Re: Zebra Z4000 to AS/400 attachment

[pault@xxxxxxxxx (Paul Tykodi)]

Dear Benjamin,

Zebra printers are controlled with a text based language called ZPL (Zebra 
Programming Language). You need to have an application on your AS/400 that 
generates the appropriate Zebra commands along with AS/400 based variable data 
to construct a label in the printer. 

In order to activate the Zebra printer, it needs to receive a character called 
a format character or a prefix character. The usual default for this character 
is the caret (^).

I hope this information might be useful.

Best Regards,

/Paul
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Paul Tykodi, Technical Director                 E-mail: pault@praim.com
Praim Inc.                                           Tel: 603-431-0606
140 Congress St., #2                                Fax: 603-436-6432
Portsmouth, NH  03801-4019


Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 1999 16:07:50 +0100
From:   benji@intercomputer.hu
Subject:        Zebra Z4000 to AS/400 attachment

Hi All,

Is there anybody who ever connected a Zebra Z4000 to an AS/400? We attached it 
to an InfoWindow 3486. When sending a test page to the printer the data lamp is 
blinking, but nothing prints. The printer works with NT, but we need to print 
from AS/400. I don't know what kind of printer emulation and/or extra 
configuration steps are needed in order to see the printed output.
Regards,

Benjamin Budai




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