Re: Label Printers ?

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> The real issue gets to be what type of printer to use. They will need 
> one dedicated to this and I am not sure what to choose or how to write 
> to it. We have used the Eltron printers for UPS and the labels come on 
> rolls. But that is a PC application that writes to that printer.

We use Datamax printers here. Mostly Prodigy printers that we bought way 
back in the early 90's. We've got about 30 of these printers and they run 
ALL the time. By that, I mean from the start of first shift to the end of 
2nd shift (approx 16 hours) they are printing continuously, as the workers 
pull one label out of them at a time and place them on the packages.

We've also had some experience with the newer Datamax printers (such as 
the I-4208) and if I had to start over again,

We use TL Ashford's Barcode400 software (http://www.barcode400.com) to 
generate labels, though you can also write your own programs that generate 
them if you're willing to program in all of the printer escape codes 
(which I've also done, it's not difficult... the only trick is that there 
are some control characters that you have to figure out how they'll get 
translated when sent to the PC to end up with the right results. WSCST 
helps a lot.)

You can definitely do it without a PC.  There are adapters available that 
even allow you to attach the printers via Twinax. :)