Dear Mitch:
Yes, there are white papers. Most of the information you need can be
downloaded from the Seagull Scientific Bartender website.
Choose 1 server on which to install your license. This license will
keep track of how many different printers all the clients are trying
to print to and won't let them print to more than 5 printers. There
is a good simple explanation for how this works on the Seagull
website under FAQ.
Then you may install a full Bartender Enterprise license on as many
computers as you want -- even 100 computers.
All of those computers will only be able to print to any of 5
printers -- again assuming you purchased the Enterprise license which
is the only one they currently like to sell.
To print, the user simply selects a printer from his networked
printer list. If it is one of the 5 that the license allows, then
the user will get a successfully printed label. If it is a different
printer and the 5-printer license has been exceeded, then the user
will get an error message about exceeding the maximum number of
licensed printers.
Lynn
Yes, there are white papers. Most of the information you need can be
downloaded from the Seagull Scientific Bartender website.
Choose 1 server on which to install your license. This license will
keep track of how many different printers all the clients are trying
to print to and won't let them print to more than 5 printers. There
is a good simple explanation for how this works on the Seagull
website under FAQ.
Then you may install a full Bartender Enterprise license on as many
computers as you want -- even 100 computers.
All of those computers will only be able to print to any of 5
printers -- again assuming you purchased the Enterprise license which
is the only one they currently like to sell.
To print, the user simply selects a printer from his networked
printer list. If it is one of the 5 that the license allows, then
the user will get a successfully printed label. If it is a different
printer and the 5-printer license has been exceeded, then the user
will get an error message about exceeding the maximum number of
licensed printers.
Lynn
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Williams" <ken@...> wrote:
>
> I'm sure there is a white paper that hopefully someone can
provide. A
> high level over view is something like this:
>
>
>
> Seagull License server - this is what manages licenses for the
printers.
> If your license is 5, you can have 5 unique printers using the
Bartender
> software.
>
> Commander - this is what manages print jobs. A print job from
Vantage
> will dump a file in a folder to be picked up by Commander.
Commander,
> based on configuration, will look in specified folder and when it
sees a
> data file, it processes and prints it to the specified shared
printer
> (that has a license from the Seagull License Server). Think Crystal
> Reports run-time.
>
> Bartender - used to create the templates for Commander to process.
> Think Crystal Reports developer.
>
>
>
> I set ours up two years ago. I don't recall having a step by step
> guide, but I was able to piece enough together to get it working.
> Hopefully someone can provide where to get a detailed installation
> guide.
>
>
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf
> Of Mitch Appleby
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 12:45 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] installing Bartender
>
>
>
> Basic - basic question ... Where does one install the license and
> clients on a network. Do the clients run from the server? How do
> clients send Labels to different printers?
>
> We have a 5 client license with 5 different printers all running on
a
> network. So how do they relate to each other? Is there a white paper
> that explains the install procedure?
>
> Mitch Appleby
> IS Admin
> Dubuque Stamping
>
>
>
>
>
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