BarTender® 2022
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About BarTender 2022
Print Station Redesign
File Information
Printing
Security
Custom Corporate Branding
Integration with Librarian (BarTender Enterprise Edition)
Kiosk Support by Using Microsoft Kiosk Mode for Windows 10
Print Portal Improvements
Available in BarTender Professional and Automation Editions
New Security Property Page and Settings
New Options on the Advanced Property Page
Root Folder Custom Images
User-specified Folder Colors
Librarian Workflow Electronic Signature Support
Expanded Database Options
SAP HANA Database Connection
Import or Export Database Connection Configuration Files
Improved Database Performance
REST API Improvements
New BarTender REST API
HTTPS Support for REST APIs
Integration Builder and Action Improvements
New Action: Workflow Transition
Detection of Librarian Workflow State Changes
Web Service Integration: Service Communication Improvement
Relative Path Support for Integrations and Actions

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Barcode Updates
Support for GS1 Version 21 and 22 specifications
RFID Improvements
Licensing Wizard: Proxy Authentication Support
Preview of Omron Industrial Automation Label Verification Support
Preview of Digimarc Barcode Support
Related Documentation

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About BarTender 2022
With BarTender® software by Seagull Scientific, organizations around the world can improve safety,
security, efficiency, and compliance by creating and automating the printing of labels, barcodes, RFID
tags, plastic cards, and more. Thousands of companies in manufacturing, chemicals, health care,food and beverage, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, supply chain/logistics, and other industries trust
BarTender with the labeling and marking processes that keep their businesses running.
With the release of BarTender 2022, Seagull Scientific continues to enhance your design and printing
experience and provide easier ways to manage and administer your print operations. This document
describes the most significant features that were added or improved in BarTender 2022.

Print Station Redesign
Print Station is redesigned to have a modern user interface and streamlined functionality. The
redesign is modeled after BarTender Print Portal and has near parity with its features.

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You can run Print Station on any computer that has BarTender installed. It can access files on any
local or network directory after you add these directories as root folders by using the Administrative
Setup page.
The new design continues to provide the features that you want in a click-and-print environment. You
can use the modern interface to easily find and open the BarTender documents that you want, selecta printer to send the print job to, and enter data into the data entry form as applicable at print time.
You can also quickly locate and run Process Builder process files and BTXML script files.
Users can look for the file that they want by using familiar folder navigation. Grouping and sorting
options are added to make it easier to organize your folders and files and to find the file that you
need. Users can group by author, categories, tags, or products, and sort by name, date created, or
date modified. Users can use the Search bar at the top of the Print Station window to enter all or partof a file name to locate a document, or enter a file name extension to locate a particular type of file.

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Users can also specify different colors for individual folders by using the new Folder Color option.

File Information
Print Station displays file names, comments and file information for each BarTender document. The
comment that is displayed is the one that is specified for the document in BarTender Designer byusing the Comments tab of the BarTender Document Options dialog.

Printing
When you set up Print Station, you can choose how much control users have over printing a
document. One click (or tap, in a touchscreen environment) on a document can do either of thefollowing:

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lImmediately send the document to the printer together with the default printer settingslDisplay a print dialog that users can use to modify certain print settings (such as the printer touse or the number of copies to print) before they run the print job

In either case, users can easily print any document that appears in the Print Station window with one
click or tap. If a BarTender document uses data entry forms or query prompts, these dialogs appear in
Print Station when the user starts a print job.
Print Station also supports the following features to help with printing tasks:l

Repeat data entry until cancelled: Print Station supports the Repeat data entry untilcancelled print option in the Print dialog in BarTender Designer. This option specifies thatwhen a print job is complete, a new print job is automatically run. This means that you need not
manually restart a print job when you run multiple consecutive print jobs that use the same
BarTender document.

lForm-level actions: Print Station supports the form-level actions that are configured in
BarTender. These actions help you to manage forms and print jobs and to communicate
information to print operators at print time. For example, you can configure actions to reset or
clear form data, continue or cancel a print job, display a message, and more.

