Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 9.1
For complete information, please see the What's New in BarTender 9.1 white paper.
The latest release of Seagull Scientific's industry-leading BarTender label
software introduces new functions especially dedicated to permissions control and record-keeping. Other new
features include support of Windows "Supplementary Character" functions for the display and
printing of additional Asian characters.
Brand New "BarTender Security Center"
BarTender Security Center introduces a variety of advanced security functions,
including:
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Multi-level permissions management of users and groups.
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Login overrides.
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Label format encryption.
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Optional logging of permission requests (Enterprise Print Server only).
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Request for and logging of Electronic Signatures (Enterprise Print Server
only).
BarTender Security Center comes with all Enterprise editions. (Electronic
signatures and the logging of permission requests require the Enterprise Print
Server edition.)
Essential for Compliance with CFR 21, Part 11 and Other Security Guidelines
The permissions management, logging functions, and electronic signature support
provided by the new BarTender Security Center are essential to satisfying the
CFR 21, Part 11 guidelines of the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), as well as the security guidelines of other agencies and
organizations.
For more details about BarTender Security Center, please view the dedicated, full-length white paper:
http://www.seagullscientific.com/ftp/whitepapers/
WhitePaper_LabelSystemSecurity.pdf
Numerous Additional Features
Please see our What's New in BarTender 9.1 white paper for details on
additional new features, including:
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 9.0
For complete information, please see the
dedicated BarTender 9.0 page or download the What's New in BarTender 9.0 white paper.
 New
Features include Reprint, Media
Usage Tracking, and Enterprise Print Management
The biggest new release in over ten years of our BarTender label and RFID
software began shipping on September 10, 2008. The free,
downloadable Trial Edition is available now, as well as
brand new brochures and an extremely detailed "What's New" white paper.
New features and modules now available in the BarTender Label Management Suite
are described below.
Front and center in version 9.0 is the "Printer Maestro" application for
enterprise print management, which delivers a variety of powerful print
management functions that are simply not available using Windows' native
functionality. For example, it provides users of any Windows program
(not just BarTender) with a single application window in which to view
the status of all printers and print jobs for all computers on a network.
More details...
 The Enterprise Print Server edition of Printer Maestro adds
printer media usage tracking, providing users on-screen "meters" that show the
quantity of labels and ribbon remaining for each printer. The inventory of
printer media and printer parts (such as heads, memory, font cartridges, etc.)
can also be maintained in the associated Inventory module. E-mail and text
message alerts can automatically be transmitted to warn about low media in
printers and low inventory in storerooms. Resellers can even set themselves up
to be copied, so that they can learn when users may be low on printer supplies
and ready for new stock. More details...
Version 9.0 of BarTender also introduces detailed logging of print job
information and application messages to a database. To support high-security
audits, logged information includes who printed each job, any warnings or
errors that may have been generated, what label data was printed, and an
optional software-generated image of each label. More details...
Seagull's new History Explorer application makes it easy to search through print
job information and messages stored in the BarTender System Database and "drill
down" into selected records for a closer look. Inspect print job times, label
data, label images, error messages, and a wealth of additional information. More details...
The Reprint Console application lets you navigate through past print jobs and
select any combination of labels for reprinting. History Explorer also offers
some label reprint functionality, although not as extensive as Reprint Console. More details...
Two new software development kits (SDKs) allow C# and VB.NET developers to
rapidly add BarTender label printing functionality to other programs. More details...
Version 9 continues BarTender's long-standing position of leadership in the
vital area of integration with other software. More details...
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New ActiveX Automation Capabilities
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New XML Script Capabilities
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New Commander Capabilities
For more details on these additional new features, please see the dedicated
section in our What's New white paper.
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Enterprise Support for up to 8,000 Printers
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Read Label Graphics Directly from a Database Field
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Manually Load and Execute XML Script from Inside of BarTender
Please take a look at the "What's New in BarTender 9.0" white paper, our most
detailed "What's New" document ever. In addition to a wealth of technical
information on BarTender 9.0, it also includes details on our updated marketing support.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 8.0
The "Enterprise Print Server" edition (introduced in version 8.0) includes many
powerful capabilities for integration and centralized printing. BarTender's
user interface has been extensively upgraded in all editions and new printer
drivers released. For complete information, please download the
What's New in BarTender 8.0 white paper.
