Features Designer |
Designer Express |
Designer Pro |
PowerForms Suite |
GENERAL |
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Intuitive Office 365 style user interface |
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Extensive contextual help with inline tips to empower business users |
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Free phone and e-mail technical support for software evaluation and registered users |
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20 User interface Languages |
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Accepts and prints data in any language - Unicode data support |
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Single straightforward installer for 32 and 64 bit environments |
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Users or Printers |
Single user and unlimited printers |
Single user and unlimited printers or unlimited users and 3,5 or 10 printers |
Unlimited users and 3,5 or 10 printers |
TEMPLATE DESIGN |
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Label setup wizard for quick start with best printing quality and performance |
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Text, barcodes, lines, boxes, circles, clip art, images and PDF files |
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Print objects in reverse/negative: white on black |
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Windows system and built-in printer fonts support |
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Rich text object including powerful editor with support for tables and more |
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Printing of supply chain documents like delivery notes, pick lists, packing slips, reports, etc. |
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Object panel to quickly find and manage objects on the complex label templates |
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Extensive RFID support |
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Fit-text-to-box (dynamic point size) |
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Text on ellipse |
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Wrap-text-to-shape (word-wrapping and text justification to non-rectangular shapes) |
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Object alignment tools with snap-to-objects and arbitrary rotation of all objects |
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Relative object positioning and variable label length |
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Library of ready-to-use international standards compliance label templates |
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More than 70 linear and 2D barcode symbologies with support for printer-based barcodes |
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Intuitive GS1 Application Identifier Data Source Wizard |
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Automatic check digit calculation |
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Place "human readable" text anywhere in relation to barcodes |
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Customizable "human readable" character template |
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Object printing based on dynamic data (business rules) |
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Unlimited undo and redo commands |
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Security: lock label design with a password |
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DYNAMIC DATA |
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Single screen for straightforward management of dynamic data (Dynamic Data Manager) |
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Import and Export Dynamic data definitions |
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Keyboard or scanner input at print time |
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Decimal counters |
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Full serialization including support for printer-based serial numbers |
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Date and Time fields sourced from PC or Printer |
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Print data from Excel and text files |
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Full database connectivity to almost any existing database |
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Custom SQL database queries |
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Reusable connections to multiple databases and tables within the label or solution |
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Variable graphic fields including graphics sourced from database and base64-encoded data |
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10+ prebuilt functions for efficient data concatenation and processing |
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VBScript and Python scripting for custom data processing |
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ON-DEMAND CONTROLED PRINTING AND PRINT PRODUCTIVITY |
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Auto-built, all-in-one printing form with data entry controls and dynamic print job preview |
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Customizable data-entry filters and error checking |
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Print time database record selection on a single screen |
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Secure operator environment for efficient document selection and printing (NiceLabel Print) |
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Single click creation of shortcuts for printing |
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Adaptable print form for improved control and efficiency (recommended for touch screens) |
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Responsive form design to fit different screen resolutions |
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Spellchecking for manual data entry |
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Integrated no-programming graphical application builder for building efficient labelling solutions for controlled printing |
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Fully configurable user experience with 15+ prebuilt user interface controls and support for multiple forms |
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Workflow and business rules editor including 40+ actions for printing labels, database queries, integrations with scales, PLCs… |
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Solution document type can contain multiple labels and forms for improved dynamic data management and portability |
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Integrated PDF engine for optimized PDF document creation without 3rd party tools |
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Support for multi-lingual custom applications |
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Interface and control peripheral devices, weight scales, PLCs… |
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Automatic serial port monitoring for Weight Scale Integration |
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Dynamic stock switching – print the same template in different rotations and on different media types |
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INTEGRATED PRINTING |
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Native 32 and 64-bit Windows service for printing integration (Automation Easy) |
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Graphical integration builder for no-programing integration configuration |
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4 prebuilt connectors (File drop, Serial port, Database and TCP/IP socket) for integration with wide variety of systems and devices |
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Workflow and business rules editor including 15+ actions for printing labels, data processing and network communication |
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Dynamic print job preview during configuration |
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Structured text data (CSV and fixed-width columns) processing |
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NiceLabel JOB and XML format data processing |
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Unstructured text and binary data processing |
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Dedicated integration manager with extensive logging |
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.NET API for programing integration |
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PRINTING |
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Native support for 4000+ label and marking devices |
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Support for all laser/inkjet printers with a Windows driver |
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Local and network printer support |
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Speed optimization reuses repeating data instead of resending it |
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Session print - combines multiple labels in a single print job for performance |
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Color separation (for GHS labeling) |
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Batch printing: header and tail labels |
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Two-sided ("duplex") design and printing |
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Advanced printer cutter control |
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Store and Recall label templates from printer's memory |
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