BarTender

Introducing BarTender On-Premises 11.8: More Control, Smarter Printing, Less Downtime

Posted on by Luke Allison

11.8 Release Notes

October 2025

BarTender® v11.8 delivers targeted enhancements that support more precise control over label printing and increased reliability in dynamic printing environments. This release continues our focus on helping organizations maintain operational efficiency while adapting to evolving printing needs.

Release

The release will be deployed on October 13, 2025.

Note: The previous BarTender release was version 11.5. The current release is version 11.8. Seagull has skipped versions 11.6 and 11.7 for BarTender in order to align the version numbers with BarTender Cloud, which has had two versions released between BarTender releases.

What’s New

  • Printer Groups in the Printer Dropdown: The Printer dropdown list for Print Portal and Print Station is now organized into collapsible groups for easier navigation.
  • Automatic Grace Period for Expiring Subscriptions: BarTender now automatically grants to all versions of BarTender from 2019 on a 15-day grace period after a subscription has expired, minimizing the chance of downtime due to a subscription lapse.
  • Updated Media Stock Catalog: Newly supported stock types from Zebra Technologies have been added to BarTender’s catalog while outdated entries have been removed to maintain relevance and clarity.
  • Seagull Logos v1.1 Font Expanded: The Seagull Logos v1.1 font now includes two new symbols: the EPC icon (the 7 key) and the RFID icon (the 8 key).
  • End User Licence Agreement Updated: BarTender’s End User License Agreement has moved to an online-only repository and must be agreed to before BarTender can be installed.

Minor Fixes

This release includes a series of refinements that contribute to overall platform reliability and consistency:

  • Opening the Database Setup dialog in Designer in any language except English no longer produces an error.
  • The Edition Required field on the BarTender Edition Required dialog now displays correctly for Simple Serialization.
  • When adding a multi-column dropdown list to a label form, the Columns page on the Properties dialog now displays all information correctly.
  • When entering text in a Text object in the Designer, the text no longer wraps and inverts after 256 characters are entered.
  • The Time Picker Data Entry control now displays seconds correctly in Preview and Print.
  • The preview generated when using a Dropdown Record Picker control along with Template Preview in a label now increments correctly after the initial print.
  • Workstations no longer receive an erroneous Maximum Printers Exceeded warning.
  • When using Print Station with a label that includes data forms, pressing the Enter key twice in rapid succession (or scanning a barcode with two carriage returns at the end) no longer results in Print Station graying out the interface.
  • Labels that use the Word Wrap and Automatically Fit Test to Specified Dimensions options now display the correct font size in all fonts.
  • Older labels with Access database connections now open correctly in BarTender Designer.
  • When printing the same record consecutively using the Record Picker control to select it from a database, BarTender now prints the second record correctly.
  • Integrations no longer crash and create dump files.
  • In Designer, fonts no longer appear multiple times in the font selection dropdown.
  • BarTender correctly adds, starts, stops, or removes integrations from the Administration Console when using the Electronic Signature option for the Administer Integrations action in Integration Builder.
  • Serialized text now prints correctly on a second printing of labels that contain a serialized text object.
  • In the BarTender Licensing Wizard, an incorrect version error message no longer displays for a workstation license.
  • BarTender now displays the correct error message when an active license needs to be deactivated.
  • Large embedded PDF pictures no longer cause slowness and lag when designing a template.
  • When font @HGゴシックE-PRO is used in a document, the font now displays correctly on the Fonts tab of the Text Properties dialog.

Original post by: Jaspen wen – support.seagullsoftware.com