Label Printing

[Guest]

Our application needs to be able to print barcode labels based on the orders
being shipped. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best barcode label
solutions that I can integrate into your application to print these labels?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Frank Werner-Krippendorf]

Hello Johnny,

in my opinion the easiest, probably not the cheapest, way would be to use
an industry label printer. These can save the label design on the printer’s
memory, the only thing you'll have to do is to send the print content data.
New industry label printers can print the most common barcodes by default.

I did the same, and just sent the print data via c# (binary copy to the lpt-
or ip port).

A big advantage for your users would be, that they would be able to use the
graphical label designer which are usually available for free by the vendors,
place some predefined variables and update the label design on their own.

Hope this helps

Frank Werner-Krippendorf
www.krippendorf-online.ch

 

[Michael Nemtsev [MVP]]

Hello Johnny,

Just to support the Frank, buying the barcode printer/device is the easiest
way.
Because it prints a barcode when you send the number on its port.
smth like 254325432453 will be printed as barcode

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J> Our application needs to be able to print barcode labels based on the
J> orders being shipped. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best
J> barcode label solutions that I can integrate into your application to
J> print these labels? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
J>

 

[Guest]

Hello Johnny,

in my opinion the easiest, probably not the cheapest, way would be to use
an industry label printer. These can save the label design on the printer’s
memory, the only thing you'll have to do is to send the print content data.
New industry label printers can print the most common barcodes by default.

I did the same, and just sent the print data via c# (binary copy to the lpt-
or ip port).

A big advantage for your users would be, that they would be able to use the
graphical label designer which are usually available for free by the vendors,
place some predefined variables and update the label design on their own.

Hope this helps

Frank Werner-Krippendorf
www.krippendorf-online.ch




Frank, thanks for the response. Based on your experience, which manufacturer has the best utility? Also, do you know of any literature that would give me instructions on how to integrate to the tool?

 

[Frank Werner-Krippendorf]

Johnny,

In the last project I had to use a Zebra Z4m Plus, wich was a good device.
You can download the complete print protocol specifications and a simple
and free design tool.

I have no idea if there is some literature available for this topic.

If i find some i can send you an email, please use a valid email address
for your posts.

Regards
Frank


Frank Werner-Krippendorf
www.krippendorf-online.ch

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[Guest]

Frank, any information you have would be appreciated. I have looked at the
Zebra site but I've not been able to find any literature on exactly how to
integrate to their tools. They have four different tools that I've
investigated briefly. I have an LP 2844 that I can use to test on but not
sure which tool was the best. Also not sure if there's another tool on the
market that would be a better all around solution. I didn't think about the
performance implications of having a built in lable. I didn't realize the
printers had this capability.

Thanks so much.
Johnny Smith
(e-mail address removed)

 

[bob clegg]

Our application needs to be able to print barcode labels based on the orders
being shipped. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best barcode label
solutions that I can integrate into your application to print these labels?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi,
Give a thought to the amount of data, type of data and the space
available for the label. Some fonts are denser than others.
Some are numeric only.
You may wish to purchase a commercial font set and print to sticky
labels on a standard printer. Guess this would depend on whether you
are doing batch processing of orders or not.

We had a space limitation and ended up using Code 128 for its density.
We were bitten by the lead in character of 128B Font IIRC. It
screwed the printer we were using. We switched to 128C and it worked
or vice versa.
Main point is try the whole process end to end if you can before
buying anything.
HTH
Bob

 

[Johnny]

Bob, thanks for the info! We have been printing labels for a while now and
our experience is much like yours. We just have never printed directly from
the mobile device.

 

[MontereySoft]

You do not need to buy expensive hardware. If you are printing linear
barcodes, here is what you need:

http://www.morovia.com/activex/barcode-lite.asp

Only 129 USD. It comes with a C# example.