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 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 Edition
All of BarTenders most powerful label design features plus automated control from within other software.
Includes Numerous software integration tools, such as ActiveX Automation, enterprise messaging and Seagulls own Commander utility for cross-platform integration. Powerful data sourcing, including ODBC, OLE-DB, and the industrys 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.
PC Licensing: The Professional and Basic editions are licensed based on the number of PCs.
Professional Edition
Includes All of BarTenders 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.
Basic Edition
For users who just need BarTenders essential label design and printing features.
Includes 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 fi ltering. No custom-base serialization. Excludes all features omitted from the Professional Edition.
Features and Editions Comparison Chart
EDITIONS:
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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
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
Supported RFID-Capable Printers and RFID Data Format Standards
Just as different bar code symbologies were first championed by different companies, there are also multiple standards for the encoding of RFID data. As of version 7.0.5 (October 20, 2006), we support the following standards used by the following printer manufacturers:
Manufacturer
Printer Models
Supported Tags*
Avery Dennison
64-05 RFID, 64-06 RFID ALX 925 RFID, ALX 926 RFID DPM 5 RFID & DPM 6 RFID
EPC Gen 2, EPC Class 0+, EPC Class 1, UCODE EPC 1.19, ISO 18000-6b, I-CODE1, I-CODE SLI, My-d (HF) & ISO 15693**
Checkpoint Meto
All mi-4 models except mi-4206 & mi-4208
EPC Class 1 & ISO 15693**
Cognitive Solutions
Advantage RFID BT24-2
I-CODE1, Picotag, Tag-It & ISO 15693**
Advantage RFID BT42-2 & Advantage RFID BT42-3
EPC Class 0+, EPC Class 1, I-CODE1, Picotag, Tag-It & ISO 15693**
Datamax
All H-Class and I-Class models except I-4206 & I-4208
EPC Class 1, EPC Gen 2 & ISO 15693**
A4212 & A4310
EPC Class 1, EPC Gen 2
Intermec
PM4i (203 & 300 dpi)
ISO 18000-6b, EPC Class 1, EPC Gen 2, & UCODE EPC 1.19
Paxar Monarch
9855 RFID (203 & 300 dpi)
EPC Class 1
9855 RFMP (203 & 300 dpi)
EPC Class 0+, EPC Class 1, EPC Gen 2, UCODE EPC 1.19
Printronix
All SL Models
EPC Class 1, EPC Gen 2 & UCODE EPC 1.19
All SPLA Models
EPC Class 1, EPC Gen 2 & UCODE EPC 1.19
SATO
MR400e RFID, MR410e RFID
EPC Class 1, I-CODE1, Tag-it, I-CODE SLI & Tag-It HF
GT Series: GT408e RFID, GT412e RFID & GT424 RFID. CL Series: CL408e RFID, CL412e RFID, CL608e RFID & CL612e RFID
EPC Class 1, EPC Gen 2, I-CODE1, Tag-it, I-CODE SLI & Tag-It HF
EPC Gen 2, EPC Class 0+, EPC Class 1 & ISO 18000-6b (R110PAX4 also supports ISO 18000-6A)
R110XiIII Plus
EPC Class 0+
R110PAX3
EPC Gen 2, EPC Class 1
R-140
Tag-it HF & I-CODE1
R2844-Z
EPC (HF), Tag-it HF, I-CODE1, Picotag, & ISO 15693**
R402
Tag-it HF, I-CODE1, Picotag & ISO 15693**
R110Xi HF (203 & 300 dpi)
Mifare UltraLight, ISO 14443A, ISO 15693**
R4M Plus (203 & 300 dpi)
EPC Gen 2, EPC Class 1
*EPC Class 0 (read-only) tags are not supported by printer Drivers by Seagull.
**ISO 15693 includes Tag-it HF-I and I-CODE SLI. To ensure compatibility with your printer, check with your printer manufacturer for a list of approved ISO 15693 tags.
We have been updating the number and variety of supported RFID printers and standards aggressively. If you are looking for RFID support not listed above, please contact Seagull to see if perhaps it is already being worked on. Also, please check this web page again, as we update it when new RFID support becomes available.
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.
