System Requirements

16 & 32-bit Versions

• 16-bit version is for Windows version 3.1 or higher.

• 32-bit version is optimized for use on Windows 95, 98, and NT only.

Processor & Storage Requirements

• For Windows 3.1 & 95: A 386 and at least 4MB RAM.

• For Windows 98: A 486/66 and at least 16MB RAM.

• For Windows NT: A Pentium and at least 20MB RAM.

• Between 2.6MB and 6MB hard disk usage, depending on version and options installed.  Add 5MB if installing all ODBC drivers.

Other

• 1 printer port (parallel or serial).

Special Versions Available

• Lower cost "print-only" version.

• Specially discounted "run-time" and network licenses.

• The International edition includes support for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) and Japanese versions.

Printer Support

Other Printing Features

• Selectable printer port and communication speed.

• Seagull printer drivers usable by other Windows programs and shareable across networks.

• Set starting position on pages of partially used labels.*

Label Design

• True on-screen WYSIWYG display.

• Choice of rectangular or circular label outline.*

• Multiple concurrent design sessions (through MDI).*

• Unlimited Undo/Redo command.*

• Create bar code and text objects with single mouse click.

• Unlimited size and number of bar code and text fields.

• Lines, boxes and graphic images.

• Resize objects by stretching with mouse.

• Reposition objects by moving with mouse.

• Resize and reposition objects by typing in values.

• Keyboard equivalents for all available mouse actions.*

• Full color support.

• Move to front, send to back.

• Group and ungroup multiple objects.

• Automatic positioning and alignment functions.

• Rotate objects by 0, 90, 180, 270 degrees.

• Includes numerous "ready-to-print" formats.

Label Stock

• Unlimited maximum label size.

• Minimum label size: 1/10" x 1/10."

• Unlimited label rows and columns per sheet.

• Independent top, bottom, left and right margins.

• Computation of label size from number of rows and columns.*

• Separately controllable label height & vertical repeat distance.

On-Screen Display

• Precision, true WYSIWYG label design.

• On-screen display of label stock.

• Cursor automatically changes depending on action.

• Optional display of cursor coordinates.*

• Thumbnail previews of saved labels.*

• Comment area for saving notes on label designs.

• Convenient pull-down menus.

• Tabbed-dialogs for fast customizing.

• Menu short-cut keys for rapid access.

• Windows 95 & NT 4.0-style "right mouse button" support.*

• Three separately moveable tool bars.*

• Tools tips help identify unfamiliar icons.*

• User-configurable design grid size.

• Adjustable resolution positioning rulers.

• Metric and Standard American system units.

• User-configurable zoom parameters.

• Optional snap-to-grid.

Bar Codes

• Independent height and width settings.

• Unlimited maximum width and height.

• No minimum height.

• Minimum width limited only by printer resolution.

• Move and resize using mouse.

• Automatic check digit capability.

• Sequentially numbered bar codes.

• Numerous supported symbologies, including 2D codes:

• Regular and Full ASCII Code 3-of-9 (including LOGMARS, HIBC, AIAG, etc.)

• Code 128 (including all UCC/EAN-128 & Shipping Container Codes)

• Interleaved 2-of-5

• UPC-A & E

• UPC Supplementals

• Code 93

• Postal Bar Codes (including Zip+4 and DPBC)

• Codabar

• EAN-8 & 13

• JAN

• MSI Plessey

• PDF417

• Code 1 (Intermec printers only)

• Data Matrix

• Maxicode

Human Readable Bar Code Characters

• Place above or below bar codes, or turn off.

• Independent horizontal and vertical positioning.

• Customizable character template.

• Independently suppress or display characters from different sub-fields.

• Option to display start/stop characters.

Text

• Built-in printer fonts.

• Windows TrueType fonts.

• Adobe Type 1 fonts.

• PostScript fonts (on PostScript printers).

• White-on-black text printing.*

• Text resizable with mouse or keyboard values.

• Stretch text horizontally and/or vertically.

• Automatic paragraph text wrapping.

• Align text left, right, center, or justified.

Graphics

• Import graphics in BMP, DCX, DIB, DXF, EPS, IMG, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF, WMF, WPG.

• Resize, rotate and stretch graphics.

• Import variable graphics from databases.*

• Export bar codes and labels for use in other programs.

• Draw lines and boxes.

General Data Capabilities

• Visual Basic scripting for custom data processing.*

• User-designable forms for keyboard data entry.*

• User-definable min and max field lengths.*

• Customizable data entry filters and error checking.*

• Automatic print job status reports and errors logs.*

• Object-oriented concatenation of multiple sub-fields. *

• Unlimited prefix and suffix lengths.

• Easy entry of special and "unprintable" characters.*

• Shareable data fields.

Internal Data Sources

• "Permanent" keyboard data.

• "Prompt" for keyboard data at print time.

• User-definable custom print-time prompts.

• Automatic time and date values with offset.

Serialization

Increment or decrement by any interval.

Separate rollover/rollunder and reset values.

Preserve or expand field length when rolling over.

Numeric, alphabetic and custom base* serialization.

Keep or discard changed values.

External Data Sources

• ASCII text files (comma, quote-and-comma, or tab delimited).

• Import variable graphics from databases.*

• Microsoft ODBC support, including compatibility with drivers for:

• Access, Allbase, AS/400, Btrieve, Clipper, dBase, DB2, Excel, FoxPro, Ingres, Informix, Interbase, Lotus 1-2-3, Oracle, Paradox, Progress, Quattro, SQL Server, Sybase, XDB, and more.

Data Reporting

• Entire file

• Individual record

• Query by example

• Preview query results

• Record range

• Search for record

• SQL select statement

Print-Time Copy Control

• Number of identical and/or serialized copies selectable from keyboard and/or read from file.

• Where supported, copies and serialization controlled by printer for increased throughput.

Execution From Within Other Programs

• Controllable using "ActiveX"^†

• Also controllable using command line parameters.

• Preloadable into "background" to avoid start-up delays

• Dynamically selectable label formats and data sources.

• Accepts data reporting directives.

On-Line Help

• Context-sensitive help.

• Hypertext version of User's Manual located in help system.

• Single on-screen "help-line" for quick reference.