BarTender Error Message 1401: You are exceeding the maximum number of printers that are allowed by BarTender License xxxxxx with a 7-day period.

BarTender Error Message 1401: You are exceeding the maximum number of printers that are allowed by BarTender License xxxxxx with a 7-day period.

If you are receiving this error, you are most likely on a network and many copies of BarTender on other computers are being accounted for when making the calculation about the maximum number of printers.  BarTender maintains a network license server to keep track of printers and licenses.



Solution:

To fix this error, deactivate your current license and activate it again choosing another available license on on your network.  It could actually be the same license code just located on a different computer.

Follow the steps in this article to deactivate and reactivate again. 

When selecting a new license you may see a similar screen as the one below.  It does not matter which license you choose.  Choose any of them.  If one doesn't work try another one.  



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