BarTender comparison of versions

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The following table shows the comparative features of each version of BarTender

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

♦ = Supports shareable centralized database
◊ = Supports local database only


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