Installing BarTender

If you haven't already done so, you should download the latest release for your version of BarTender. The download can take several minutes, depending on your internet connection.

Installing Drivers by Seagull™

Seagull Scientific makes drivers for thousands of printer models. When used with BarTender, they allow you to take advantage of special high-speed printing functions that are built right into your thermal printer.

Although this step is optional, we highly recommend using our printer drivers whenever possible. BarTender will work with any standard Windows driver, but you won't have access to enhanced performance options.

This video will show you how to download and install the drivers. You can download Drivers by Seagull™ here.

Getting around BarTender

BarTender has a familiar and intuitive user interface for designing simple and complex templates for printing labels, cards and more. In this video, you'll learn just how easy it is design your first templates using BarTender.

By the time this video is done, you'll know how to create new documents from scratch and configure a number different objects (text, barcodes, etc.).

Creating data entry forms

Now you know how to create static labels where data never changes, but, in the real world, data changes all the time. There are a number of ways to create these "dynamic" templates in BarTender.

The first option we'll cover is BarTender's data-entry forms. These forms can be used to input data right at print time. In this video you will learn about the different elements available for data entry form design, and how to use them.