“The Premier Supplier Of Short Run Custom Printed Self Adhesive Labels For UK Businesses”

 Bartender Label printing Software UK

 

Mercian Labels are an authorised discount reseller of the Seagull Scientific Bartender Label printing Software.

A full description of the software can be downloaded from here in PDF

You can download a FREE 30 day trial of the software from here. Conditions for this trial apply.

 

This page contains:

• BarTender Editions Summary
• Features and Editions Comparison Chart
• International Language Support
• Bar Code Support
• Supported Printers
• System Compatibility Information

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 bar codes. 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	.
User-Based Licensing		.	.
Free Phone and E-mail Technical Support	.	.	.
HTML-Based Context-Sensitive Help	.	.	.
User Interface Translated into 20+ Languages	.	.	.
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	.	.	.
Built-in Printer Font Support	.	.	.
Import Graphics in BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG	.	.	.
Industry-Specific Graphic Symbol Font Libraries	.	.	.
One-Tenth Degree Rotation of Lines, Boxes, Text, and Graphics	.	.	.
Export Bar Codes and Labels for Use in Other Programs	.	.
Automatic Positioning and Alignment	.	.	.
Rectangular Label Outline	.	.	.
Circular and Elliptical Label Outline	.	.
Unlimited Undo / Redo Command	.	.	.
Full Color Support	.	.	.
Specify Background Images and Colors to Appear "Behind" Label Designs	.	.	.
Customizable Print-Time Prompts for Keyboard / Scanner Data	.	.	.
Library of "Ready-to-Print" Formats	.	.	.
Customizable Library of Reusable Components	.	.	.
Computation of Label Size from Number of Rows and Columns	.	.	.
Database of Thousands of Common Industry Label Stocks	.	.	.
Thumbnail Previews of Saved Label Formats, viewable both in BarTender and Windows Explorer	.	.	.
Metric and US Measurement Systems	.	.	.
TEXT
On-Screen Text Editing	.	.	.
Rich Text Formatting	.	.
Scale Text Horizontally or Vertically	.	.	.
Auto-Size Text to Fit Preset Heights and Widths	.	.
Basic Paragraph Support: Aligning and Spacing	.	.	.
Advanced Paragraph Support: Justifying and Indenting	.	.
User-Definable Tab Stops	.	.
White-on-Black Text Printing	.	.	.
Windows TrueType Fonts	.	.	.
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 Text Anywhere in Relation to Bar Codes	.	.	.
Customizable Character Template	.	.	.
Independently Suppress or Display Characters from Different Sub-Fields	.	.
PRINTING
Over One Thousand Printers Supported	.	.	.
Advanced Print Preview	.	.	.
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	.	.	.
True Windows Drivers, Can Use Windows Spooler	.	.	.
Local and Network Printer Support	.	.	.
Identical and / or Serialized Copies Controllable from Keyboard and Database	.	.
Job Logging	.
SERIALIZATION
Basic Serialization (Increment, Numeric Base 10)	.	.	.
Increment or Decrement by Any Interval	.	.
Separate Rollover / Rollunder and Value Reset Options	.	.
Preserve or Expand Field Length When Rolling Over	.	.
Numeric, Alphabetic and Custom Base Serialization	.	.
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	.	.
ASCII Text Files (Quote & Comma, CSV, Tab, User-Defined, &   Fixed Width)	.	.
SAP Certified Interface (mySAP.com and R/3)	.
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	.	.
Customizable Data-Entry Filters and Error Checking	.	.
Multiple Sub-Fields Concatenated Per Label Object	.	.
Source Data with Keyboard, Time & Date (From PC or Printer)	.	.	.
Full System Unicode Compatibility: Supports not just data, but also names of fields, tables, files, printers, servers, etc.	.	.	.
Easy Entry of Special and "Unprintable" Control Characters	.	.	.
Shareable Data Fields	.	.
Customizable Message Box Handling	.	.	.
INTEGRATION
Can Be Run as "Background" Application	.	.
Dynamically Selectable Label Formats and Data Sources	.	.
Automated Printer Selection	.
Logs Errors and Events to a File	.	.
Logs Errors and Events via E-Mail	.
E-mail User-Defined Messages Using VB Script	.	.
Command Line Interface Option	.	.
ActiveX Automation	.
"Commander" Integration Software Utility	.
. Runs as Application or NT/2000/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	.
SAPscript-ITF Code Template for SAP Integrations	.

. 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	Russian
Dutch	Italian	Spanish
English	Japanese	Swedish
Finnish	Korean	Thai
French	Norwegian	Turkish

Bar Code Support

Linear Bar Codes:

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 Bar Codes:

Aztec	PDF417 (Micro & Standard)	TLC39
Datamatrix	QR Code	UCC.EAN Composite
Maxicode	Micro QR Code

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	Godex	Samsung
ASTECH	IBM	SATO
APS	Imaje	System Wave
Autonics	Intermec	TEC
Avery Dennison	Markpoint	Tharo
Birch	Meto	Thermopatch
Brady	Metrologic	ThermoTex
C. Itoh	MICROPLEX	TSC
cab	Monarch	Tyco
Century Systems	Novexx	UBI
Citizen	Okabe	Unimark
Cognitive	Paxar	Valentin
Comtec	Pitney Bowes	VIPColor
Datamax	Pressiza	Wedderburn
Datasouth	Printronix	Zebra
Eltron	Quick Label Systems
ETISYS	Ring

System Compatibility and Configuration

BarTender runs on any system meeting the Microsoft-recommended minimum requirements for the selected operating system. BarTender version 7.7 is supported by Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003. Additionally, BarTender 7.51 will run on Windows 95 and NT.
(Note: Enterprise Edition requires TCP/IP Network Protocol.)

 

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