RE: Zebra printer

["Burns, Bryan" <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I certainly agree with this. We have over 40 Zebra label printers and I always buy the ZebraNet print servers.  They're about $200.  Get the external print server if you can because you can always move it to another printer if you have mechanical problems with your primary printer.

Bryan Burns
iSeries Specialist
ECHO, Incorporated
Lake Zurich,  Illinois

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]  On Behalf Of John McKee
Sent:	Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:15 AM
To:	midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: Zebra printer

I found this:

http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/about_zebra/alliances/strategic_alliances/ibm.html

Specifically:
"Zebra printers can connect to the IBM System i environment through the
IBMSNMPDRV Device Driver, IBM's recommended integration method, using the
ZebraNet 10/100 Print Server, which supports fast printing and real-time
monitoring. Zebra also supports connectivity through remote print queues."

John McKee

Quoting Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Not necessarily....
>
> I've often found label printers that worked with the IBMSNMPDRV or
> IBMIPPDRV...even though nothing in the specs mentioned that support.
>
> Charles
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:47 PM, DeLong, Eric 
> <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > They can, but the print server dongle (or internal card) only supports
> > LPD, so remote OutQ must be used.
> >
> > We do use HPT on ours, though I'm not sure why.  The printer language
> > (ZPL) is all ASCII text based, so there's not really anything for HPT to
> > transform.  You cannot use HPT to support the BARCODE keyword in an
> > AFPDS print stream, since HPT does not know ZPL.
> >
> > Hth,
> > Eric DeLong
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John McKee
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:27 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Zebra printer
> >
> > I think that was bashed around months ago.  Can a Zebra label printer be
> > attached directly to System i - either at v5r4 or v6r1, via TCP/IP?  Can
> > HPT be used?
> >
> > John McKee
> >
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