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| Licensed based on the number of printers used |
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| Licensed based on the number of PCs used |
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| Free phone and e-mail technical support for properly-registered users |
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| HTML-based context-sensitive help |
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| User interface translated into 20+ languages |
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| LABEL DESIGN |
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| True WYSIWYG label design |
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"New Label" wizard ensures proper label setup and
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| Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes, ellipses, and graphic images |
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| Unlimited undo / redo command |
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| Resize and reposition objects using a choice of methods: mouse, arrow keys, typed in values |
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| Functions for automatic alignment of multiple objects |
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| One-tenth degree rotation of lines, boxes, text, and graphics |
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| "Move to Front" and "Send to Back" |
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| Group and Ungroup multiple objects |
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| Export bar codes and labels for use in other programs |
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Full color support (including text backgrounds and
shape fills) |
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| Customizable print-time prompts for keyboard and scanner data |
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| Enhance print-time prompts with lines, boxes, custom text, and multiple choice list boxes |
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| Customizable library of reusable components |
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| Library of "ready-to-print" label formats |
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Thumbnail previews of saved label formats, viewable
both in BarTender and Windows explorer |
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| Metric and US measurements |
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| LABEL STOCK |
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| Any label size |
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| Any number of label rows and columns per sheet |
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| Automatic computation of label size from number of rows and columns |
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| Database of thousands of name brand label sizes |
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| Rectangular label outline |
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| Circular and elliptical label outline |
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| TEXT |
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| Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in printer fonts |
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| On-screen text editing and sizing |
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| Rich text formatting |
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| Stretch text horizontally or vertically |
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| Automatic on-the-fly resizing of text to fit within predefined height and width |
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| Basic paragraph support: aligning and spacing |
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| Advanced paragraph support: justifying and indenting |
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| Arc and circular text |
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| User-definable tab stops |
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| White-on-black text printing (specified with a single mouse click) |
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| BAR CODES |
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| Numerous 1 and 2 dimensional symbologies |
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| Extensive library of industry-standard bar code formats |
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| Option to display start / stop characters |
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| Variable and unlimited width and height |
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| Minimum width limited only by printer resolution |
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| GS1 (formerly UCC/EAN) Application Identifier setup wizard |
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| Automatic check digit capability |
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| Sequentially numbered bar codes |
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| Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to bar codes |
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| Customizable "human readable" character template |
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Independently suppress or display characters
from different sub-fields |
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| GRAPHICS, IMAGES AND SYMBOLS |
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| Draw lines, circles, ellipses, rectangles, rounded rectangles and filled rectangles |
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| Import more than 70 graphic formats, including BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, GIF, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG, and more |
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| Industry-specific graphic symbol font libraries |
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| Specify background images and colors to appear "behind" label designs |
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| PRINTING |
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| Over 1,700 industrial label printers supported |
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| True Windows drivers, can be used by other programs |
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| Seagull drivers with status monitor display printer status in the standard Windows spooler |
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| Export printer code templates to XML enabled printers |
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| Advanced on-screen print preview |
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| Advanced cutter control |
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| Set starting position on pages of partially used labels |
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Supports printer-based bar codes, serial numbers,
time, date, and copies |
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| Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it |
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| Local and network printer support |
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| Label copy count controllable from keyboard and database |
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| SERIALIZATION |
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| Basic serialization (increment, numeric base 10) |
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| Numeric, alphabetic, and alphanumeric increment / decrement by any interval |
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| Base 36 and custom base serialization |
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| Separate rollover / rollunder and value reset options |
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| Preserve or expand field length when rolling over |
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| DATABASE OPTIONS |
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| Microsoft OLE DB and ODBC support, including drivers for: Access, AS/400, Btrieve, dBase, Excel, Informix, Interbase, MySQL, Oracle database, Pervasive.SQL, PostgreSQL, Progress, SQL Server, Sybase, and more |