Powerful New Centralized Printing Capabilities
Use a single copy of the Enterprise Print Server edition installed on one server
to process and distribute label printing requests from numerous users and
software programs in a large enterprise.
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Output to any printer on a LAN, WAN and even Internet printers.
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Licensed to support an unlimited number of users.
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Includes all features in Enterprise and RFID Enterprise.
Exciting Web Printing Capabilities from any Browser
With our brand new BarTender Web Print Server, you can use any web browser to
scroll through preview images of your label formats. Simply "click" to print.
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Print to any network printer or properly setup internet printer.
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Print-time data prompts designed in BarTender are transmitted to your web
client for proper display and data entry.
Support for PDA's and Pocket PCs for Better Mobility
BarTender Web Print Server allows for small screen display and works with any
operating system or hardware platform that can run a web browser.
Significant XML Enhancements Accelerate Integrations
The Enterprise Print Server edition of BarTender and Commander deliver a variety
of powerful new XML capabilities:
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BarTender XML Script is a new language optimized especially for easier, higher
speed remote automation of BarTender.
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XML transforms using XSL style sheets simplify conversion of any external XML
format into almost any data format, including BarTender XML Script.
TCP/IP Socket Connectivity Improves Remote Automation
The Enterprise Print Server edition of the Commander integration utility now
supports TCP/IP-based triggers and label data transmission.
Major User-Interface Enhancements in All Editions
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Print-time prompt dialogs now support list boxes and drop down lists.
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The Toolbox now supports "auto-hide," more advanced docking functions, and more
convenient tool pane switching.
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Most toolbar icons have been upgraded to a more colorful, more 3D look,
providing greater attractiveness and quicker user recognition.
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An even greater level of menu customization is now provided.
Other New Features
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New graphics library supports 70 additional graphics formats and provides
better CMYK color handling for JPEG graphics.
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Enterprise Print Server makes print job verification (rather than simply job submission
verification) available to ActiveX integrators.
For more details, please see the
What's New in BarTender 8.0 white paper.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 7.75
Now Tested and Approved for Operation on Windows Vista
BarTender version 7.75, Service Release 2 (released January 18) is now certified
by Seagull Scientific to run on Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system.
Users of earlier versions of BarTender 7.7x should click here for
a free update.
Oracle XML Label Request Support
The Commander utility in the BarTender Enterprise package can now detect and
parse XML generated by Oracle's "Oracle Warehouse Management" and "Oracle
Mobile Supply Chain" applications. For more details, please see the white paper
"XML Integration with Oracle's WMS and MSCA" at the web address below.
XML-based Label Printing Automation
Using the same integration support we developed for Oracle's ERP applications,
any application can automate label jobs by passing an XML file to Commander.
The XML file can specify a label format name, label data, the number of label
copies, a printer and a print job name.
Modify Printer Code
The new Printer Code Modifier feature gives users the ability
to make automated changes to the printer code generated by a printer driver.
Printer code can be modified during normal printing, when exporting Printer
Code Templates, and when downloading to data-entry keyboard terminals.
Enhanced Printer Code Template Support
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Improved support for SAPscript-ITF, including release 4.6C.
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Support added for data-entry keyboard terminals from TSC and TEC.
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Export directly to devices such as printers and keyboard terminals.
New Advanced Data Sources
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Label Object String
supports sharing of an object's entire data string with another object.
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Printer Code Template Field is now a selectable data source.
This makes it easier than ever to have certain data supplied by other software
or hardware after the printer code has been output by BarTender.
For more details, please see the
What's New in BarTender 7.75 white paper.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 7.74
XML-Enabled Printer Support
Many printers can now directly accept XML data packets containing ready-to-print
text strings and the name of a label format pre-stored in the printer. Print
commands are not used and middleware is not needed, so SAP/R3, Oracle (WMS,
MSCA, etc.), and other applications can directly output label jobs.
BarTender generates label templates for XML-ready printers from Datamax,
Intermec, Printronix and Zebra, or you can customize the output to support
other printers.
New Media Handling and Enhanced Cutter Functions
Provides greater control over page breaks, pausing and label cutting. These
actions are triggerable by events (such as new print job or label copy), by
sensors (such as Label Taken Sensor), or by changes in label data.
