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Software Application Assessment
Understanding the differences :
3. If you are doing them in house, what software are you using?____________________________
1. Fixed information may be built into the template or data based layout. This information will
appear in the same place with the same size and look every time it is called up. fig 1
Tech Information:
2. Product information consists of fields that will change with every change of the SKU,
whether it is saved with a specific layout or controlled with a database. fig 1
Bartender can be configured as a single stand alone application or as a network solution for
multiple workstations. The network solution can be as simple as a workgroup or as complex
3. Batch data can be a prompt field that requires entry of specific data prior to imaging of
as a Citrix environment. Applications with installations of the BarTender software on multiple
the stencil. This is reserved for data entries outside of the database or template such as a
workstations, require some form of a network. All network applications must have a License Server
manufacturing or packaging date. A prompt field will not let you image a stencil without
installed so that it is visible to all the workstations using the BarTender software. Applications using
entering this information.
BarTender with Remote Desktop Services and a Citrix XenApp, will need to purchase and install
the BarTender Remote Assistant to prevent the License Server from overcounting printers.
4. If you plan on using the database controlled option, information may be assembled in an
excel spreadsheet, similar to the one below. fig 2
Please answer the questions that apply to your business operations.
1. Do you Have an IT department or outside service?_____________________________________
2. Will they be available for installation?_______________________________________________
Stand alone
1. What operating system is installed on the PC you will be using to run BarTender?__________
Work group
A discussion need to take place to sort out the details of a workgroup. That discussion will be
centered around the following questions.
1. How many PC’s will be in the work group?___________________________________________
2. Are all the operating systems the same?_____________________________________________
If not, list the systems and the number of units on that system____________________________
3. Do you have the workgroup in place?_____Do you need help to set it up?__________________
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847-541-2539. If you have questions, you may call Dana Sievertson at 847-541-2494 x 102 or Val
Bertelsen at 800-521-0194.
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