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| Read Excel files |
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| Read ASCII & Unicode text files (quote & comma, fixed width, and user-defined delimitation) |
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| SAP-certified interface to AII (Auto ID Infrastructure) XML documents |
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| Read data from SAP IDocs |
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| Oracle-certified interface to XML label requests |
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| Drag and drop data linking |
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| Versatile multiple-table data access |
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| Import variable graphics from databases |
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| Data query wizard and custom SQL assistant |
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| Individual record-picking at print time |
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| DATA PROCESSING |
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Full-system unicode support (field names, files,
servers, printers, etc.) |
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| Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing |
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| User-definable min and max field lengths |
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| Use and/or exclude select portions of database fields |
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| Customizable data-entry filters and error checking |
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| Custom configure the handling of individual messages and alerts |
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| Multiple sub-fields concatenated per label object |
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| Source data with keyboard, time and date (from PC or printer) |
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| Easy entry of special and "unprintable" control characters |
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| Shareable data fields |
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| STANDARD INTEGRATION |
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| Can be run as "background" application |
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| Control from other programs using ActiveX |
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| Control from other programs using command lines |
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| Specify label formats and data sources from within other programs |
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| Automated printer selection |
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| Logs errors and events to a file |
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| Log BarTender print job details to a database |
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| Log application errors and events to a database |
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| Custom error, event and status e-mails |
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| "Commander" Integration Utility: senses incoming data, then starts print jobs and logs results. |
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| Generate and export printer code templates for SAPscript-ITF, Oracle XML and more |
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| LABEL SYSTEM SECURITY |
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| "Security Center" manages user permissions and encrypts label formats |
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| "Security Center" supports electronic signatures and logs permission requests |
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| Encrypted passwords lock down individual label formats |
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| Audit past label jobs and other events using History Explorer |
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| Include label images when logging BarTender print jobs |
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| SHARED, CENTRALIZED PRINTING |
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| Optimized to handle high-volume printing requests using a single copy of BarTender running on a server |
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| Browser-based network and internet printing |
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| ASP.NET sample application for customizable web browser printing |
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| ADVANCED INTEGRATION |
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| SAP Certified for AII integration |
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| Read data from SAP IDocs |
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| Oracle-certified interface to XML label requests |
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| Oracle XML integration using a TCP/IP socket |
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| Enhanced version of Commander supports TCP/IP triggers and data transmission |
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| Commander optimized to receive, launch, and monitor new print jobs without waiting for existing jobs to finish |
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| Automated conversion of different XML formats using XSL style sheets |
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| BarTender XML Command Scripts speed up automation and simplify remote control |
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| Detailed print job status available to other programs using ActiveX |
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| .NET SDK to control one BarTender at a time. (All SDKs provide C# & VB.NET.) |
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| .NET SDK to control multiple instances of BarTender at once |
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| RFID SUPPORT |
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| Encode EPC Gen2, EPC Class 1, ISO 18000-6b, ISO 15693, Tag-It, I-CODE, TagSys, My-d, and Picotag tag types |
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| Supports DoD, Wal-Mart, and other EPC data formats, including SGTIN, SSCC, GIAI, GID, GRAI, SGLN |
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| Support for many single and double-byte codepages, including Asian languages, UTF-8 and UTF-16 |
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| Able to duplicate RFID data in text and bar code form |
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| Supports optional write protection |
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| Segment and Start Block support, including writing to multiple blocks |
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| Able to configure printer's RFID options (e.g., Transponder Offset and Maximum Retries) |
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| Display antenna, chip, and substrate on label. Select predefined or specify custom antenna bitmaps |
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| ENTERPRISE PRINT MANAGEMENT |
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| Windows Cluster Server supported |
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| Reprint function lets you search for and replace lost and damaged labels |
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| Configure security, spooler and other selected driver settings for multiple printers at once |
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| In one window, see status of all Windows print jobs for all locally accessible printers |
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| In one window, see status of every Windows print job on the network |
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| Log printer events for all Windows print jobs |
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| Specify custom alerts for printer events and low inventory levels |
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| Track printer media usage and inventory of printer parts |
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