RFID Additions
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RFID stocks added for Intermec, SATO and others.
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RFID tag images added for Impinj, Rafsec and Avery Dennison.
Code 128 Enhancements
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The "code set" for Code 128 bar codes can now be set manually.
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The exporting of Code 128 and UCC/EAN-128 bar codes in printer code templates
has been improved. (See new driver features on other side for more
information.)
New Design Objects
Draw perfect circles and stretch ellipses to any height-to-width ratio.
Other User-Interface Enhancements
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Bar code components in Toolbox organized into folders for easier selection.
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Page Setup offers more advanced page orientation options and effects.
For more details, please see the
What's New in BarTender 7.74 white paper.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 7.72
BarTender's RFID Enterprise Edition Simplifies RFID Encoding
BarTender is now available in a fourth edition, "RFID Enterprise," in addition
to the existing Enterprise, Professional and Basic editions. The RFID
Enterprise Edition becomes the new highest-end offering in Seagull Scientific's
line of label design and printing software.
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The RFID Enterprise Edition includes full-featured programming of RFID "smart
tags" in addition to all the familiar features of Enterprise Edition.
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Supports all major RFID tag types.
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On-screen display of tag image prevents placement of label objects in
undesirable locations.
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Support is provided for all EPC-standard RFID tag data formats as ready-to-use
BarTender components. Your own custom RFID tag data formats can be quickly
saved as RFID components for future use in other label designs.
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Data in RFID objects can easily be shared with text and bar code objects. This
allows scanning using both RFID and bar code hardware, providing redundancy in
the event of a non-functioning tag.
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RFID label stocks are provided as part of BarTender's built-in label stock
database.
New Animated Tutorial
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New users can accelerate their learning curve with the new tutorial accessible
through the BarTender help menu or on our web site.
Object Locking
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Prevent unwanted changes to your designs by instantly locking or unlocking any
label object in position.
For more details, please see the
What's New in BarTender 7.72 white paper.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 7.7
Full-System Unicode Support Provides an Easier, More Powerful way to Read and
Print International Characters.
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A single text object or data substring can contain text from multiple
languages.
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Import data from databases in which the language varies from field to field and
record to record.
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Print languages that are supported only by Unicode.
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Take advantage of printer-based Unicode fonts for high performance printing of
labels with multiple languages.*
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Copy and paste text with multiple languages to and from other applications.
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Access files, printers and servers whose names, paths and network locations
contain any international characters.*
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Read from databases that have international characters in the names of the
server, database, user, password, tables and fields.*
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Improved support for Windows' Input Method Editors for typing international
characters.
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Print subscript and superscript characters.
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All Seagull Scientific software applications now support instant switching of
the user-interface between international languages (including some situations
that previously required a reboot).
More Font Style Options
Font Style Emulation lets you choose bold and italic font styles even with fonts
that do not natively support these styles.
Expanded Input and Output Data Encoding Options
Several character encoding standards have been added:
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Unicode (UTF-16)
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Unicode (Big Endian)
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Unicode (UTF-8)
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Many language encodings
This allows for more flexible database reading, BarTender job logging, E-mail
messaging and printer code export.
Improved Reading Order Support
Benefit from greater control over the appearance of text that mixes
right-to-left languages (such as Hebrew and Arabic) with left-to-right
languages.
Support for Micro QR Code
This very dense 2D code is great for encoding more data and international
characters in tight spaces.
* This feature not available when used on Windows 98.
For more details, please see the
What's New in BarTender 7.7 white paper.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 7.5
Easier User Interface
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New wizards speed beginners through label setup
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Starting a new label design
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Choosing the right label stock, label rows, columns, margins, etc.
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Users can still choose manual label setup if preferred
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Wizards for power users too
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A simpler way to combine bar code data from multiple data sources
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Easy organizing and processing of EAN.UCC Application Identifiers.
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Simpler data "substring" management.
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Quickly preview and print label designs without opening formats
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More detailed thumbnail preview provided by BarTender
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Detailed thumbnail views now also available in Windows Explorer
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Quickly print a format by right-clicking its previewed image, and selecting
"print."
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"Auto-completion" for filenames typed into dialog boxes
Enhanced Database Connectivity
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OLE DB data sources now supported. (ODBC still supported.)
