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Specifications and Feature Summary

[Please note that items in green are only available in the 32-bit version of the product.]

System Requirements

Processor Memory:

On Windows 95, 98 and ME: 486/66 and at least 32MB RAM
On Windows NT, 2000 and XP: Pentium or equivalent and
at least 64MB RAM

Hard Disk Requirements:

From 10MB to 49MB
Add 18MB if installing MDAC (ODBC) drivers.

Note:

Enterprise Edition requires TCP/IP network protocol.

Special Versions Available
Not all versions may be available for online purchase. Please E-mail or call (1-303-340-3404) us for pricing and availability.

Lower cost "Print-Only" Version.
Specially discounted "run-time" and network licenses.
The International edition includes on-demand switching between over 20 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese and more.

Printer Support

BarTender's three product editions provide full printer support for high-speed label printing as well as standard office printers, such as laser, ink-jet, dot-matrix and label printers with existing Windows drivers.

Our enhanced Windows drivers deliver access to numerous high-speed commands available in a variety of thermal label printers, but not available when using drivers from the printer manufacturers themselves. Seagull currently provides enhanced drivers for Brady, C.Itoh, cab, Citizen, DATAMAX, Datasouth, IBM, Intermec, METO, Okabe, Paxar Monarch, PRINTRONIX, Ring, SATO, System Wave, TEC, Tharo, Unimark and Zebra/Eltron. (These drivers may also be used by other Windows programs, but with performance comparable to that of standard Windows drivers.)

Other Printing Features

Selectable printer port and communication speed.
Seagull printer drivers usable by other Windows programs and shareable across networks.
Set starting position on pages of partially used labels.*

Label Design

True on-screen WYSIWYG display.
Choice of rectangular or circular label outline.*
Multiple concurrent design sessions (through MDI).*
Unlimited Undo/Redo command.*
Create bar code and text objects with single mouse click.
Unlimited size and number of bar code and text fields.
Lines, boxes and graphic images.
Resize objects by stretching with mouse.
Reposition objects by moving with mouse.
Resize and reposition objects by typing in values.
Keyboard equivalents for all available mouse actions.*
Full color support.
Move to front, send to back.
Group and ungroup multiple objects.
Automatic positioning and alignment functions.
Rotate objects by 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees.
Includes numerous "ready-to-print" formats.

Label Stock

Unlimited maximum label size.
Minimum label size: 1/10" x 1/10."
Unlimited label rows and columns per sheet.
Independent top, bottom, left and right margins.
Computation of label size from number of rows and columns.*
Separately controllable label height & vertical repeat distance.

On-Screen Display

Precision, true WYSIWYG label design.
On-screen display of label stock.
Cursor automatically changes depending on action.
Optional display of cursor coordinates.*
Thumbnail previews of saved labels.*
Comment area for saving notes on label designs.
Convenient pull-down menus.
Tabbed-dialogs for fast customizing.
Menu short-cut keys for rapid access.
Windows 95 & NT 4.0-style "right mouse button" support.*
Three separately moveable tool bars.*
Tools tips help identify unfamiliar icons.*
User-configurable design grid size.
Adjustable resolution positioning rulers.
Metric and Standard American system units.
User-configurable zoom parameters.
Optional snap-to-grid.

Bar Codes

Independent height and width settings.
Unlimited maximum width and height.
No minimum height.
Minimum width limited only by printer resolution.
Move and resize using mouse.
Automatic check digit capability.
Sequentially numbered bar codes.
Numerous supported symbologies, including 2D codes:
- Regular and Full ASCII Code 3-of-9 (including LOGMARS, HIBC, AIAG, etc.)
- Code 128 (including all UCC/EAN-128 & Shipping Container Codes)
- Interleaved 2-of-5
- UPC-A & E
- UPC Supplementals
- Code 93
- Postal Bar Codes (including Zip+4 and DPBC)
- Codabar
- EAN-8 & 13
- JAN
- MSI Plessey
- PDF417
- Code 1 (Intermec printers only)
- Data Matrix
- Maxicode

Human Readable Bar Code Characters

Place above or below bar codes, or turn off
Independent horizontal and vertical positioning
Customizable character template
Independently suppress or display characters from different sub-fields
Option to display start/stop characters

Text

Built-in printer fonts.
Windows TrueType fonts.
Adobe Type 1 fonts.
PostScript fonts (on PostScript printers).
White-on-black text printing.*
Text resizable with mouse or keyboard values.
Stretch text horizontally and/or vertically.
Automatic paragraph text wrapping.
Align text left, right, center, or justified.

Graphics

Import graphics in BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG.
Resize, rotate and stretch graphics.
Import variable graphics from databases.*
Export bar codes and labels for use in other programs.
Draw lines and boxes.

General Data Capabilities

Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing.*
User-designable forms for keyboard data entry.*
User-definable min and max field lengths.*
Customizable data entry filters and error checking.*
Automatic print job status reports and errors logs.*
Object-oriented concatenation of multiple sub-fields. *
Unlimited prefix and suffix lengths.
Easy entry of special and "unprintable" characters.*
Shareable data fields.

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Internal Data Sources

"Permanent” keyboard data
"Prompt” for keyboard data at print time
User-definable custom print-time prompts
Automatic time and date values with offset

Serialization

Increment or decrement by any interval.
Separate rollover/rollunder and reset values.
Preserve or expand field length when rolling over.
Numeric, alphabetic and custom base* serialization.
Keep or discard changed values.

External Data Sources

ASCII text files (comma, quote-and-comma, or tab delimited)
Import variable graphics from databases
Microsoft ODBC support, including compatibility with drivers for: Access, Allbase, AS/400, Btrieve, Clipper, dBase, DB2, Excel, FoxPro, Ingres, Informix, Interbase, Lotus 1-2-3, Oracle, Paradox, Progress, Quattro, SQL Server, Sybase, XDB, and more

Data Reporting

Entire file
Individual record
Query by example
Preview query results
Record range
Search for record
SQL select statement

Print-Time Copy Control

Number of identical and/or serialized copies selectable from keyboard and/or read from file
Where supported, copies and serialization controlled by printer for increased throughput

Execution From Within Other Programs

"Commander" Integration Software Utility†
SAP IDoc Interface (R/3 and mySAP.com)†
Controllable using "ActiveX"†
Also controllable using command line parameters.
Preloadable into "background" to avoid start-up delays
Dynamically selectable label formats and data sources.
Accepts data reporting directives.

On-Line Help

Context-sensitive help
Hypertexted version of User's Manual located in help system
Single on-screen “help-line” for quick reference

[Please note that items in green are only available in the 32-bit version of the product.]

The 16-bit version works with Windows 3.1x and Windows 95. The 32-bit version works with Windows 95/98/2000 and NT 4.0 and higher.

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