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BarTender offers a wide array of printing options.

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• Print Dialog

  After you have completed your template design, you can print your document by using the Print dialog, where you can specify most of BarTender's printing options.

• Print Preview

  The Print Preview mode enables you to view your print job exactly as it will appear on your printed items. This enables you to view all of the items on a single page of stock. The items that are displayed will show the results of processed VBScripts, data that was pulled from a connected database, user input from data entry forms and query prompts, and the number of requested copies or serial numbers that will be printed.

• Conditional Printing

  You can configure conditional printing for several design elements on your document, including template objects, layers, and backgrounds, and even the template itself. You can enable conditional printing by using the When to Print dialog, where you can create conditional expressions that specify the conditions or rules under which the specific element on your document will be printed.

• Automatic Duplex Printing

  Some printers have the capability of printing on both sides of a page. This feature, known as double-sided printing or duplex printing, can increase printing efficiency and decrease the amount of paper that is used in your print jobs. You can enable double-sided printing and separate front and back designs.

• Selecting a Printer

  You can select a printer from the New Document Wizard while you are creating your BarTender document. However, depending on the type of items that you're printing or the availability of printers, you may need to send your print job to a different printer. You can also save a print job to a file in the printer's language rather than directly to a printer.

• Number of Items to Print

  You can use the Print Quantity Options dialog to determine whether the number of items in a print job is retrieved from an external source, such as a database, or is specified in the Print dialog.

• Selecting Database Records

  After you have set up one or more database connections by using the Database Setup dialog, you can view, sort, and filter the list of records from the database to determine what data is printed.

• Print-Time Dialogs

  When you initiate a print job, you might encounter one or more print-time dialogs before printing begins, depending on whether you have enabled different features for your document.

• Logging Print Job Information

  You can configure BarTender to log print job information to a text file. You can specify settings to include certain data in the log file and specify the data sources that are logged in your text file.

• Working with Printer Code Templates

  To support various print systems, BarTender provides printer code template generation. A printer code template contains mostly native printer code, but it also contains delimited fields that the print system can recognize and use to merge user input information. Various dialogs are available to help you create and customize printer code templates.

• Printer Code Modification

  The printer code modifier functionality enables you to modify print code that is sent to a printer or printer code template. Printer code modifier actions can be constructed and tested on existing print code files, and print code modifiers can be extended to include VBScripting if the requirements are more complex.

• Miscellaneous Printing Topics

  View these topics to learn how to perform miscellaneous printing tasks, including how to use the DOC COPY and Print commands, how to use the Print Method Options dialog, and how to work with printer drivers.

• Troubleshooting Printing Problems

  If you are experiencing printing problems, use the procedure in this topic to determine how your issue can be resolved. If you still experience difficulties with printing your documents, you can contact our Technical Support department for further help.