Security
You can use one or more of the following methods to ensure the security of printing activities andadministration settings.

Grant or deny user permissions in Administration Console
You can use Administration Console to grant or deny user permissions to prevent unauthorizedaccess to and administration of Print Station. To do this, use the Print Station section of the User
Permissions page in Administration Console.

Configure security by using the Administrative Setup page
You can access additional Print Station security settings by using the Administrative Setup page.
You open this page by clicking theicon on the Print Station interface and then clicking
Administrative Setup.

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By using the Administrative Setup page, you can specify one or more of the following security
options for the folders that are available in Print Station.
Configure folder visibility
When you configure folder visibility, you specify the users that you want to be able to see a root
folder.

Configure password protection
You can also configure a password for the Print Station Administrative Setup page when you
want to ensure that users cannot modify the Print Station configuration settings. When you do
this, users can print items but cannot access the Administrative Setup page unless they supply
the password.

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Custom Corporate Branding
Print Station now supports replacing the default Print Station branding with your company's branding.
By using the new Branding property page on the Print Station Administrative Setup page, you canreplace the Print Station icon with your company logo (or other image) and change the colors of itemsin the user interface to your company's branded colors.
The following image shows the default Print Station branding.

The following image shows an example of custom branding.

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You can also specify a custom image for any root folder, as shown in the following example.

Integration with Librarian (BarTender Enterprise Edition)
Librarian is the companion application in the BarTender suite that provides a content management
system for your BarTender documents in BarTender Enterprise edition. When you use Librarian, youcreate a secure central repository of documents, including a revision history that tracks all thechanges to the document design and all the user comments for each revision. You can also use
Librarian workflows to easily manage a document's status from first draft to final published state.
With BarTender Enterprise edition, Librarian information for a document is accessed from the
document's menu options in Print Station.

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By using the menu options provided, you can add a comment to a selected document revision, view adocuments revision history and compare revisions, and transition a document to its next workflow
state.
Revision Comment: Opens the Revision Comment dialog, which you can use to add a comment tothe selected document revision.

Revision History: Opens the Revision History page, which you can use to view and compare different
versions of the selected document.

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Transition Workflow Step: Opens the Transition Workflow Step dialog, which you can use (when you
have the correct permissions) to transition the document from one workflow state to the next.

Any changes that are made in Print Station (such as adding a comment or changing a workflow state)
are automatically updated in Librarian, and vice versa.

Kiosk Support by Using Microsoft Kiosk Mode for Windows 10
In BarTender 2022, Print Station now supports kiosk mode (in which an application is locked into a
dedicated full-screen view) by running Microsoft Kiosk mode for Windows 10.
When you run Microsoft Kiosk mode, the application starts automatically in full-screen view when thekiosk account signs in, and the user is prevented from performing any external operations on thedevice outside of the kiosk interface.
For more information about Microsoft Kiosk Mode for Windows 10, refer to the following Microsoft
web page:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/kiosk-single-app

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Print Portal Improvements
BarTender 2022 introduces several new options and features in Print Portal for both users andadministrators to customize the interface and printing experience.

Available in BarTender Professional and Automation Editions
Print Portal is now supported in BarTender Professional and Automation editions for web-enabledprinting from any browser on any device.
BarTender Enterprise edition is required for the following Print Portal features:lLibrarian integrationlPrint Portal Authentication

New Security Property Page and Settings
Security settings that were previously found on the Advanced property page are moved to a new
Security property page. Those existing settings include the following:lAuthentication optionslAdministration password options

The new Security property page also has new settings available so that you can turn off the following
features:lPrint quantity: Specifies that the quantity selection in the Print page is locked to the quantitythat is specified in the BarTender document.

lDocument search: Specifies that the search bar is removed from the Print Portal userinterface.

lPrint preview: Specifies that the Preview button is removed from the Print page.

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Change view options: Specifies that the View, Group By, and Sort By filtering options areunavailable on the Home page.

