Re: Zebra ZPLII from System i5 - newbie question

Jeff,

Aren't you missing '^A0' somewhere?
As in:

* character height = 24 dots, character width = 30 dots.
D CharFont        C                   CONST('^A0,N,24,30')

Glenn Gundermann
ggundermann@xxxxxx
(647) 272-3295

I have a dumb question (at least it seems dumb to me because I think this
should be simple).

If I do a test page to the Zebra printer from Windows, it sets permanent
changes in the printer.  Then, when I send a spool file from my i5, it's
not
the settings I want (darkness, label width, etc.).

So I made my label look like this:

^XA
^CFE,9,5^SD15^PW812^PR10,12,2
^FO020,033,000^FD3317-4                L27              ^FS
^FO020,067,000^FDAdministrator/Food Srvce Dir           ^FS
^FO020,100,000^FDScott's #17 Deli-Angola                ^FS
^FO020,133,000^FDCountry Fair Shopping Ctr              ^FS
^FO020,167,000^FDSt Road 127 North                      ^FS
^FO020,200,000^FDAngola, IN 46703                       ^FS
^FO020,233,000^FD                                       ^FS
^FO020,267,000^FDTue-50                                 ^FS
^FO020,300,000^FDATTN-Isle                              ^FS
^XZ

Note that I am sending the font, darkness, label width, and print speed
via
ZPL commands.  It seems to me that this should change those settings.  But
it doesn't.  The settings remain the way Windows left them (or the way I
manually set the front panel).  This seems like it should be really
simple,
so I must be missing something obvious.

(In looking at the Windows setup for the Zebra, I found a number of print
preferences that said "Use driver settings" which I changed to "Use
printer
settings".  That keeps Windows from changing the printer setup
permanently,
but doesn't address my real question as to why these commands sent in the
i5
spool stream don't seem to have an affect.)

Thanks.

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Jeff Crosby
UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
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Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
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