The following discusses some of the most notable features and capabilities of our labeling solution.  For Pricing Information, please click here.  Detailed program information can be viewed at either our Technical Specification page or our Label Design Tuturial page. To download a demo version, click here.

Easy to Learn, Easy to Use

A few quick mouse motions are all it takes to combine bar codes, text and graphics into sharp looking, professional quality labels. And moving and resizing objects on your labels is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

 Label Layout Animation

1) Simply click on a label object to select it.
2) Drag it to a new position with a quick, easy mouse movement.
3) Stretch objects just as easily.

And customizing is easy. Carefully organized menus and "pop-up" dialogs display even the most advanced options in plain, easy-to-understand words. And, with the industry's most powerful Undo command, even beginners never have to worry about mistakes. And advanced users still have all the power they'll ever need. (For more details on designing labels, view our design tutorial.)

Unsurpassed Data Input Capabilities

Data can be input from a large variety of sources:
  • Keyboard data entered in advance or at print time.
  • Automatically serialized data strings.
  • Automatic time and date values.
  • Four different text file formats.
  • ODBC data sources, including most databases and spreadsheets.  (Advanced data reporting capabilities include SQL Select statements and Query by Example.)

Working With Other Software

Special consideration was given to the ability to work cooperatively with other applications.  This includes extremely versatile data importing capabilities and three easy ways to control the integrate from within other programs.
  • Importing Label Data From Databases
  • Controlling Label Printing From Within Other Programs
  • Integrating with Enterprise Software Applications.

 

Exceptional Design Flexibility

Specify any size and quantity of bar codes and any size and style of text on any size label (or page). Choose from nearly twenty bar code languages, including all of the major symbologies, as well as two-dimensional and postal bar codes. 

Bar codes and different text sizes are shown with extraordinary precision. By accurately viewing your label images before you print them out, you finish your design work faster.

Designer Typefaces, Even On Thermal Printers

Thermal printer users are no longer limited to just a few built-in, generic typefaces. Included printer drivers let you output the same rich variety of Windows-based TrueType and Adobe fonts previously available only on laser printers. All fonts scale smoothly to any size, without the "blockiness" seen with some enlarged thermal printer fonts.


Import and Export Most Graphic Formats

It's easy to add company logos and pictures of products. The Bar Tender supports all major graphic formats, including BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG. You can also export bar codes for use in other software packages.

 

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