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RE: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

Don't count on it.

When you design a label, you have to specify which printer will be printing it. Thus if you change
printers, you have to change the label. Depending on the difference between the original and new
printers, you have to redo the entire label.

Not as printer independent as one would hope.

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 8:35 AM
To: franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

Yes, T. L. Ashford to be sure. Just installing it now - hoping all of
this "stuff" is fully contained in the software!

-----Original Message-----
From: franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:26 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Cc: Don Cavaiani
Subject: RE: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

What new technology have you installed?
Zebra printers (not sure what model you have) and ZPLII have been around
a long time. There are software suites (example: T.L. Ashford) that
remove the coding requirements and give you a graphical interface for
label design, but you have not indicated you are implementing those.

Jim Franz

---- Don Cavaiani <dcavaiani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Charles,

Yes, I think that does help, as that's the way I have to program now
for the Intermec printer we have (to print barcodes on it).

However, I was hoping that the "new" technology/software available now

would MASK all of those intricacies and make this whole process much
easier. I hope I'm not disappointed!

Thanks,
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 7:52 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

Don,

If you expect the Zebra to print, your spool file better contain
something like this:

^XA
^LH30,30
^FO20,10^AD^FDZEBRA^FS
^FO20,60^B3^FDAAA001^FS
^XZ

Which are commands in the ZPL language the Zebra understands. The
above will print out a line with the word ZEBRA; followed by a line
with a code 39 barcode of the value "AAA001".

If you send the same thing to the HP, all you get is the exact text.

So is your spool file in ZPL or not?

Just because both printers can print barcodes doesn't mean that they
use the same language to do so.

HTH,
Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 5:58 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

Charles,

I know that the HP is not a label printer, yet I can print barcodes
on

it. But, I have not been able to address the Zebra printer in the
same way I addresses the HP printer, for any output from the
Systemi.

Thanks,
Don

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:05 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

Don,

Don't quite understand what you are saying here.

If you can send a spool file to an HP and have it print, there is
absolutely no way you're going to be able to send the same spool
file to a zebra and have it print.

The zebra uses ZPL which uses text encoded control commands to
control

what is being printed.

Unless you're talking about having a spool file with the ZPL in it
sent to a HP, the output would be readable from the HP but wouldn't
match what the zebra would put out.


Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:47 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

This is what I have now:

Object Type Library Attribute
RMTAS400Z2 *DEVD QSYS PRTLAN (3rd attempt)
RMTAS400 *OUTQ QUSRSYS (This was my original
SUCCESSFUL attempt-to an HP Laserjet via HP Jetdirect print
server- WORKS GREAT. (No *DEVD needed?)
RMTAS400Z *OUTQ QUSRSYS (1st Zebra attempt -
tried
to
set it up same as above)
RMTAS400Z2 *OUTQ QUSRSYS (also 3rd attempt)

I send either plain text and/or barcodes to these configurations
and

the HP prints everything fine, while on the Zebra, the prints just

show up in the Q, and then "evaporate". Yet, I can print text
from say Notepad onto the label stock in the Zebra.

SOOOOO CLOSE !!!!!!!!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:04 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ

Is the difference here between different configs whether you have
the "Zebra Print Server" plus a Zebra printer, or only the
printer?
jim franz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lukas Beeler" <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Setting up (on Zebra) a RMTOUTQ


On 12/21/07, Wilt, Charles <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the Zebra printers can't handle PCL/PS - thus you can't use
HPT.
That's not true.

Which part? If the latter, it'd be my fault - but if the first
part,

where do you find PCL capable Zebra printers?

You are using HPT when you specify TRANSFORM(*YES).

HPT in this instance is providing only *SCS to ASCII
conversion.

Yeah. My bad.

PCL doesn't come into play unless you have using a *DEVD with
SYSDRVPGM(*HPPJLDRV). Even then, I think it only really
matters in

a

*AFPDS to ASCII conversion.

OP was using *HP5SI though, which is PCL.

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