Need to add weights to your labels?
Posted by David on June 24, 2010 · View Comments
Seagull Scientific’s BarTender label software has always been pushing the limits when it comes to including useful new features. The latest release, version 9.3 includes a lot of new ideas – one of my favorites is weigh scale integration. Quite often, labels need to include weight fields and the new BarTender interfaces directly with many of [...]
Bartender 9.3: Exciting New Release
Posted by David on May 14, 2010 · View Comments
Just got details of the latest version of Bartender, my favorite label design and print software from Seagull Scientific. For a long time, Bartender has been the easiest to use and most comprehensive solution for labeling, especially because of it’s ease of integrating with databases, encoding RFID and controlling from external applications. Probably the most [...]
Which Edition of BarTender?
Posted by David on February 15, 2010 · View Comments
Bartender is a great label program, but it can be tricky trying to figure out which edition you need. Seagull Scientific currently has no less than six editions, from the incredibly powerful enterprise Print Server down to the (very) Basic Edition. Like most of the label software companies, Seagull has published charts of all the [...]
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David’s Tech Tip – Barcoding with your Epilog Laser
Posted by David on January 13, 2010 · View Comments
I must say, I’m always impressed with what a great job the Eplilog laser engravers do – on all kinds of applications. One we have seen a lot of recently is the need to be able to engrave barcodes onto items; particularly high quality UID marks. Did you know that a simple way to get [...]
BarTender Librarian – keeping things under control
Posted by David on December 3, 2009 · View Comments
Keeping label files under control Let’s face it – in a lot of businesses, there isn’t good control of the different label files that are used. Often labels are stored on the hard drives of individual PCs and even if kept in a shared folder, the labels are often altered without the correct [...]
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Datamax no longer provides BarTender
Posted by David on December 2, 2009 · View Comments
For as long as I can remember, Datamax has included a copy of BarTender label software on the CD that comes with their new printers. Starting this month that will change. Instead of the BarTender install, Datamax provides a list of label software companies that are compatible with the printer. This isn’t really a big deal [...]
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Bartender 9.2 Now Shipping
Posted by David on October 27, 2009 · View Comments
So our friends at Seagull Scientific have been busy again. Bartender has been my label design software of choice for as long as I can remember and it keeps getting better. The latest version 9.2 has just been released and it includes a new look and a host of new features. The arrival of Windows [...]
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David’s Tech Tip – Bartender and Excel
Posted by David on September 2, 2009 · View Comments
It’s no secret – I’m a fan of Seagull’s Bartender label design software and I use it everyday. One of the features I really like is the fact that a database dummy such as myself can easily connect my labels to a datasource to populate my labels with the info I need. Quite often we [...]
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Bartender – Service Release for 9.1
Posted by David on August 10, 2009 · View Comments
The guys over at Seagull have come up with a Service Release (SR1) for Bartender version 9.1. To be fair there are no Earth shattering changes, but any improvements that help with our barcode labeling are always welcome. As well as bug fixes, the update includes the translations for the Bartender Security Center (was only [...]
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David’s Tech Tip – Agency and Warning Logos
Posted by David on May 13, 2009 · View Comments
Do you sometimes have to print logos or warnings on your labels? You know – the UL or CSA logos, the little ESD logo, that kind of thing. I know that this can be a pain, finding a suitable image file, make it the correct size the fit on the label. If you use Bartender [...]
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