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| GENERAL |
| Printer-based licensing |
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| User-based licensing |
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| Free phone and e-mail technical support |
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| HTML-based context-sensitive help |
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| User interface translated into 20+ languages |
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| Full-system unicode support (field names, files, servers, printers, etc.) |
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| Password protection |
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| LABEL DESIGN |
| True WYSIWYG label design |
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| "New Label" wizard ensures proper label setup and optimizes performance |
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| Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes and graphic images |
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| Unlimited undo / redo command |
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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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| 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 / scanner data |
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| Enhance print-time prompts with lines, boxes and custom text |
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| Customizable library of reusable components |
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| Library of "ready-to-print" 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 measurement systems |
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| LABEL STOCK |
| 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 common industry label stock dimensions |
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| Rectangular label outline |
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| Circular and elliptical label outline |
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| TEXT |
| Versatile font support: TrueType, Adobe, PostScript, downloadable, and built-in printer fonts |
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| On-screen text editing |
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| Rich text formatting |
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| Scale text horizontally or vertically |
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| Auto-size 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 |
| Numerous 1D symbologies |
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| Numerous 2D 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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| UCC / EAN 128 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 |
| 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 |
| Over fifteen hundred 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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| Support for 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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| Identical and/or serialized copies controllable fromdatabase |
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| Job logging |
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| SERIALIZATION |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Read Excel files |
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| Read ASCII & Unicode text files (quote & comma, fixed width, & user-defined delimitation) |
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| SAP certified interface to IDocs |
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| Oracle XML label requests automatically parsed |
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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 |
| 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 & 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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| INTEGRATION |
| Can be run as "background" application |
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| ActiveX automation |
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| Command line control from other programs |
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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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| Logs errors and events via e-mail |
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| Can e-mail user-defined status messages |
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| "Commander" integration software utility |
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| Runs as application or 2000/2003/XP service |
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| Looks for incoming data files and /or e-mails and initiates print jobs |
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| Logs errors and events to a file and /or via e-mail |
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| Generate and export printer code templates, including Oracle XML & SAPscript-ITF |
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| SHARED, CENTRALIZED PRINT SERVICES |
| Optimized to handle high-volume printing requests using a single copy of BarTender running on a server |
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| Available web application allows selection and launch of label jobs from any operating system that can run a web browser |
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| ADVANCED INTEGRATION |
| Enhanced version of Commander supports triggers and data transmission using TCP/IP |
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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 using ActiveX |
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| RFID SUPPORT |
| 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. (Images specified by predefined or custom antenna bitmaps.) |
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