Seagull Scientific, manufacturer of BarTender labeling software, has announced that it has released a new label template to help food manufacturers and packagers meet the European labeling requirements scheduled to take effect in December 2014.

EU Regulation No 1169/2011 (Food Information to Consumers, or FIC) identifies 14 major categories of allergen that must be emphasized on a product’s ingredient label. The BarTender FIC label template automatically highlights any of the 14 allergens that appear on an ingredient label, enabling easy compliance with the new regulation.

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Seagull Scientific not only makes the most capable and easy to use label design software, they even create a host of printer drivers for a wide range of manufactures. These drivers often outperform the original drivers especially when using Bartender software.

The latest version of Seagull’s true Windows printer drivers adds support for more than 65 printers from 17 manufacturers, including Zebra’s ZT400 series, SATO’s CL4NX, Markem-Imaje’s 5200/5400, and a range of Xprinter printers. This release also includes minor features and fixes.

Version 7.3.6 is available from the driver download page on the Seagull Scientific website.

Seagull Scientific has been the leading provider of Bartender, their fully featured yet intuitive ad easy to use label software. From the most simple label designs  to full integration with SAP or Oracle systems, Seagull has a version of Bartender to meet your needs and budget.

This infographic helps break down the various features between all the Bartender versions so you can get a better idea of which one will be the best fit for your business. For further assistance, contact us at BarcodesInc.

In the process of making their BarTender software one of the leading label applications, Seagull Scientific is continually updating and improving  features in BarTender. As new versions are released previous ones eventually cannot continue to be supported. 

As of September 1st, 2014 version 9.2 of BarTender will no loner be supported. It is possible to upgrade to the current 10.1 version of the software with a simple update.

For assistance finding the right update path for your instance of BarTender, contact us at Barcodes Inc.

Primera has announced it is now providing Seagull Scientific’s award-winning BarTender software for label design and printing with many of its color label printers.

BarTender is the world’s most trusted software for designing and printing labels, barcodes and more. Its four editions address a wide range of printing and marking solutions, from small, stand-alone printing environments at SMBs to large, automated printing infrastructures at large enterprises.

The Primera LX400, LX900, and RX900  Color Label Printers include the BarTender UltraLite Edition, which offers the most frequently used label design features, including most text, graphics, barcode and serializing capabilities.

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Getting the best performance out of your label printer can often come down to having the right printer driver installed on your PC.

Every barcode printer manufacturer provides a driver to use with their products but, sometimes they are not the most robust. Users may find that when printing labels with the default manufacturer drivers with variable and unique information per label, their printer will pause for a moment between each label. Other times, there may be issues with label formatting or communications to the printer.

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Seagull Scientific has released their Service Release 2 of BarTender 10.1 which is available immediately.

In addition to a number of bug fixes in response to customer feedback, this release features:

• An improved sample label for GHS (the international system for chemical labeling) and an updated technical white paper
• An improved sample label for PTI (the US FDA’s Produce Traceability Initiative), including voice pick data as required by some big box retailers
• Certification for Windows 8.1.

Both samples provide a great starting point for creating your own labels to meet these important industry requirements.

It is encouraged that all users of BarTender 10.1 to update to SR2 which is  at www.DownloadBarTender.com.

Datamax-O’Neil has announced a new version of their label design software called NETira Label Design software – Powered by Bartender UltraLite.

Every Datamax-O’Neil class printer will now ship with Seagull BarTender UltraLite free and will replace the current version of NETira LD.

The new NETira Label Designer is based on Seagull BarTender v10.1 and will provide users with the ability to easily and quickly create a label on Datamax-O’Neil branded printers only.

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Seagull Scientific’s Bartender has gained notoriety for providing the best label design software on the market. However, Bartender RFID includes the same label design features, along with encoding capabilities that offer the same ease of use. Bartender RFID Enterprise Automation and Automation’s rich feature sets include supporting most of the popular RFID printers, supporting most of the label types available (Gen2, EPC Class 1, ISO 15693, etc.) and allows data to be encoded in most of the common formats (DoD, SSCC, GIAI, etc.).

Seagull Scientific continues to lead the way in innovation when it comes to barcode and RFID printing software. Consequently, Barcodes Inc recommends Bartender RFID in our RFID printing systems in order to provide a low cost, quality solution.

For more assistance finding the right RFID printing software for your needs, contact us at Barcodes Inc.

Seagull Scientific has announced the immediate availability of BarTender 10.1, the latest version of its award-winning software for designing, printing and automating the production of barcodes, labels, cards, RFID tags and more.

Version 10.1 introduces features and improvements that enable more complex designs and solve tough real-world problems, including the world’s most comprehensive barcode support, new design “layers,” enhanced serialization, improved usability and new global data fields, custom page templates and conditional printing.

Recently named the Best Professional Barcode Software by TopTenREVIEWS, BarTender is available in four, progressively more powerful editions: Basic, Professional, Automation and Enterprise Automation. The variety of editions makes BarTender well suited to a wide range of printing and marking solutions, from small, stand-alone printing environments at SMBs to large, automated printing infrastructures at the largest enterprises.

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