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New Options on the Advanced Property Page
New options on the Advanced property page let you specify whether you want the Print Portalinterface to show folders in the document selection pane and to show the folder navigator. You canalso specify the behavior that you want to occur when a user clicks a document in the document
selection pane.
lShow folders in browser: Specifies that Print Portal displays folders in the document selection
pane on the Home page.

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Show folder navigator: Specifies that Print Portal displays the left navigation pane on the
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When a document is selected: Specifies how Print Portal behaves when a document isselected.

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Root Folder Custom Images
Administrators can make it easier to find the root folders that users need by specifying a custom
image to use instead of the default folder icon.

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User-specified Folder Colors
Users can use the new Folder Color option to specify custom folder colors in the Print Portal
document browser pane to personalize their own experience. As with grouping and sorting options,assigning colors to folders can help users more quickly locate the files that they need.

Librarian Workflow Electronic Signature Support
BarTender 2022 introduces support for electronic signatures on Librarian workflow transitions. Whena workflow transition is configured to require an electronic signature, users are prompted to enter
their user name and password when they cause the transition to move the file to another state in theworkflow.
For customers who must meet regulatory requirements, such as those that are required by the UnitedStates Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this feature ensures that they can, when the transition
occurs, authenticate users and log evidence that users are who they say they are.
You can enable electronic signatures for a workflow transition on the General tab of the Transition
property pane for the transition that you want. To do this, click to select the Prompt for signaturecheck box.

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Electronic signatures require that the user name and password beentered regardless of whether the user was already granted theappropriate permissions to transition the workflow. To log electronic
signature requests to the system database, you must enable message
logging on the Administration Console System Database page. Afteryou enable electronic signatures for a workflow transition and enable
message logging, you can use the Security: Permissions Checks viewin History Explorer to audit the list of "Workflow Transition" permission
checks that are made.

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Expanded Database Options
BarTender 2022 introduces support for a new database type and improvements in databaseconnectivity.

SAP HANA Database Connection
In BarTender 2022, BarTender applications now support database connections to SAP HANA 2.0 SPS
03 and later versions.
SAP HANA is an in-memory, column-oriented, relational database management system. Its primaryfunction is to store and retrieve data as requested by an application. BarTender supports both onpremise and cloud SAP HANA connections.
You can connect to your SAP HANA database by using the Database Setup wizard.

Import or Export Database Connection Configuration Files
With BarTender 2022, you can now use a database connection configuration file to apply a custom
configuration to a new or existing database connection. To do this, you export a configuration from

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one BarTender document to an XML file that you can then use in another BarTender document.
Exported files contain all the configuration information, including filters, sort order, records-per-item
data, and database joins, for all the databases in a single connection. After you export a databaseconnection configuration file, you can use it to create a new database connection for a document
when you use the Database Setup wizard for the first time. Or, you can import the file to an existing
database connection; when you do this, existing configuration settings are replaced by the settings in
the imported file.
You can import and export database connection configurations by using the new toolbar options on
the Database Setup dialog, as follows:
Opens the Save File dialog so that you can export the database connection
configuration to an XML file.
Opens the Open File dialog so that you can import a saved database connection
configuration file. When you use this option, existing configuration settings are replacedby the settings in the imported file.

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When you want to create a new database connection for a document when you use the Database
Setup wizard for the first time, you can select the new Import From File option directly from thewizard.

Improved Database Performance
In BarTender 2022, there is improved performance in Database Setup record browsing with a more
responsive interface, as well as improved performance in BarTender Designer responsiveness whenretrieving database field names.
In addition, the Database Setup dialog's Filter page and Record Browser page are now improved toopen and load the database asynchronously, allowing the user to quickly start creating a databasefilter while the grid view is being loaded.

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REST API Improvements
BarTender 2022 continues to build support for automation by using REST APIs.

