Companion Applications

BarTender is the main application of the BarTender Suite, and the Suite also contains several companion applications that help streamline your production environment. These applications help managers and users more quickly and easily design and print the items that they need.

All applications and features in the BarTender Suite are available after you install and activate your software. You can test or preview features and applications that are not included in your licensed edition of BarTender. When you do this, the application displays a message that you are using a feature that requires a higher edition, and items that are printed by using the unlicensed features include a watermark to identify that the item is printed in demonstration mode. A list of all edition-specific features for the BarTender Suite is available on the BarTender website.

The following companion applications are available:

Use Administration Console to access and configure system-wide administration functions for BarTender security and the BarTender system database and to start and stop BarTender services.
Use Data Builder to create and manage databases that you can connect to from BarTender Designer and other applications in the BarTender Suite.
Use History Explorer to view logged information about past print jobs, including print job information and error messages.
Use Integration Builder to create highly customizable integrations that you can use to seamlessly connect BarTender's printing capabilities with virtually any enterprise business operation.
By using Librarian, large groups of users, designers, and administrators can cooperatively and securely manage the storage and revision of BarTender documents and related files.
Print Portal provides a web-based interface that you can use to select and print BarTender documents with a single click. Print Portal is not automatically installed with BarTender. For installation information, refer to Installing BarTender Print Portal.
By using Print Station, non-technical users can print items with a simple "point and click" operation.
Printer Maestro consolidates multiple print management functions in Windows into a single view that simplifies the management of multiple print jobs and printers across a network.
Use Process Builder to build a process to print one or more documents or to perform other actions, such as sending an email message or writing to a database. By using Process Builder, you can create customizable process files so that you can automate repetitive operations. You can easily use the Process Builder user interface as an alternative to programming interfaces such as ActiveX, the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, the command line interface, or BarTender XML (BTXML) script.
Use Reprint Console to browse through previous BarTender print jobs and to reprint your items.