| Seagull Scientific BarTender Barcode Software Comparison Matrix |
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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 |
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| HTML-Based Context-Sensitive Help |
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| User interface translated into 20+ languages |
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| Commander. (Controls BarTender in response to triggers from other programs) |
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| Security Center. (Provides security features for other applications in the suite, such as user permissions and format encryption) |
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| Printer Maestro. (Administers to printers and print queues on the network) |
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| Librarian. (Controls access, manages workflow, and tracks revisions to label formats and other documents within a secure database) |
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| History Explorer. (Views the logs stored in the BarTender System Database) |
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| Reprint Console. (Reprints previously printed labels) |
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| Print Station. (Provides a simple "single-click" interface for selecting and printing label formats) |
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| Batch Maker. (Defines and prints "batches" of multiple label formats) |
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| True WYSIWYG Label Design |
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| Programmatically modify label objects during print jobs |
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| Design labels up to 128 inches (3.25 m) long and/or wide (subject to limits of printer and driver) |
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| “New Label” Wizard Ensures Proper Label Setup and Optimizes Performance |
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| Two-sided (“duplex”) design and printing |
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| Drag and drop creation of all objects, including lines, boxes, ellipses, and graphic images |
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| To simplify conversion from legacy systems, import and lighten photographs of old labels for use as design templates |
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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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| Live database view in objects in label design area |
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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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| Combine multiple label objects into 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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| 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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| 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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| Powerful Rich Text formatting using on-screen WYSIWYG editor |
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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 Formatting: Multiple paragraph alignment methods and line spacing control |
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| Advanced Paragraph Formatting: Paragraph indenting and inter-paragraph spacing |
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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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| Support for RTF, HTML, and XAML |
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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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| 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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| TWAIN and WIA support for image scanners and cameras |
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| Basic image processing: Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness, smoothing, cropping and more |
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| Industry-specific graphic symbol font libraries |
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| Linked graphics allow changes to external graphics without having to edit label formats |
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| Specify background images and colors to appear "behind" label designs |
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| More than 2,400 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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| Two-sided (“duplex”) design and printing |
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| Batch Maker defines and prints "batches" of multiple label formats |
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| Print Station supports "single-click" label selection and printing |
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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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| Basic serialization: Numeric (base 10), alphabetic (base 26), and concatenated numeric and alphabetic sequences with increment / decrement by any interval |
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| Advanced serialization: Alphanumeric (base 36), hexadecimal (base 16), 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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| Design print-time data entry forms for keyboard and bar code scanner data |
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| Data from weighing scales supported by data entry forms |
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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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| 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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| Visual Basic scripting for document open, close, save, and print-time events |
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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 (sub-strings) 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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| 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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| Commander Integration Utility: senses incoming data, then starts print jobs and logs results |
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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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| Log to file: Errors and events |
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| Log to database: Errors and events, plus BarTender print job details |
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| Custom error, event and status e-mails |
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| Export printer code templates for SAPscript-ITF, keypads, printers that accept XML, and more |
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| System Administration and 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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| Lock down individual label formats with passwords |
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| Lock down BarTender into a password-protected "print-only" mode |
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| History Explorer audits past label jobs and other events |
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| Include label images when logging BarTender print jobs |
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| Log revision number and change descriptions into the document file |
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| Librarian manages label format publishing, revision tracking, and rollback within a secure database |
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| SAP Certified for AII |
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| Read data from SAP IDocs |
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| Oracle certified for WMS and MSCA |
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| Oracle XML integration using a TCP/IP socket |
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| Supports IBM WebSphere Sensor Events |
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| Commander processes file, e-mail and serial port triggers |
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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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| Commander can return XML status response as a file or through a TCP/IP port |
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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. (C# & VB.NET examples included) |
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| .NET SDK to control multiple instances of BarTender at once |
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| .NET SDK for BarTender System Database allows automated review and reprinting of past label jobs |
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| .NET SDK for Librarian allows automated file add, remove, rename, check in and out, etc. |
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| ASP.NET sample application for customizable web browser printing |
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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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| Full-featured native RFID objects |
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| Basic RFID support only, using printer fonts |
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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 either the text or hexadecimal representation of the 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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| Optimized for high-volume label requests from numerous network users to one or more servers |
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| Browser-based network and internet printing |
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| Windows Cluster Server supported |
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| Reprint Console 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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| Printer Maestro displays status of all Windows print jobs in one window |
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| Printer Maestro tracks printer media usage and inventory of printer parts. Generates custom alerts. |
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| Log printer events for Windows print jobs other than just those from BarTender |
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| Specify custom alerts for printer events and low inventory levels |
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