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New wizard simplifies connecting to a database
New Software Activation
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Online activation—provides an easy, secure way to authenticate software
licenses.
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No more hardware keys for Enterprise Edition
User-definable Background Images
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Specify a background label image to appear "behind" your label design
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Also add a background color
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Automatically "bleed" backgrounds beyond label edges to ensure full coverage in
case of label slippage or poor printer registration
Support for Printer Clocks
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Time and date stamps can now be read from the printer's real time clock
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Existing use of computer's clock still supported
For more details, please see the
What's New in BarTender 7.5 white paper.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender Version 7.1
New Bar Codes Supported
Version 7.1 introduces two important new symbologies, RSS and EAN.UCC Composite,
both of which support the AIM "Small Symbologies" initiative for improved
product labeling. Support has also been added for the high density bar code
Telepen and the two dimensional Aztec symbology.
Export BarTender Printer Code
When it is not possible to have BarTender be the print engine, you can use the
Enterprise edition to design labels and produce Printer Code Templates (PCT)
for later use by other systems. Uses include SAP, key pad devices, and custom
programs running on any operating system.
Enhanced Text Features
Now you can easily size "rich text" (text consisting of different fonts and font
sizes) as easily as you can simple text – just click and drag the sizing
handles on the text box. You can also have BarTender "auto size" the text to
the optimum point size required to fit it into a desired predefined area.
Improved Data Handling
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You can use the new Query Prompt Ordering dialog to control the order of
print-time query prompts.
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Additional VB script functions and objects: The UCC Application Identifier
function assists in formatting application identifier data strings. An "E-mail
Object" is now available to create custom e-mail notifications of various data
conditions and printing events.
For more details, please see the
What's New in BarTender 7.1 white paper.
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 7.0
(Click here for details.)
Streamlined Label Design
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Custom Component Library for easy re-use of fully customized label components
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Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes, and graphics
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Drag and drop bar codes from expanded library of bar code formats
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One-degree rotation of boxes, lines, text, and graphics
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Industry stock database for quick selection of more than 2,500 pre-configured
page settings - or customize and save settings for future use
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Hundreds of industrial graphic symbols for electrical indications, hazardous
materials, textile care, and more
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Bearer bar support for the Interleaved 2-of-5 bar code symbology
Advanced Text Features
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On-screen editing of text
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Rich Text formatting with option of sourcing data to different parts of a label
object
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Auto-scale text to fit the width of the text box
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User-definable tab support in text objects
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First line indent and hanging indent for paragraph text objects
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Inter-paragraph spacing
Time-Saving Print Preview
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Print Preview with external data sourcing displaying full-page image(s) of
complete print job
Fast Database Configuration
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Drag and drop data linking of label objects to databases, VB scripts, system
date/time, or pre-defined static values
Powerful Integration Capabilities
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E-mail Triggers added to Commander
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POP3 e-mail support added to messaging for all applications
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Improved user interface and System Service Interface for Commander
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Setup and run BarTender processes under specified user account using Commander
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Enterprise message handling in Commander displays, logs, and sends e-mail
messages
Enhanced Support Options
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Redesigned on-line help system using HTML Help for all applications
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100% language-translated in 20 languages with addition of Hungarian
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Installer updated including new on-line product registration feature
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 6.2
Label Design
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Auto-sizes text to fit inside a rectangle
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Exports objects and labels using 16 million or 256 colors
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"Typefaces by Type" option displays fonts in groups by type (i.e., device,
TrueType/OpenType)
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Script drop-down control allows text to be displayed using its proper character
set
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Supports font aliasing
Bar Codes
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Supports MicroPDF417
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Supports custom selection of start and stop characters in Regular and Full
ASCII Code 3 of 9 and Codabar
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Supports TCIF Labeling Standards
Database Options
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Reads text files generated in other languages
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Reads "fixed width" fields in a text file
System
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Automatically e-mails any BarTender or Seagull License Server message to a user
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Auto fixes page set-up settings as needed when switching out printers
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Enhanced network installation
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Installation CD provides access to user manuals (now available in 19
languages), white papers, driver information and more
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 6.1
(Click here for details.)
