Powerful design tools with Intelligent Templates™
- A 100% WYSIWYG interface for designing your labels with context-sensitive help to provide faster set up of integrations
- Choose from over 105 1D and 2D symbologies based on over a dozen standards
- Select among 50+ drawing shapes, and resize, reshape and color them in just about any way imaginable, or import your own.
- Full support for automatic text wrapping and adding of fields to text objects
- Support for human readable text for barcodes, including 2D symbologies
- Create and print commercial-quality designs using the PANTONE Color System
Diverse database support
- Supports over 20 major databases or data file types including MS SQL, Excel/Online, QuickBooks Online, Access, XML, JSON, CSV, and IBM DB2
Dynamic data
- Automatically source data and images from database or external files for printing
- Write back to most SQL-based databases to record serial numbers generated by BarTender or keep track of which database records have already been printed.
- Make data input and selection easy by leveraging over 15 highly configurable form controls
Advanced printing controls
- Conditional printing based on data-driven automation rules
- Print to PDF effortlessly with native PDF support
- Create your own database tables that travel with your BarTender document designs
RFID and smart card encoding support
- Encode RFID inlays, smart cards or even magnetic stripes as easily as creating a barcode
Specifications:
Operating system
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2019 and 2016
- Includes all 32-bit and 64-bit (x64) editions
- An active internet connection may be required if Windows updates are required.
Hard disk and memory (minimum)
Below are the minimum system requirements to install and run BarTender. Please ensure your desired installation system meets or exceeds the specifications below. Recommended system specifications will vary based on the specific details of each project.
Complete BarTender Suite utilization (32-bit)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Hard drive: 20 GB (to allow sufficient space for logs)
Complete BarTender Suite utilization (64-bit)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Hard drive: 20 GB (to allow sufficient space for logs)
Display resolution
- 1024 x 768 (Minimum)
- 1920 x 1080 or better (Recommended)
.NET Framework
- .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later version is required
- The BarTender installer will automatically install all required .NET Framework components
- An active internet connection may be required to update .NET framework
Database
- BarTender System Database, Librarian, History Explorer, and Reprint Console require Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or higher (Express or Full edition).
- Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP3 Express is included with the BarTender suite.
Language support
International editions can switch the user interface on demand between 21 languages: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (European & Brazilian), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai and Turkish.
Upgrade any time
- Upgrade to the more powerful BarTender Automation and Enterprise Editions and maintain continuity as your business grows
- Includes all the features in Starter Edition