New BarTender REST API
BarTender 2022 introduces the BarTender REST API for automating your system on a non-Windows
platform or across your network. The BarTender REST API provides REST endpoints that you can use
to run a variety of actions by using the YAML or JSON file format or an existing legacy BTXML script,
and it supports many types of programming languages, including C#, Java, Perl, and Python.
The actions that are available in the BarTender REST API include the same actions that you can run in
BarTender Designer, Integration Builder, and Process Builder, but the REST API provides a solution forrunning these actions programmatically.
To use the BarTender REST API, you must be running the Automation or Enterprise edition of
BarTender 2022.

Supported Technologies
The BarTender REST API uses the same BarTender Integration service and Print Scheduler service
that are used by Integration Builder and Process Builder. Communication with the server occurs
over port 5159.
For sending scripts and receiving responses, the API supports data payloads in JSON, YAML, and
BTXML formats. A YAML reference document is included in the BarTender installation.
The API supports the following technologies:l

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) so that the REST endpoints can be accessed fromwebsites that originate anywherel

Several authentication schemes, including Basic Authentication, Integrated Authentication(Microsoft Negotiate), and Windows Challenge/Response (NTLM)lSecure HTTPSYou can use one of several popular tools, such as Insomnia and Postman, to access the API
endpoints to design and test your code.

Accessing API Documentation
BarTender provides complete documentation for the API endpoints together with examples ofactions in YAML, JSON, and BTXML formats. You can view this documentation after you install
BarTender by using ReDoc, which is included in the BarTender installation file.
ReDoc provides a three-pane responsive layout that includes the following panes:lA left pane that contains a search bar and navigation menulA central pane that contains the documentationl

A right pane that contains request and response examples

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To access the BarTender REST API documentation, visit the following web page on a computerthat has BarTender 2022 installed:
http://localhost:5159/api/actions/reference/
For a list of the actions that are supported by the BarTender REST API, refer to the Available
BarTender REST API Actions topic in the BarTender help system that is installed with BarTender2022. This help topic also provides a link to the Actions YAML Reference, which provides the
YAML file format for the supported API actions.

HTTPS Support for REST APIs
BarTender 2022 now supports HTTPS for the BarTender REST API and the Print Portal REST API. You
can now add your existing or new HTTPS certificate to the server and enable HTTPS.

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Integration Builder and Action Improvements
BarTender 2022 continues to improve Integration Builder and the actions that you can add tointegration files, process files, and BarTender documents and data entry forms.

New Action: Workflow Transition
BarTender 2022 includes the new Workflow Transition action. This action causes a Librarian file thatis assigned to a workflow to transition from one workflow state to another.

Detection of Librarian Workflow State Changes
The following integration type and actions now support Librarian workflow state changes as event
detection options:lFile integration (on the File Detection property page)l

Read File actionlWait for File action

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When you select Librarian for the Source property, the detection options now specifically monitor for
workflow state changes for the source file, as follows:lFile Created: Specifies that the integration or action monitors for a file to be created. This
event can be detected only after the created file has been moved to a published state or after
the file is initially created in a published state.

lFile Changed: Specifies that the integration or action monitors for a file to be changed. This
event can be detected only when the changed file is in a published state.

lWorkflow State Changed to: Specifies that the integration or action monitors for a file's
workflow state to be changed to the specified state. This event can be detected only when thespecified target state is a published state.

Web Service Integration: Service Communication Improvement
A new Maximum Connections setting is available on the Web Service integration's Service property
page. By using this setting, you can avoid a service crash situation by restricting the maximum
number of concurrent web requests that are made by the action. You can increase or decrease theallowable concurrent web requests based on your specific business environment.

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Relative Path Support for Integrations and Actions
BarTender 2022 introduces new ways to specify file paths in integrations and actions.

lRelative to Integration: You can use Relative to Integration to specify file paths that are
relative to the folder where the Integration Builder file resides. Available only in Integration
Builder.

lRelative to Process File: You can use Relative to Process File to specify file paths that are
relative to the folder where the Process Builder file resides. Available only in Process Builder.

lTemporary Storage: You can use Temporary Storage when you want to write to or read fromfiles that are in a temporary storage location. BarTender manages the files in the temporarystorage location so that each user has their own isolated space for temporary files. The files inthe temporary storage location are removed automatically when they are no longer in use.
Available in Integration Builder, Process Builder, and BarTender Designer.

