Zebra S600 Barcode Printing

emkpro

Hello,

I am trying to print a barcode ean 13 from an S600 but my report prewiew shows nothing. Does the printer loads its fonts (ean 13 particularly) to windows fonts. How should I use them. Do I have to use the printers own fonts or direct numbers. I need some clues on this

mayer

Hi emkpro,

how looks like the code which you use to print?

Ralph

Kowa

You need to send plain text files ( "Generic Printer/Text only" with Codepage 850) to the Zebra S-600, no extras fonts are needed, the printer creates all barcodes internally.

Example :
a EAN13 Barcode line can look like this:

^BY2,3.0^FO354,20^BEB,64,Y,N^FR^FD' + EAN + '^FS

^BY : Barcode Field Default Instruction
^BE : Barcode EAN 13
^FO . Field Origin
^FD : Field Data
^FS : Field Separator
^FR : Field Reverse Print

Download the ZPL II Progamming Guide first to get started :
http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/ind ... sults.html

mayer

Hi Kowa,

>>
You need to send plain text files ( "Generic Printer/Text only" with Codepage 850) to the Zebra S-600, no extras fonts are needed, the printer creates all barcodes internally.
<<

You wrote the answer: you send plain text files - the printer creates the barcodes internally. How should navision show you a barcode which is internally created? If you create a plain text file you haven´t any sections.

If you need the barcode also on screen i suggest to use my barcode-utility.

Ralph

Kowa

All you can see in the preview is the text which is sent to the printer, nothing else. A Zebra Label Printer is not a TrueType Printer nor has it any WYSIWYG capability. It needs a precise plain text where every single character counts, printed into a section of sufficient width.

emkpro

I handled the problem by a dll which sends direct commands to printer. But using generic printer text only 850 seems a better idea,it would be at least, If I knowed what it means :oops:

Kowa

You just have to install a new printer , selecting "Standard"/"Generic /Text only" ( i.e. the basic printer) from the printer models. Then you go to the properties of this printer to select Codepage 850 ( otherwise special characters like üÜöÖ will not be printed right).

Viljoen

Hi emkpro,

Another solution would be to use the EPL for zebra, the quickst would be to generate a tempory file and send it directly to the printer. E.g like printing the file to the LPT port.