Press Room
New BarTender Version 7.0 Released as Biggest Upgrade Ever
BELLEVUE, WA, USA—September 23, 2002—BarTender 7.0 was officially launched at
the Frontline 2002 show in Chicago this past September. The new release
represents an especially productive year for Seagull's dedicated staff of
developers and testers. As in past years, new features were primarily based on
requests from Seagull's growing family of resellers and integrators.
"It's fun to think you're a creative genius," said Don Ray, Seagull's
president, "and maybe a few of our people even are. But nobody hears the market
pulse better than our resellers and they are the ones that have therefore had
the really good suggestions over the years. They're the ones telling us, 'Hey,
BarTender is great, but if it could only do so-and-so, I could sell another 100
copies. So we obviously have to share the credit for the design of our great
new release."
New features include a database of over 2,500 blank label stock layouts
representing most of the industry's major label manufacturers. Users can
jump-start their new designs with exactly the right size blank forms simply by
selecting a favored brand of labels and the desired label stock number.
Also new is the concept of instantly creating new bar codes from predefined bar
code "components," instead of starting with a "default" format and then
customizing it. For example, the Code 3-of-9 and Code 128 bar code languages
are each used in dozens of ways by various AIAG, Logmars, EAN-UPC, and other
standards. Now, with each of those bar code styles separately predefined in
advance, users can "drag and drop" them into their labels in an instant
and then move on quickly to the rest of their design work.
Other new features include a "print preview" that simulates the printing of an
entire label job on screen using the same database data that will actually be
printed from. This means users don't have to print and waste real labels to
ensure that their print job is properly set up and formatted. Also new are
on-screen text editing, "rich text" (mixed text style) formatting, and object
rotation in 1 degree increments.
One of the most exciting feature additions is BarTender's new "Toolbox," which
greatly speeds up the bar code creation and database linking process.
BarTender is available in three editions, Enterprise, Professional, and Basic,
which guarantee every level of user a label design and production tool that is
right for their needs. For more details, please visit the
BarTender section of our web site.
About Seagull Scientific
Seagull Scientific is a pioneer in the development of Windows-based labeling
software. They developed the first true Windows label printing program and are
the worlds leading developer of true Windows drivers for thermal printers.
Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, USA, Seagull provides support from
offices located in the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, and Japan. Further
information is available at www.seagullscientific.com.