By using Relative to Integration, you can easily specify a file that is stored along with the Integration
Builder file.

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Or, you can specify a folder for integrations or actions to access.

You can also write data to a file in the new Temporary Storage location.

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Then, you can use the file in subsequent actions, such as to send the file as an email attachment.

When you specify user credentials for integrations and actions, the Temporary Storage location isdedicated to that specific user, which ensures that sensitive data is visible only to limited integrations
or actions.

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Barcode Updates
BarTender 2022 includes the following updates for barcodes.

Support for GS1 Version 21 and 22 specifications
Updates are made to support the following GS1 Version 21 specification updates:l

An update to the Global Model Number (GMN) to support regulatory requirements for Basic
UDI-DI in the context of unique identification (UDI) for medical deviceslUpdates to multiple sections to expand the use of the Global Model Number to all sectors,
which requires GS1 General Assembly ratification as it impacts a GS1 identification key

GS1 Application Identifiers (AIs) are updated to the GS1 version 21 and 22 specifications, adding AI
235, AI 395n, AI 417, AI 4300~4326, AI 7040, and AI 715.

RFID Improvements
Minor updates have been made to improve usability with current RFID standards, including thefollowing:l

Added the following new RFID formats:l

ITIP-110l

ITIP-212l

Improved the usability of the application family identifier (AFI).

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Removed obsolete formats that were previously marked as deprecated.

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Licensing Wizard: Proxy Authentication Support
The BarTender Licensing wizard now includes support for proxy authentication. If your network uses a
proxy server and authentication is required, you can now specify those credentials in the licensing
wizard. No action is needed on this page of the wizard if your network does not use a proxy server that
requires authentication.

Preview of Omron Industrial Automation Label Verification Support
BarTender 2022 introduces preview support for the V275 Series in-line verifier and print quality
inspection system by Omron Industrial Automation. When you integrate BarTender with the Omron
V275 Series label verification system, you can make sure that your labels are compliant withregulations and quality requirements at the point of label production. A label verifier system provides
both quality inspection and barcode verification by scanning the printed label and checking the image
for accuracy.
You can configure BarTender to preview this new feature after you install a printer in your networkthat supports the Omron V275 verifier system.

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Preview of Digimarc Barcode Support
BarTender 2022 introduces demonstration support for the Digimarc Barcode technology.
Digimarc offers a proprietary digital watermark technology that is called "Digimarc Barcode." Digimarc
Barcode is a method of encoding data (typically, GS1 data) as a watermark in the form of a pattern oftiny dots or squares. This pattern is printed invisibly onto the background of thermal-printed productpackaging or labels, so that the data is unobtrusively repeated over the entire surface of the printed
item. The pattern is then read by Digimarc-enabled handheld barcode scanners, in-counter scanners,
industrial vision systems and mobile devices.
So that you can use the Digimarc technology, BarTender provides a new watermark object. Use thisobject to place a watermark version of a barcode symbol onto the background of your template. You
can also add a corresponding visible barcode symbol that carries the same data as the watermark.

After you add a Digimarc Barcode watermark to the template, the object is displayed in the designarea adjacent to the template, and the watermark dots are displayed on the template.

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For BarTender 2022, Digimarc Barcode is provided for demonstration purposes only. The following
sample Embedded Data data sources are available:l

GTIN-14 (00850026654141)

lFixed GTN-8 for UPC-E (08541402)

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Related Documentation
Technical DocumentslAdministration ConsolelPrint Stationl

BarTender 2022 Print Portall

BarTender Librarianl

Understanding Librarian WorkflowslUsing GS1 Application Identifiers

To view and download technical documents, visit:https://www.seagullscientific.com/resources/white-papers/

Manualsl

Getting Started with BarTender
https://support.seagullscientific.com/hc/en-us/categories/200267887

BarTender Help Systeml

Administration ConsolelLibrarian

Other Resources
Please visit the BarTender website at https://www.seagullscientific.com.

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