RE: Recommendation for a label printer

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, the whole idea of my question was to NOT use a proprietary printing
language, like ZPL or datamax.  I just want to talk to a laser printer with
PCL5.  I have found a printer, but it is more than is budgeted for the
project.
cjg 


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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Kennedy
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:27 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Recommendation for a label printer

We use Printonix printers for our warehouse label printing.

Rich Duzenbury wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 17:52 -0400, Carl Galgano wrote:
>  
>
>>I have developed a label printing app for the 400.  Multiple font 
>>faces, and a simple bar code.
>>It works well, and I have been testing printing to my HP5 which is 
>>connected to the AS400 via LPD/LPR.  The remote outq is doing host 
>>print transformation using the *HP5 driver.  The spool file is defined as
*AFPDS.
>>
>>I now need a label printer to print to.  I would like to just be able 
>>to connect it via LPD/LPR to a printer server to the parallel port on 
>>the printer.  We are talking probably a 500-$1000 printer.  I know 
>>zebras have their own proprietary language (ZPL), so I am guessing I 
>>need  a label printer than does PJL???
>>    
>>
>
>Two big players are datamax and zebra.  Many zebra's and datamax 
>printers can be outfitted with a network attachment so that you can 
>speak to them via remote output queue.  Both have their own proprietary 
>printer languages.
>
>I like zpl better than the datamax printer language, mostly because you 
>can completely control it without having to send any special characters 
>to it.  Datamax print language has some x'01' and x'02' bits that you 
>have to send.
>
>I am working on a project now that uses the datamax m-class.  I think 
>it's got a weak selection of fixed pitch fonts, which are necessary on 
>occasion.  Also, you cannot bold or highlight fixed pitch fonts with 
>the m-class.
>
>I looked into writing a driver for the iSeries and the datamax, but it 
>would be time consuming, no doubt.  So, for now, I just code to the 
>datamax print language when I have to speak to a datamax printer, and 
>zpl when I need to speak to a zebra printer.
>
>
>
>Regards,
>Rich
>
>  
>
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