Re: How to print retail shelf labels from AS/400 on laser printer -- MIDRANGE-L

Title: How to print retail shelf labels from AS/400 on laser printer

I have used forms Print from Integrated Custom Software, Inc.., They are located in:

12 National Drive Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA

Phone 860-657-3339 Fax 860-657-8150 The URL is http://www.formsprint.com/ I found them very good and did a lot of form adjustments to change impact printer forms to Laser. This runs on the AS/400 and utilizes two out q's one for the data and one for the form.

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----- Original Message -----

From: Stone, Joel

To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'

Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:54 PM

Subject: How to print retail shelf labels from AS/400 on laser printer

I would like to print retail shelf labels (for example what you see at Walmart next to each product showing the description, price, etc.) from our AS/400. Some of the desired features are as follows:

1)      System uses AS/400 spool control (dont want file downloads to PC print programs);

2)      Prints on HP laser printer (rules out software like TL Ashford, which only works on Zebra type printers).

3)      There are 32 labels on a page (4 across and 8 down). I would like to design only the first label, and the software should

        propogate the other labels. The data would be different on each label, but I dont want to have to format 32 labels, each with

        a dozen or so fields! I want to format only the first label!

4)      Wysiwyg graphics utility to design the label.

5)      No special hardware required to drive the laser printer.

Has anyone done this successfully? We currently use an old PC print program (Worthington Data Solutions LabelRight), but it has many shortcomings. Not the product so much as the operator intervention required for downloads.

Would Create!Print or one of those types of products work for this application?

Any other ideas?

Thanks!