhere in Relation to Bar codes | x | x | x |
Customizable Character Template | x | x | x |
Independently Suppress or Display Characters from Different Sub-Fields | x | x | |
PRINTING | |||
Hundreds of Printers Supported | x | x | x |
Print Preview (with Merged Data for Enterprise &Pro) | x | x | x |
Set Starting Position on Pages of Partially Used Labels | x | x | x |
Supports Printer-Based Barcodes, Serial Numbers and Copies | x | x | x |
Job Logging | x | ||
Speed Optimization Using Repetitive Data Control | x | x | x |
True Windows Drivers, Can Use Windows Spooler | x | x | x |
Local and Network Printer Support | x | x | x |
Identical and/or Serialized Copies Controllable from Keyboard and Database | x | x | |
SERIALIZATION | |||
Basic Serialization (Increment, Numeric Base 10) | x | x | x |
Increment or Decrement by Any Interval | x | x | |
Separate Rollover/Rollunder and Value Reset Options | x | x | |
Preserve or Expand Field Length When Rolling Over | x | x | |
Numeric, Alphabetic and Custom Base Serialization | x | x | |
DATABASE OPTIONS | |||
Microsoft ODBC Support, Including Drivers for: Access, AS/400, Btrieve, Clipper, dBase, Excel, FoxPro, Informix, Interbase, Oracle, Paradox, Progress, SQL Server, Sybase, and More | x | x | |
ASCII Text Files (Quote &Comma, CSV, Tab, User-Defined, &Fixed Width) | x | x | |
SAP Certified Interface (mySAP.com and R/3) | x | ||
Drag and Drop Data Linking | x | x | |
Versatile Multiple-Table Data Access | x | x | |
Import Variable Graphics from Databases | x | x | |
Data Query Wizard and Custom SQL Assistant | x | x | |
Individual Record-Picking at Print Time | x | x | |
DATA PROCESSING | |||
Visual Basic Scripting for Custom Data Processing | x | x | |
User-Definable Min and Max Field Lengths | x | x | |
Customizable Data-Entry Filters and Error Checking | x | x | |
Multiple Sub-Fields Concatenated Per Label Object | x | x | |
Source Data with Time, Date, Keyboard, and more | x | x | x |
Easy Entry of Special and "Unprintable" Control Characters | x | x | x |
Shareable Data Fields | x | x | |
Customizable Message Box Handling | x | x | x |
INTEGRATION | |||
Can Be Run as "Background" Application | x | x | x |
Dynamically Selectable Label Formats and Data Sources | x | x | |
Automated Printer Selection | x | ||
Logs Errors and Events to a File | x | x | |
Logs Errors and Events via E-Mail | x | ||
Command Line Interface Option | x | x | |
ActiveX Automation | x | ||
"Commander" Integration Software Utility | x | ||
Runs as Application or NT/2000/XP Service | x | ||
Monitors for Incoming Datafile and/or E-mail | x | ||
Initiates Print Jobs | x | ||
Logs Errors and Events to a File | x | ||
Logs Errors and Events via E-mail | x |
Fully Supported / Partially Supported
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 | Spanish |
Dutch | Italian | Swedish |
English | Japanese | Thai |
Finnish | Korean | |
French | Norwegian |
Barcode Support
Linear Barcodes:
AIAG | FIM A | RSS |
Australia Post | FIM C | SCC-14 |
Canadian Customs | HIBC Primary | SSCC-18 |
Codabar | HIBC Secondary | Telepen |
Code 128 | Interleaved 2-of-5 | Tri-optic |
Code 39 (Regular &Full ASCII) | ISBT 128 | UCC-EAN 128 |
Code 93 | ITF-14 | UPC-A |
EAN 128 | KIX Code | UPC-E |
EAN Bookland | LOGMARS | UPS Tracking |
EAN-JAN-13 | MSI Plessey | US Postal |
EAN-JAN-8 | Royal Mail |
Two Dimensional Barcodes:
Aztec | PDF417 (Micro &Standard) | TLC39 |
Datamatrix | QR Code | |
Maxicode | UCC.EAN Composite |
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:
Argox | ETISYS | Quick Label Systems |
Automated Packaging Systems | Godex | Ring |
Autonics | IBM | Samsung |
Avery Dennison | Intermec | SATO |
Brady | Meto | System Wave |
C. Itoh | Metrologic | TEC |
cab | Monarch | Tharo |
Century Systems | Novexx | TSC |
Citizen | Okabe | Tyco |
Datamax | Pitney Bowes | VIPColor |
Datasouth | Pressiza | Zebra |
Eltron | Printronix |
System Compatibility and Configuration
BarTender runs on Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP, and on any system meeting the Microsoft-recommended minimum requirements for the selected operating system. (Note: Enterprise Edition requires TCP/IP Network Protocol.)