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New Enterprise and Basic
Editions
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Direct Interface to SAP
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Password Protection
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Support Expanded to 20 More Languages
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Enterprise-Level Message Handling
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Maximum Windows Compatibility Using Microsoft's Latest
"Installer" Technology
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Additional Ready-to-Print Compliance Labels
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Enterprise Edition's Commander Integration Utility:
-Provides integration capabilities you trigger by simply creating
a data file
-Runs multiple instances of BarTender for faster printing
-Monitors multiple data sources simultaneously
-More powerful integration through execution of Java, Visual Basic
scripts or batch files
-Allows substitution of variables
-Operates as an NT/2000 service
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 6.0
(Click here for details
.)
At last, the kind of powerful, flexible data connectivity you'd expect to have
to get from a dedicated reporting tool, such as "Crystal Reports," instead of
your label printing software.
Among the more powerful new features is simultaneous access to multiple tables
on different systems. So you can (for example) query an Oracle database on a
Unix server, a dBase table on an NT server, and a straight text file on a local
system – all at the same time.
There´s also a new Database Setup Wizard which brings a remarkable new
simplicity to the task of specifying which database table(s) and fields you
need to access. And our ActiveX Automation interface has been expanded too. The
new features include...
Database Features:
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Database Setup Wizard
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New Record Picking Capabilities
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Multiple Table Support
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Read Multiple Databases
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On-Screen Browse of Databases, Tables and Fields
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Read Field Name Headers from Text Files
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Custom Delimitation of Text Files
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Define Queries with Data Entry and Validation at Print Time
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User-Definability of Entire SQL Statements
Enhancements to BarTender´s ActiveX Automation Capabilities:
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Single ActiveX Call for Writing Data to BarTender Label Objects
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Access to New Database Features
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Extraction of Graphic Images of Labels
New Bar Code Symbology:
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Support for the "KIX" Postal Code
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 5.4
(Click here for details.)
Version 5.40 marked the first release of our Professional Integrator
edition, with new and more powerful capabilities for running BarTender with
other software, including:
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ActiveX Automation
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Data Detector
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Automated Printer Selection
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Print Job Logging
The four features listed above are available in the Professional Integrator
edition only. 5.4 also added support for circular and arc text to all
editions of BarTender. (5.3 already supported circular text but had only been
released internationally.)
Version 5.41, released in mid-January 1999, added support for the Maxicode
2D bar code symbology. (Click here for details.)
Version 5.42, released on May 25,
1999. Added support for QR Code and a number of international postal codes. A
Character Entry Assistant simplifies the typing in and bar coding of control
characters and other special characters. Improved metric system settings.
Conversion from a view-only to a view and edit status bar. Additional sample
compliance label formats for UPS shipping. Also adds the ability to save out
label designs to a format readable by older versions of BarTender. (Click here
for details.)
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 5.3
(Click here for details
.)
5.3 was only released in "International" editions. Therefore circular and arc
text were not released in the "domestic" (USA and Canada) editions until
version 5.4 (see below).
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Circular and Arc-Shaped Text
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 5.2
(Click here for details.)
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Data Validation & Error Checking
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Easier, More Flexible Data Sourcing
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Min & Max String Length Functions
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Improved, Easier VB Scripting
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Data Trimming/Truncation Functions
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 5.1
(Click here for details.)
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User-Designable Data Entry Forms
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Data-Sourced Graphics
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Support for Visual Basic Script
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New Types of Serialization
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Prompting for all Data Source Types
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Print Wizard
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White on Black Printing
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Status Bar
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Improved Font WYSIWYG
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Non-Printing Label Objects
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Automatic Restart of Print Jobs
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Comments for Label Objects
Summary of Features Added with BarTender 5.0
(Click here for details.)
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True 32-bit Windows Application
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Real-time Onscreen Resizing
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Faster Design and Printing
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32-Bit ODBC Database Support
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Unlimited Undo/Redo Command
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Object Oriented Data Field Setup
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More Powerful, Easier Page Setup
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Multiple Concurrent Design Sessions
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Right-Button Menus Simplify Tasks
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Easier Cut and Paste Between Labels
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Tool Bars Can Be Moved/Reshaped
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Thumbnail Previews of Saved Labels
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Tool "Tips" Provide Instant Hints
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Tracking of Laser Label Start Position
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Three Tool Bars Instead Of One
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Hundreds of New Help System Links
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